Association between Demographic Factors of Employees and Working Conditions in Police System
- March 4, 2018
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Management
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume III, Issue II, February 2018 | ISSN 2454-6194
Association between Demographic Factors of Employees and Working Conditions in Police System
Manisha C. Phate1, Dr. Rajashree A. Shinde2
1 Assistant Professor, SKN Sinhgad School of Business Management, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2SKN Sinhgad School of Business Management, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Abstract: The strength of a state depends on the efficiency of its Police force in maintaining internal peace, law and order. The Police personnel need to carry out their activities efficiently and capably. The police are expected to be the most accessible, interactive and dynamic organization. Here in this study researcher is dealing with the association between demographic variables and different work conditions in police system. Primary objective of this paper is study association between age, gender and salary, opportunity at work, work conditions, and life space occupied by work. Data has been collected by using primary source that is structured questionnaire and further analyzed by using crosstab and chi square. Results are shown that the demographic variables are associated with satisfaction towards work conditions.
Key words: Age, Gender, Salary, work conditions, Work opportunities, Life Space.
I. INTRODUCTION
Maharashtra is a vast state on the western part of India. All the cities of Maharashtra are linked with excellent Air, Road and Railways. Pune is the fastest growing city in India. The transportation infra-structure and transportation systems in a city are central to providing mobility to its citizens, so that they can access services such as jobs, education and entertainment. Pune is one of the most rapidly motorizing cities in the country. The traffic police department takes much effort to maintain smooth flow of traffic. Role of the police is most important to maintain law and order in the city.
Work conditions play very important role in maintaining employee’s interest in the work, keeping moral high, increasing productivity etc. Especially traffic police is such department which has great influence of different environmental situations on working of police personnel. Terms and conditions of work are designed by state government. All the work factors are not in control of police personnel. In such scenario police have to perform well to maintain law and order in the society. It has been observed that employees are unable to maintain balance between professional life and family life so it is vital for police department to concentrate on providing an environment which enables balanced work life.
