The Job Satisfaction of Detectives Investigating Economic Crime in the Police Directorates of Ljubljana-Maribor and Some Reasons for their Fluctuation

• Authors: Vinko Gorenak , Božidar Željko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An average person spends almost a third of his life at work. It is therefore very important that the person is satisfied with their job. We could define job satisfaction as a factor with an important influence on increased quality in both professional and private life. The dissatisfaction of employees with their jobs is usually followed by fluctuation. This can be very damaging to an organization since employees are one of the most important resources.This article presents the results of various surveys on the satisfaction of police officers and detectives with their work, on fluctuation as a phenomenon and some of the reasons for it.In the empirical part of this article, the authors present a study done among the economic crime detectives working in the police directorates of Ljubljana and Maribor. The study showed that economic crime detectives are somewhat satisfied with their work but are still willing to change their jobs and leave the police for a better salary. The main factor for dissatisfaction is the low pay for their performance.

Keywords

EN

job satisfaction; fluctuation; police; detectives

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 14-21

Dates

published

2008-01-01

online

2008-10-17

Contributors

author

Vinko Gorenak

• Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Gregorčičeva 25

author

Božidar Željko

• Novo mesto Police Directorate, Ljubljanska cesta 30, 8000 Novo mesto

References

• Česnik, E. & Vozelj, A. (2004). Zbornik - Dnevi varstvoslovja (ur. Lobnikar, B.). Bled: Fakulteta za policijsko-varnostne vede, 509-521.
• Florjančič, J. & Možina, S. (1987). Planiranje, spremljanje in prestrukturiranje kadrov v organizacijah združenega dela. Kranj: Moderna organizacija.
• Gorenak, I. (2004). Vpliv interpersonalnih kompetenc sodelavcev in nadrejenih na zadovoljstvo policistov pri delu. Kranj: Organizacija, 37(4), 222 - 227.
• Gorenak, I. & Pagon, M. (2006). Vpliv organizacijskega komuniciranja na zadovoljstvo policistov pri delu. Kranj: Organizacija, 39(4), 247 - 253.
• Gorišek, K. (2001). Spremljanje zadovoljstva zaposlenih. Celje: Racio, družba za razvoj žloveškega kapitala, d.o.o.
• Jerovšek, J. (1982). Mobilnost kadrov in gospodarstvo. Ljubljana: Univerzum.
• Krope, S. (2002). Želje po izobraževanju in zadovoljstvo z delom koroških policistov. Ljubljana: Varstvoslovje4(1), 66 - 73.
• Lepoša, D. (2002). Zadovoljstvo z delom na policijski upravi Kranj. Diplomska naloga. Ljubljana: Visoka policijsko-varnostna šola.
• Lipižnik, B. (1998). Ravnanje z ljudmi pri delu. Ljubljana: Gospodarski vestnik.
• Pergovnik, R. (2002). Dejavniki zadovoljstva pri delu varnostnikov. Diplomska naloga. Ljubljana Visoka policijsko-varnostna šola.
• Statistižni podatki policije. (2007). Available from:
• Strategija obvladovanja gospodarske kriminalitete v Republiki Sloveniji. (2003). Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve.
• Svetlik, I. (1996). Kakovost življenja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede.
• Anželj, D. (1995). Policija v obdobju tranzicije - magistrska naloga. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede.
• Areh, I. & Umek, P. (2002). Zadovoljstvo z delom pri policistkah in policistih. Zbornik - Dnevi varstvoslovja (ur. Pagon, M.), Bled: Fakulteta za policijsko-varnostne vede.

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-008-0002-x