Final Project
Stress in Police Personnel: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan
A REPORT
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES,
VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Submitted By
MC130400828
Muhammad Kashif Faiz
Department of Management Sciences,
Virtual University of Pakistan
LETTER OF UNDERTAKING
I Muhammad Kashif Faiz Student VU ID MC 130400828 hereby confirm that the Project I have provided is solely my own effort. I did not copy my report partially or completely from any other student or from any other source either against payment or free and I did not provide any plagiarized material in any section of my report. …show more content…
Violanti and Aron (1995) have also found that race, ethnicity, and gender are not associated with experiences of law enforcement work stress while Ayres and Flanagan (1992) found that having a college education resulted in greater dissatisfaction with the bureaucratic organisation of law enforcement agencies. Brown and Campbell (1990) found that sergeants reported a higher number of work events compared with other ranks and experienced greater perceptions of stress than did patrol officers (Savery, Soutar & Weaver, 1993). The perception of work stress seemed to decrease with an increase in years of police experience (Violanti, 1983) and officers who had more years of experience reported lower levels of perceived work stress (Patterson, 1992).
According to Alexander (1999), in addition to the stressful work events and situations experienced in law enforcement such as traumatic incidents, some officers experienced additional environmental factors as a result of their gender or race, which in turn influenced cultural differences in coping and social support. Studies which have been conducted among non-police samples indicate that gender differences are associated with the number and types of traumatic incidents as well as psychological reactions to such incidents (Kessler, …show more content…
15. Patterson, B. L. (1992). Job experience and perceived job stress among police correctional, and probation/patrol officers. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 19, 260 – 285.
16. Kessler, R. C., Sonnega, A., Bromet, E., Hughes, M., & Nelson, C. B. (1995). Posttraumatic disorder in the national comorbidity survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52, 1084 – 1060.
17. http://www.punjabpolice.gov.pk/pphistory
18. http://www.punjabpolice.gov.pk/system/files/Punjab%20Police%20Organogram%2001.png
6.2 Appendix
Questionnaire
Below is a list of items that describe different aspects of stress among police personnel.
Please encircle the relevant option according to each statement following the scale given below.
Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5
Name (optional)……………………………… Age………………………………
Rank (BPS)………………………………….. Education……………………….. Service (years)………………………………. Designation……………………... Gender: Male/Female
Marital Status: Married / Single /divorced other
Kids: Yes / no
Salary Range : 10000-15000 15000-20000 20000-25000
25000+
(Time Factor)
1. You are not satisfied with your working hours.
1 2 3 4
Stress in Police Personnel: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan
A REPORT
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES,
VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Submitted By
MC130400828
Muhammad Kashif Faiz
Department of Management Sciences,
Virtual University of Pakistan
LETTER OF UNDERTAKING
I Muhammad Kashif Faiz Student VU ID MC 130400828 hereby confirm that the Project I have provided is solely my own effort. I did not copy my report partially or completely from any other student or from any other source either against payment or free and I did not provide any plagiarized material in any section of my report. …show more content…
Violanti and Aron (1995) have also found that race, ethnicity, and gender are not associated with experiences of law enforcement work stress while Ayres and Flanagan (1992) found that having a college education resulted in greater dissatisfaction with the bureaucratic organisation of law enforcement agencies. Brown and Campbell (1990) found that sergeants reported a higher number of work events compared with other ranks and experienced greater perceptions of stress than did patrol officers (Savery, Soutar & Weaver, 1993). The perception of work stress seemed to decrease with an increase in years of police experience (Violanti, 1983) and officers who had more years of experience reported lower levels of perceived work stress (Patterson, 1992).
According to Alexander (1999), in addition to the stressful work events and situations experienced in law enforcement such as traumatic incidents, some officers experienced additional environmental factors as a result of their gender or race, which in turn influenced cultural differences in coping and social support. Studies which have been conducted among non-police samples indicate that gender differences are associated with the number and types of traumatic incidents as well as psychological reactions to such incidents (Kessler, …show more content…
15. Patterson, B. L. (1992). Job experience and perceived job stress among police correctional, and probation/patrol officers. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 19, 260 – 285.
16. Kessler, R. C., Sonnega, A., Bromet, E., Hughes, M., & Nelson, C. B. (1995). Posttraumatic disorder in the national comorbidity survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52, 1084 – 1060.
17. http://www.punjabpolice.gov.pk/pphistory
18. http://www.punjabpolice.gov.pk/system/files/Punjab%20Police%20Organogram%2001.png
6.2 Appendix
Questionnaire
Below is a list of items that describe different aspects of stress among police personnel.
Please encircle the relevant option according to each statement following the scale given below.
Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5
Name (optional)……………………………… Age………………………………
Rank (BPS)………………………………….. Education……………………….. Service (years)………………………………. Designation……………………... Gender: Male/Female
Marital Status: Married / Single /divorced other
Kids: Yes / no
Salary Range : 10000-15000 15000-20000 20000-25000
25000+
(Time Factor)
1. You are not satisfied with your working hours.
1 2 3 4