POLİS MEMURLARININ MESLEĞİ BENİMSEMESİ VE MOTİVASYONU: PMYO VE POMEM MEZUNLARI ÜZERİNE BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, PMYO ve POMEM mezunu polis memurlarının polislik mesleğini benimseme düzeyleri, meslekî motivasyonları ve polislikten ayrılma niyetleri nicel ve nitel veriler birlikte kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Kesitsel tasarıma sahip araştırmaya 429 polis memuru katılmış; kapalı uçlu sorular betimsel ve karşılaştırmalı istatistiklerle, açık uçlu sorular ise nitel içerik analiziyle çözümlenmiştir. Bulgular, meslekî benimsemenin genel olarak orta-üst düzeyde olduğunu ve PMYO-POMEM grupları arasında anlamlı fark bulunmadığını göstermiştir. Motivasyon ortalaması orta düzeyde olup POMEM mezunlarının motivasyon düzeyleri PMYO mezunlarına göre istatistiksel olarak daha yüksek bulunmuştur (küçük etki). Katılımcıların önemli bir bölümü polislikten ayrılmayı düşündüğünü belirtmiş; ayrılma gerekçeleri ağırlıkla uzun ve düzensiz çalışma saatleri ile maaş/özlük hakları ekseninde toplanmıştır. Nitel bulgular, zorluklar ve çözüm önerilerinin çalışma düzeni, rol/görev netliği, yönetim uygulamaları ve haklar-güvenceler başlıklarında yoğunlaştığını göstermiştir. POMEM mezunlarının üniversite eğitimi değerlendirmelerinde ise doğrudan meslekî kullanımdan çok iletişim ve bilişsel/duyuşsal katkılar öne çıkmıştır.

Keywords

• Polislik mesleğini benimseme; meslekî motivasyon; ayrılma niyeti; PMYO; POMEM
• Polislik mesleğini benimseme
• meslekî motivasyon
• ayrılma niyeti
• PMYO
• POMEM

Occupational Commitment and Motivation among Police Officers: A Study of PMYO and POMEM Graduates

Abstract

This study examines occupational commitment, occupational motivation, and intentions to leave the policing profession among police officers who graduated from PMYO and POMEM, using both quantitative and qualitative data. A total of 429 police officers participated in this cross-sectional study. Closed-ended questions were analyzed using descriptive and comparative statistics, while open-ended questions were examined through qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate that occupational commitment is generally at a moderate-to-high level, with no significant differences between PMYO and POMEM graduates. Mean motivation levels are moderate; however, POMEM graduates exhibit statistically higher motivation than PMYO graduates, with a small effect size. A substantial proportion of participants reported considering leaving the policing profession, with reasons primarily related to long and irregular working hours and dissatisfaction with pay and employment benefits. Qualitative findings reveal that reported challenges and proposed solutions cluster around work schedules, role and task clarity, managerial practices, and rights and safeguards. In evaluations of university education among POMEM graduates, communication skills and cognitive and affective contributions were emphasized more than direct occupational applicability.

Keywords

• occupational commitment
• occupational motivation
• intention to leave
• policing
• PMYO
• POMEM

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