Workplace Problems and Coping Strategies for Police in South Korea and the United States

Workplace Problems and Coping Strategies for Police in South Korea and the United States

  The present study compared workplace problems and coping strategies of South Korean and U.S. police. Data were from surveys of 700 South Korean and 849 U.S. officers. Women and men in both countries experience a similar lack influence on how policing accomplished. There are more national differences than gender differences. South Korean police see the least opportunity for advancement, and South Korean women report the highest levels of harassment and stigmatization. U.S. Caucasian male police officers and African American police officers, and to somewhat a lesser extent U.S. Caucasian female officers have the least workplace problems. Perhaps because they experience more problems, South Korean officers are more active than those in the U.S in using several different kinds of coping strategies.