Relationship of Work Engagement and Work-Life Balance among Police Personnel

Abstract

Work engagement and work-life balance both play their significant role at the work-place as well as in an individual’s life. These are some of the key factors for a successful career in a police department and the role of police personnel at work and in society. Due to so many work complexities such as political pressure, long working hours, dealing with anti-social elements, flexible work type, etc. make this occupation quite strenuous and tough. Work engagement describes the level of a person’s involvement in his/her work and more engaged workers are more likely to produce better performance at the workplace. However, work-life balance can be explained as the perfect balance between the work and other fields of life. The present paper is an honest effort to discover the connection between work engagement and work-life balance among police personnel. For this purpose, the random selection of police personnel was done within the age group of 30-50 years from different places and a minimum of 4 years of experience in the service from the total sample of 120 (60 male and 60 female) of ASI/HC rank. Work Engagement Scale developed by Schaufeli et.al. (2006) and Work-Life Balance Scale given by Hayman (2008) were used during the process. The data was collected randomly and analyzed by using SPSS. The finding of the study discloses that there is a significant relationship between work engagement and work-life balance on different dimensions.