The effects of work orientations on job satisfaction among sheriffs’ deputies practicing community‐oriented policing

Abstract

Numerous prior studies have explored the level of job satisfaction of police officers. Some research has also focused on officer perceptions of community policing as practiced in municipal police agencies. There has been little empirical research on either topic conducted in sheriffs’ offices throughout the US. The present study examines the relative effects of work orientation on levels of job satisfaction among deputy sheriffs in an urban sheriff’s office which practices community policing on an agency‐wide basis. Our findings suggest service‐oriented deputies are somewhat more satisfied with their jobs than their crime control oriented counterparts.

Citation

Halsted, A.J., Bromley, M.L. and Cochran, J.K. (2000), "The effects of work orientations on job satisfaction among sheriffs’ deputies practicing community‐oriented policing", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 82-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639510010314634