The influence of job stress and psychological contract on occupational adaptation of newly-hired policemen
- Author:
YANG Mei
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Police Occupational adaptation Job stress Psychological contract Correlation Intermediary role
- From:
China Occupational Medicine
2022;52(04):416-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Abstract: Objective ，
To explore the relationship among job stress psychological contract and occupational adaptation in
- . Methods
newly hired policemen A total of 413 new police officers in a southwest province were selected as the research
，
subjects using convenient sampling method. The Chinese version of Perceived Stress Scale the Psychological Contract
，
Questionnaire and the Occupational Adaptation Scale were used to investigate their job stress psychological contract and
occupational adaptation respectively. The effects of job stress and psychological contract on occupational adaptation was analyzed.
Results ， （ ），（ ）
The total scores of job stress psychological contract and occupational adaptation were 27.6±7.1 63.9±16.6 and
（ ）， -
56.2±8.6 respectively. The work pressure of newly hired police officers was negatively correlated with occupational
［ （r） ，P< ］
adaptation correlation coefficient =−0.61 0.01 . There was a positive correlation between psychological contract and
（r ，P< ）
occupational adaptation =0.59 0.01 . The results of hierarchical regression analysis showed that after adjusting for
， ， ， ， ，
confounding factors such as gender education level marriage fertility the stronger the sense of out of control in work stress
（P< ）； ，
the lower the level of occupational adaptation 0.01 the higher the score of psychological contract the higher the level of
（P< ）
occupational adaptation 0.01 . The psychological contract played a mediating role between job stress and occupational
， Conclusion -
adaption accounting for 12.5% of the total effect. The job stress and psychological contract of the newly hired
policemen can affect their occupational adaptation. Psychological contract plays a partial intermediary role in job stress on
occupational adaptation.
