Toward an Organizational Justice Measure for Law Enforcement: An Initial Test

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Abstract

The literature indicates that organizational practices, rather than providing police service, is the greater source of work dissatisfaction for police officers. This study sought to further elucidate this relationship by first testing the factor structure and reliability of an original scale measuring officer perception of organizational justice. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), via structural equation modeling, revealed a one-factor structure with good fit indices where X2 (54, n = 487) = 126.5, p < .001; TLI= .96; CFI = .97; RMSEA = .052, alpha = .91. Also, the factor structure and reliability of a job satisfaction scale that included an original item measuring organizational fit was tested. The CFA resulted in a one-factor structure with excellent fit indices where X2 (5, n = 487) = 8.6, p =.12; TLI= .98; CFI = .99; RMSEA = .039, alpha = .75. A model testing the relationships of these constructs showed good fit where X2 (118, n = 487) = 275.9, p <.001; TLI= .95; CFI = .95, RMSEA = .052, with perception of organizational justice having a strong positive relationship with job satisfaction (R2 = .52). The findings suggest these scales are viable and that fair organizational practices increases officer job satisfaction.

Author

• Bruce Biggs, University of Indianapolis