A Research study on Job Satisfaction and Attitudes Towards Ethic Codes: Is There a Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Attitudes Towards Ethic Codes?

Abstract

Job satisfaction and codes of ethic are vital phenomenons affecting organizations’ success. Because the services presented by The Turkish National Police are related to citizens’ security, rights and life quality, police officers’ level of job satisfaction and attitudes towards codes of ethic have a critic role in the organization. Therefore, this current study investigated police officers’ level of job satisfaction and attitudes towards codes of ethic. Since it was hypothesized that one of the consequences of low level of job satisfaction might be negatives attitudes towards police codes of ethic, this study also investigated the relationship between these two phenomenons. Data were collected from 314 police officers through questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Product Moment Correlation on SPSS 17.0. Findings showed that police officers had a mid-level job satisfaction. They perceived that some of unethical behaviors are more serious than some others, and they thought these more serious unethical behaviors should be punished more severely. On the other hand, they believed these more serious unethical behaviors are seen less frequently in the organization. More importantly, findings showed that there are partly significant relationships between seriousness levels of unethical behaviors and level of job satisfaction. These findings might be useful to better understand police officers’ job satisfaction and their attitudes towards codes of ethic. Findings can guide the police organization to increase police officers’ job satisfaction and to educate officers in terms of code of conducts.