NATIONAL POLICE: Differences in Leaders’ Followership According to the Total Length of Service as a Police Officer and the Length of Service at the Security Department

Purpose: This study aims to demonstrate the differences in leaders followership in the Korean police organi-zation according to the total length of service and the length of service at the security department with 91 train-ees of the Police Human Resources Development Institute as the research subjects. Method: For the data processing of this study, using the SPSS 23.0 program, frequency analysis was conducted to identify the general characteristics of the research subjects, and Cronbach s α coefficient was calculated to verify the reliability of the questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was conducted to find out the differences in leaders s followership according to the total length of service as a police officer and the length of service at the security department, and Chi-Square was conducted to find out the connection between the total length of service and the length of service at the security department. Results: This study found that leaders followership varies between police officers depending on their total length of service. It was also shown that leaders followership varies between police officers depending on their length of service at the security department. In addition, there was a connection between the total length of service and the length of service at the security department. Conclusion: The results confirmed through this study are believed to be fully utilized as basic data for the development of programs for improving the followership of police officers working in the security department, but since it is a verification of individual items of the followership, there will be limitations in identifying the differences in overall followership effects according to the length of service.