The relationship between organisational commitment, job stress, and psychological capital (PsyCap) among Authorised Firearms Officers
Research Institution / Organisation
University of Plymouth
In Collaboration With
Devon and Cornwall Police
Principal Researcher
Rebecca Draper
Level of Research
Masters
Project Start Date
September 2020
Research Context
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between organisational commitment, job stress, and psychological capital (resilience, self-efficacy, optimism and hope) among Authorised Firearms Officers.
Recent research in this field of psychology has shown that psychological capital has strong predictive utility with regards to employee performance, organisational commitment and psychological well-being.
Here, our interest was in whether AFOs have higher psychological capital, compared to non-AFOs and civilians, and if this has a mediating effect on their organisational commitment and job stress.
Research Methodology
An electronic questionnaire will be administered via email to Authorised Firearms Officers (approx 100), non-AFOs, and civilians (approx 100).
The questionnaire will combine the A Shortened Stress Evaluation Tool (ASSET) (Cartwright and Cooper, 2002), and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire Short Form version (PCQ-12) (Luthans, F., Youssef, C. M., & Avolio, B. J. 2007). These are published, standardised and widely used measures of work stress and psychological capital.
The majority of questions will be statements that require a response using a Likert Scale. The questionnaire will take approx. 10 minutes to complete.
All data will be quantitative and R studio will be used for the data analysis.
Date due for completion
October 2021
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