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JOURNAL OF POLICE AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 184-198Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-018-9275-z
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Police officers; Psychological contract; Breach; Stress; Wellbeing
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In this paper, it is argued that the psychological contract (PC) could provide rich insights into the understanding of employee and employer relations within the police and the stress and wellbeing of officers. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with active, full-time police officers and these were analysed using framework analysis. More than 100 base-units of meaning were identified which were categorised into six main themes namely 'Motivation', 'Mutual obligations', 'Stressors', 'Negative consequences', 'Mediators' and 'Positive impact of the job'. From the interviews, it was apparent that some officers are experiencing PC breach and that this was having a negative impact on their wellbeing. These findings are considered and avenues for improving the situation are discussed.
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