Exploration of individual and work related impacts on police officers and police staff, working in support or front-line roles, during the UK's first COVID lockdown
Exploration of individual and work related impacts on police officers and police staff, working in support or front-line roles, during the UK's first COVID lockdown
An online survey (N=2062) of women working either as police officers or non- sworn/warranted police staff addressed personal well-being and work-related factors during the first COVID lockdown in the UK from March to August 2020. Overall, 70% of respondents reported being more stressed during the lockdown than they had previously. A key factor in stress levels was the respondents’ perceived organisational support (POS). Those respondents having a positive orientation towards perceived organisational support were less stressed than those whose orientation was more negative. Findings differentiated the experience of respondents typed as frontline police officers, frontline police staff, police officers serving in support functions and police staff in support functions. Innovative COVID-19 working arrangements are highlighted as beneficial new working practices.
Policewomen; COVID-19; Stress; Police staff; Perceived Organisational Support; Well-being
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Brown, Jennifer
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Fleming, Jenny
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Brown, Jennifer
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Fleming, Jenny
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Brown, Jennifer and Fleming, Jenny
(2021)
Exploration of individual and work related impacts on police officers and police staff, working in support or front-line roles, during the UK's first COVID lockdown.
The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, .
(doi:10.1177/0032258X211052891).
Abstract
An online survey (N=2062) of women working either as police officers or non- sworn/warranted police staff addressed personal well-being and work-related factors during the first COVID lockdown in the UK from March to August 2020. Overall, 70% of respondents reported being more stressed during the lockdown than they had previously. A key factor in stress levels was the respondents’ perceived organisational support (POS). Those respondents having a positive orientation towards perceived organisational support were less stressed than those whose orientation was more negative. Findings differentiated the experience of respondents typed as frontline police officers, frontline police staff, police officers serving in support functions and police staff in support functions. Innovative COVID-19 working arrangements are highlighted as beneficial new working practices.
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 September 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 October 2021
Keywords:
Policewomen; COVID-19; Stress; Police staff; Perceived Organisational Support; Well-being
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Local EPrints ID: 451792
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/451792
ISSN: 1740-5599
PURE UUID: efe7ea9d-db56-4676-b359-a29bb951e762
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