Citation

Duxbury L, Higgins C, Halinski M. Crim. Justice Behav. 2015; 42(4): 361-381.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854814551017

PMID

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Abstract

This paper describes a three-phase multi-method research initiative to develop and validate measures used to quantify sources of work-role overload in policing. Phase I used qualitative techniques to generate items that predicted work-role overload in policing. These items were used to construct the initial measure and then tested (Phase II) using a sample of 202 police officers from one organization. Phase III tested the unidimensionality, validity, and reliability of the five measures identified in Phase II using a larger survey of 2,755 sworn officers working in 25 police organizations. Exploratory factor analysis identified and confirmatory factor analysis validated five antecedents to work-role overload in policing: competing demands, the court system, pressures to perform work outside one's mandate, understaffing, and a nonsupportive organizational culture.

Language: en