Effects of Commitment to Supervisor to Job Satisfaction among the Police of Liaoning Province:the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital / 中国医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between Commitment to Supervisor and Job Satisfaction and investigate the mediating role of psy?chological capital,so as to provide theoretical basis for improving their job satisfaction and promoting physical and mental health. Methods The stratified random sampling method was used to investigate 2 800 police from 7 cities in Liaoning province during the period of August to November 2014(Four questionnaires were carried out under investigation,including questionnaire of personal information,questionnaire of commitment to su?pervisor, questionnaire of psychological capital and questionnaire of job satisfaction),and the effective respondents was 2 193(78.3%). Re?sults Commitment to supervisor was positive associated with job satisfaction(β=0.488,P<0.01),and psychological capital was positive associat?ed with job satisfaction(β=0.552,P<0.01). Commitment to supervisor explained 23.7%of variance in job satisfaction while psychological capital explained 13.6%of variance in job satisfaction. Conclusion Commitment to supervisor and psychological capital have effective predictive value on police’job satisfaction. In addition,the results of study forecast that psychological capital has a mediating effect between commitment tosSupervisor and job satisfaction.