ABSTRACT

Drawing from work-life theory and the police literature, this research explores police officers’ work-life challenges by: (1) examining the relationship between role demands (at work, at home) and work-life conflict, (2) investigating the relationship between work-life conflict and stress, (3) determining the extent to which a family-friendly organisational culture moderates the relationship between work-family demands and work-life conflict, and (4) exploring the impact of gender on these relationships. Samples of 616 male and 264 female Canadian police officers are used to test eight hypotheses. Partial Least Squares (PLS) Multi-Group Analysis (MGA) was used to test these hypotheses. Consistent with broader work-life research, the analysis reveals that role demands positively relate to work-life conflict for both male and female officers. Results also highlight two unexpected findings: the positive relationship between role demands (at work, at home) and work-life conflict is stronger for male officers with high perceptions of family-friendly organisational culture than male officers with low perceptions of family-friendly organisational culture. This study highlights the complexity of work-life challenges for men and women in a male-dominated organisation (i.e. police). In doing so, this study emphasises organisational context to explain findings that challenge conventional work-life research, which has been predominantly conducted in non-police organisations.

摘要

本研究借鉴工作-生活理论和警察文献，通过以下方式探索警察的工作-生活挑战：（1）检查角色需求（在工作中、在家中）与工作-生活冲突之间的关系，（2）调查警察的工作-生活挑战工作与生活冲突与压力之间的关系，(3) 确定家庭友好型组织文化在多大程度上调节工作与家庭需求与工作与生活冲突之间的关系，以及 (4) 探索性别对这些关系的影响。616 名加拿大男警和 264 名女警的样本被用来检验八种假设。偏最小二乘法 (PLS) 多组分析 (MGA) 用于检验这些假设。与更广泛的工作与生活研究一致，该分析表明，男性和女性官员的角色需求与工作与生活冲突呈正相关。结果还突出了两个意想不到的发现：与家庭友好型组织文化认知度低的男性官员相比，对家庭友好型组织文化感知高的男性官员的角色需求（在工作中、家庭中）与工作与生活冲突之间的正相关关系更强。文化。这项研究强调了男性主导的组织（即警察）中男性和女性面临的工作与生活挑战的复杂性。在这样做时，本研究强调组织背景来解释挑战传统工作-生活研究的发现，这些研究主要在非警察组织中进行。在家里），工作与生活冲突对于家庭友好型组织文化感知高的男性官员比对家庭友好型组织文化感知低的男性官员更强烈。这项研究强调了男性主导的组织（即警察）中男性和女性面临的工作与生活挑战的复杂性。在这样做时，本研究强调组织背景来解释挑战传统工作-生活研究的发现，这些研究主要在非警察组织中进行。在家里），工作与生活冲突对于家庭友好型组织文化感知高的男性官员比对家庭友好型组织文化感知低的男性官员更强烈。这项研究强调了男性主导的组织（即警察）中男性和女性面临的工作与生活挑战的复杂性。在这样做时，本研究强调组织背景来解释挑战传统工作-生活研究的发现，这些研究主要在非警察组织中进行。