Patterns of community policing officers and their work: A study of the National Police Force of Taiwan.

This paper examines the relationship between community policing officers and their work. The study was based on work redesign theory, and the questions in the questionnaire were mainly adapted from the Job Diagnostic Survey. Selective sampling was employed and a total of 69 community policing officers of the national police force of Taiwan were surveyed. Findings indicate that officers of various role orientations and personality traits can take on the work that is by and large motivating. The two moderators — growth need strength and context satisfaction jointly interact with the five work attributes and determine the outcome of the work design — job satisfaction. Promoting context satisfaction through exercising effective management is the key to the success of the programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]