Keywords
police integrity, police culture
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of police organizational culture on officers' perception of integrity in the Turkish National Police (TNP). Adopting an organizational rather than an individualistic perspective, this study focused on police organizational culture to investigate the causes of integrity problems in the TNP. While focusing on police organizational culture, this study also aimed to determine to what extent officers' perceptions of integrity are influenced by personal and occupational attributes such as age, gender, rank, income, educational level, years of employment, and assignment type. The research was conducted in Turkey's two largest cities, Istanbul and Ankara, as well as the largest city of southeastern Turkey, Diyarbakir. Three hundred officers, consisting of 200 regular police officers and 100 ranked officers, were selected from each city, making a sample size of 900 in total. With a total of 507 respondents, after eliminating cases with missing values, the study achieved a 57% response rate. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized relationships, since it is the most appropriate statistical method for testing hypotheses based on relations among latent and observed variables. This method enabled the researcher to measure the perception of police integrity and the perception of police organizational culture with their multiple indicators, providing rigorous measurements for both constructs. The results of the statistical analysis supported the research hypothesis. The findings showed that officers' perception of police organizational culture negatively influenced their perception of integrity. It was also found that officers' age and educational level also had a statistically significant influence on their perception of integrity.
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Graduation Date
2008
Advisor
Wan, Thomas T. H.
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Health and Public Affairs
Department
Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Degree Program
Public Affairs
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0002242
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002242
Language
English
Release Date
September 2008
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Kucukuysal, Bahadir, "Determinants Of Turkish Police Officers' Perception Of Integrity: Impact Of Organizational Culture" (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3777.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3777