Perceived Workload and Life Satisfaction of Police Officers: Moderated Mediating Roles of Organisational Support and Dispositional Optimism
References
- Akanni, A.A., 2022. Life satisfaction and engagement among university undergraduates: A moderated mediation model of academic selfefficacy and life orientation. Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies, 25, 161.
- Akca, M. and Tepe-Küçükoğlu, M., 2020. Relationships between mental workload, burnout, and job performance: A research among academicians, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1052-0.ch003, 49-68.
- Alemika, E.O. and Chukwuma, I.C., 2020. Police-community violence in Nigeria. Centre for law enforcement education and National Hunan right. [online] Available at:<www.kabissa.org/cleen>.
- Babalola, Y.T., Elegbeleye, G.O. and Adegbaye, S.I., 2020. Perceived organizational support and librarians’ commitment: Evidence from public universities in South-South, Nigeria. Journal of Applied Information Science and Technology. 13 (1), 30.
- Banergee, P., 2012. Relationship between perceived psychological stress and depression: Testing and moderating effect of dispositional optimism. Journal of workplace behavioral health, 27(1), pp.32-46.
- Best, S. and Chinta, R., 2021. Work–life balance and life satisfaction among the self-employed. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. [online] Available at:<https://api.semanticscholar.org/Cor-pusID:238726960>.
- Bramhankar, M., Kundu, S., Pandey, M., Mishra, N. and Adarsh, A., 2023. An assessment of self-rated life satisfaction and its correlates with physical, mental and social health status among older adults in India. Scientific Reports, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36041-3.
- Burke, R.J., 2003. Nursing staff attitudes following restructuring: the role of perceived organizational support, restructuring processes and stressors. International journal of sociology and social policy, 23(8/9), pp.129-157.
- Carranza-Esteban, R.F., Mamani-Benito, O., Turpo Chaparro, J.E., Lingán-Huamán, S.K. and Pajares, A.E., 2022. Psychological distress and workload as predictors of satisfaction with life in Peruvian female university professors with a family burden. Heliyon, 8, 1.
- Diener, E., Emmons, R.A., Larsen, R.J. and Griffin, S., 1985. The Life satisfaction scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, pp.7175.https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.
- Eisenberger, R., Huntington, R., Hutchison, S., and Sowa, D., 1986. Perceived organizational support. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71, pp.500-507.
- Emejulu, G. and Ejumah, M., 2020. Perceived organizational support and membership commitment to savings and cooperative society in Anambra State, Nigeria. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS), 5(1), pp.194-201.
- Etodike, C.E. Ezeh, L.N. and Chukwura, E.N., 2017. Life Satisfaction and Perceived Social Support as Predictors of Retirement Stress Among Nigeria Public Service Retirees. International Journal of Current Advanced Research, 6(2), pp.2301-2311.
- Ezeamama, I.G., 2019. Job satisfaction and employee productivity in Anambra State Nigeria. European Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 7(2).
- Hakkak, M., Gashti, M.A.H. and Nawaser, K., 2014. The relationship between perceived organizational support and job satisfaction with organizational commitment. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Journal, 2(3), pp.194-202.
- Hou, Y., Yan, S., Zhang, L., Wang, H., Deng, R., Zhang, W. and Yao, J., 2022. Perceived stress and life satisfaction among elderly migrants in China: A moderated mediation model. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:978499.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.978499.
- Ikon, M.A. and Nwoye, C.O., 2019. Perceived organizational support and employee performance in selected commercial banks in South East Nigeria. International Journal of Business and Management Review, 7(5), pp.85-108.
- Isa, A.B. and Ibrahim, H.I.B., 2020. The mediating effect of perceived organizational support between talent development and employee engagement at Malaysian GLCs. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(10), pp.505-517.
- Itasanmi, S., Ekpeyong, V. and Ojedeji, S., 2020. Difference’s in psychosocial impact of lockdown and life satisfaction among Nigerian working adults during COVID-19. Simulacra, 3(2), pp.237-249.
- Karatepe, O.M., 2012. Perceived organizational support, career satisfaction, and performance outcomes: a study of hotel employees in Cameroon. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 24(5), pp.735-752.
- Kelloway, E.K., Dimoff, J.K. and Gilbert, S., 2023. Mental health in the workplace. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational behaviour, 10, pp.363-87.
- Kosec, Z., Sekulic, S., Wilson-Gahan, S., Rostohar, K., Tusak, M. and Bon, M., 2022. Correlation between Employee Performance, Wellbeing, Job Satisfaction, and Life Satisfaction in Sedentary Jobs in Slovenian Enterprises. International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health, 19(16), 10427.
