부산대학교 도서관

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of job stress on happiness of police officers. The data was collected from 1859 police officers in Gyeonggi-do. All the respondents in Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency, police stations, patrol divisions, and police substations were asked to answer the self-reporting questionnaires. The analysis includes frequencies, means, t-test, and hierarchical multiple regression models. The major findings are as follows. 1) The level of job stress is near the average. 2) The police officers feel happier when they have less job demands, job control, and more social support. 3) The sub-scales of job stress having significant effects on the happiness are 'social support'. Besides social support, the duration and the working type(working inside or outside) have significant effect on the happiness. The finding of this study suggests that a program for promoting happiness and well-being by reinforcing the social support and human resources in the police organization should be developed. And we propose One Step system construction to practice affirmative and active intervention of job stress. When the system is established, they can perceive and prevent job stress beyond coping and managing stress. To realize this, it is absolutely necessary to shift a paradigm of policy managers and senior police officers.