An Assessment of the Level of Occupational Stress among Police Officers in the Sebokeng Cluster

Abstract

Occupational stress among police officers is an important area of research because of the realisation that less stressed police officers are more effective and they tend to stay longer with the employing department. The spinoffs of longer stay with the safety and security department are, inter alia, less training costs on replacement staff, utilisation of more experienced staff in critical safety and security areas, and organisational commitment. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 276 police officers. A stratified random sampling technique was utilised to draw units of analysis for the study. A response rate of 75% was obtained. Responses were analysed using frequency analysis. The results confirmed that police officers in the Sebokeng Cluster experienced role conflict. The findings from the study were also that police officers did not experience role overload and role ambiguity.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1s1p253