- Kumar, P., Kumar, N., Aggarwal, P. and Yeap, J. A.L., 2021. Working in lockdown: the relationship between COVID-19 induced work stressors, job performance, distress, and life satisfaction. Current Psychology, 40(4), pp.1-16.
- Lee, S.T.H., Choy, B.K.C. and Yong, J.C., 2021. A bubble of protection: examining dispositional optimism as a psychological buffer of the deleterious association between negative work-family spillover and psychological health. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.1896494.
- Lu, C., Hu, Y., Fu, Q., Governor, S., Wang, L., Li, C., Deng, L. and Xie, J., 2019. Physician mental workload scale in China: development and psychometric evaluation. British Medical Journal,https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-03013.
- Majeed, N.M., Xin Tan, J.J., Tov, W. and Hartanto, A., 2021. dispositional optimism as a buffer against emotional reactivity to daily stressors: A daily approach, Journal of Research in Personality, 93(1), pp.104-105.
- Mokhtarinia, H., 2024. Common Subjective Mental Workload Assessment Measures: Advantages and Disadvantages. Ergonomics International Journal, 8, pp.1-4.
- Nicolleti, T.A.C., Mangini, E.R., AurelianoSilva, L., Pires, C.S. and Dias, C.A., 2021. Teamwork, Satisfaction and Mediating Effect of Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitments on Employee’s Loyalty. Advances in Global Services and Retail Management, 2, 1.
- Nwachukwu, C. and Omofowa, S., 2022. Perceived Organizational Support and Job-Related Wellbeing in Nigeria Universities. Nigerian Journal of Management Sciences, 23, (2), pp.46.
- Ogungbamila, A., 2023. Influence of Perceived Organizational Support on the Dimensions of Psychological Wellbeing of Police Personnel in Nigeria. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 15, pp.4.
- Ogunyemi, A.O., Fasanmi, S.S. and Adesoye, E.O., 2020. Towards a peaceful society: job involvement of personnel of the Nigerian police and some human activator variables. Psychological studies, 65(2), pp.115-123, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-019-00538-7.
- Oikhala, G.I., 2020. Internal security and national development in Nigeria: Challenges of manpower in Nigeria police. KIU Journal of humanities, 5(2), pp.7-17.
- Olasupo, M.O., Idemudia, E.S. and Kareem, D.B., 2021. moderated mediation roles of social connectedness and optimism on emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07029.
- Omolayo, B,O. and Omole, O.C., 2013. Influence of mental workload on job performance. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 3(15), pp.244.
- Özdemir, B., 2022. Perceived organizational support and happiness at work: the role of psychological capital. Yönetim ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 20.
- Rincón Uribe, F.A., Neira Espejo, C.A. and Pedroso, J.d., 2021. the role of optimism in adolescent mental health: A systematic review. Journal of Happiness Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00425-x.
- Saldivia, S., Aslan, J., Cova, F., Bustos, C., Inostroza, C. and Castillo-Carreño A., 2023. Life satisfaction, positive affect, depression and anxiety symptoms, and their relationship with sociodemographic, psychosocial, and clinical variables in a general elderly population sample from Chile. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 27(14), 1203590.
- Scheier, M.F., Carver, C.S., and Bridge, M.W., 1994. Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and selfesteem): A reevaluation of the life orientation test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(6), pp.1063-1078.
- Segerstrom, S.C., 2023. Dispositional optimism, psychophysiology, and health. The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology.
- Spence Laschinger, H.K., Wong, C.A., Grau, A.L., Read, E.A. and Pineau Stam, L.M., 2012. The influence of leadership practices and empowerment on Canadian nurse manager outcomes. Journal of Nursing Management, 20(7), pp.877-888.
- Tucker, J.M., 2015. Police officer willingness to use stress intervention services: The role perceived organizational support, confidentiality and stigma. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 17(1), 304-314.
- Ukwadinamor, C.U. and Oduguwa, A.S., 2020. Impact of workload and work hours on employee’s performance of selected manufacturing industries in Ogun State. IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 22(11), pp.16-25.
-
[43]
Wu, N., Ding, F., Zhang, R., Cai, Y. and Zhang, H., 2022. The Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Life Satisfaction: The Chain Mediating Effect of Resilience and Depression among Chinese Medical Staff. International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health. 19(24), 16646.
Wu N. Ding F. Zhang R. Cai Y. Zhang H. 2022 . The Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Life Satisfaction: The Chain Mediating Effect of Resilience and Depression among Chinese Medical Staff . International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health . 19 ( 24 ), 16646 .
Language: English
Page range: 113 - 124
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Warsaw University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Related subjects:
© 2025 Kelechi I. NDUBUEZE, Abimbola A. AKANNI, Choja A. ODUARAN, published by Warsaw University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.