Occupational stress and intrinsic motivation as determinants of job engagement in the South African Police Service in Greater Kokstad Municipality.

dc.contributor.authorJojo, Avela
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-16T08:12:18Z
dc.date.available2016-09-16T08:12:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractOccupational stress, intrinsic motivation and job engagement are areas of importance for today’s management. The main objective of this study was to explore the combined effect of occupational stress and intrinsic motivation in determining job engagement in the South African Police Service. Moreover, the study investigated the relationship between occupational stress, intrinsic motivation and job engagement. The study also sought to enquire into the effects rank and gender has on the study variables. A quantitative approach was adopted. A structured self – administered questionnaire comprising of four sections: biographical information, police stress questionnaire, intrinsic motivation inventory and job engagement scale was used to collect data. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse data, and both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized. The results revealed a negative relationship between occupational stress and job engagement. A positive relationship between intrinsic motivation and job engagement was also found. There was no combined effect of occupational stress and intrinsic motivation on job engagement. Lastly, no significant differences in the way police experience stress were found among rank and gender. The researcher concluded that even when police officers are under great amounts of stress they are still engaged in their jobs. Where levels of intrinsic motivation were high for the police officers, so were the levels of job engagement. Demographic variables did not yield any significant relationships to the study variables. These findings are of significance in creating a police force which is productive and meets the goals and objectives of the South African Police Service.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/496
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen_ZA
dc.subjectOccupational stress, intrinsic motivation, job engagement, South African Police Service.en_ZA
dc.titleOccupational stress and intrinsic motivation as determinants of job engagement in the South African Police Service in Greater Kokstad Municipality.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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