The Effects of Organizational Structure on Indian Police Officers Charles Klahm (Wayne State University), Hanif Qureshi (University of Cincinnati), Brad Smith (Wayne State University), Eric Lambert (University of Mississippi), James Frank ((University of Cincinnati), and Nancy Hogan (Ferris State University)

Overview Work Environment Dimensions Job Satisfaction Social Job Characteristics Organizational Structure Job Satisfaction Organizational Commitment Importance

Review There is a small (but growing) body of empirical research on the effects of organizational structure on police officer job satisfaction and organizational commitment Vast majority of this research focuses on police in western nations, especially the U.S. The effects of organizational structure may be contextual and vary across nations India Second most populous nation in the world and most populous democracy Brief overview of the Indian police force

Method One district selected Survey of all officers How and where officers completed survey Response rate

Method Continued The variables used in the study presented in Table 1, along with univariate statistics Bivariate results (correlations) presented in Table 2 Multivariate results (regression) presented in Table 3

Discussion For job satisfaction, promotional opportunity and input into decision-making had significant associations, both positive For organizational commitment, gender, organizational support, promotional opportunity, instrumental communication, and input into decision-making had significant associations, all positive

Discussion Continued Limitations Alpha values lower than from U.S. studies for input into decision- making and somewhat for job satisfaction Need to look at other forms of organizational structure Need studies to see how organizational structure variables are linked to job involvement and job stress Compare the associations of organizational structure with job characteristics Low R-Squared values

Conclusion Organizational Structure and its associations with various police officer outcomes needs to be studied more Need more studies among Indian police officers Need studies of police in other nations Thank you and Have a great conference!