1. Work Family Conflict Among Indian Police Officers
Hanif Qureshi (University of Cincinnati)
Charles Klahm (Wayne State University)
Brad Smith (Wayne State University)
James Frank (University of Cincinnati)
Eric Lambert (University of Mississippi
Nancy Hogan (Ferris State University)

2. Overview Work-Family Conflict Job Stress Job Satisfaction
Bidirectional
Strain-Based
Time-Based
Behavior Based
Job Stress
Job Satisfaction
Continuance Commitment
Affective Commitment

3. Review
There is a small (but growing) body of research on work-family conflict among police officers
Vast majority of this research focuses on police in western nations, especially the U.S.
The associations of work-family conflict with various police officer outcomes may be contextual and vary across nations
India
Second most populous nation in the world and most populous democracy
Brief overview of the Indian police force

4. Method Haryana State One district Sonepat selected
Population of 25 million
One district Sonepat selected
Survey of all officers
About 418 police officers
How and where officers completed survey
Response rate

5. Method Continued
The variables used in the study presented in Table 1, along with univariate statistics
Bivariate results (correlations) presented in Table 2
Multivariate results (regression) presented in Table 3

10. Discussion
The associations with the different forms of work-family conflict varied by outcome
More variance was explained in job stress and continuance commitment than was for job satisfaction or organizational commitment, which makes sense
Strain-based conflict had significant associations with all four outcomes. Time-based and behavior-based conflict both had significant associations with two outcomes. Family conflict only had a significant association with one outcome.
Need to determine what causes work-family conflict for police officers, especially strain-based conflict.

11. Discussion Continued
While somewhat similar, the findings differ from Western/U.S. studies
Limitations
Alpha values lower than from U.S. studies for time-based conflict and behavior-based conflict
Look out associations of work-family conflict with other outcome areas
Based on R2 values, other variables account for observed variance in job stress, job satisfaction, and continuance commitment. These variables need to be identified.

12. Conclusion
Work-family conflict is a potential salient stressor for police officers.
The possible correlates and consequences of work-family conflict among police officers needs further research.
Need more studies among Indian police officers
Need studies of police in other nations
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