Does Organizational Change Promote Job Satisfaction of Police Officials in Pakistan? A Quantitative Analysis

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Farrukh Abbas
Raja Mazhar Hameed
Irfan Ullah

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Organizational change is considered ideal to produce unexpected events. Hence, the purpose of this study is to find out the influence of organizational change on employees’ job satisfaction. It also aims to examine the mediating role of perceived stress and psychological uncertainty within the relationship between organizational change towards job satisfaction. The data were collected from 342 police officials of district Rawalpindi working in twenty-nine police stations of eleven circles. Demographics, Validity and Correlation analysis were performed. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used for hypothesis testing in the present study. Organizational change was observed to be positively related to the job satisfaction of employees. Moreover, perceived stress and psychological uncertainty were witnessed to be playing a mediating role between organizational change and job satisfaction. This particular research work is considered as one of the first efforts towards examination of organizational change and job satisfaction of police officials along with mediations i.e., perceived stress and psychological uncertainty.

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Abbas, F. ., Hameed , R. M. ., & Ullah, I. (2022). Does Organizational Change Promote Job Satisfaction of Police Officials in Pakistan? A Quantitative Analysis. Journal of Workplace Behavior, 3(2), 50–68. Retrieved from https://charisma-jwb.com/index.php/jwb/article/view/141
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Author Biographies

Farrukh Abbas

Farrukh Abbas is a PhD scholar at the University Institute of Management Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. His main research activities have been in the area of human resource management, employee outcomes, management behaviour, organizational change management and knowledge management.

Raja Mazhar Hameed

Having more than 32 years plus experience. Multi-faceted professional with extensive experience of (Top and Middle Management), and knowledge in all aspects of (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Sales (retail, franchise, wholesale, and distribution networks etc), Customer Care, Logistic Operations, Procurement Management, Project Management, Co-operative Governance, Training and Development, Conflict Zones Working Understandings, Strategic Planning & Business Development etc). Further, served as instructor at leading Universities of Pakistan. Attained “PhD” degree (Business Administration), Specialization: Marketing, from a leading University of Pakistan. Written Substantial Research articles in impact factor journals (international) and in leading journals of Pakistan. Written (co-authored) few books on Management Sciences domain. Presently he is working as Managing Director at National Book Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Irfan Ullah

Dr Irfan Ullah did PhD in Business Administration from Iqra University Islamabad Campus Pakistan. he has published research papers in well-reputed journals namely the International Journal of Innovation Management, Journal of Management & Organization, European Journal of International Management, Asian Journal of Business Ethics etc. His publications are in human resource management, ethical leadership, intellectual capital, innovation, and knowledge management.