Week 4 IPSY 8202 Discussion

The topic of interest for my research proposal is the impact

the working environment or condition has on the Puerto Rico
Police Department Officers. The basis of the topic is to be able
to benefit society by encouraging police officers to contribute
more to their jobs and may help them in their personal growth and
development. Hence, it is essential for the Puerto Rico Police
Department to motivate their employees to work hard for achieving
the organizational goals and objectives (Ortiz, 2013). As such,
there is a need to analyze the impact of working environment on
Puerto Rican law enforcement agents job satisfaction. For this
the variables that will be analyze are: working conditions
(i.e.,salaries, organizational goal creation, profession growth
openings), job satisfaction, relationship with colleagues (i.e:
teamwork, communication), and individual performance.
The topic is relevant for survey research because it intends
to collect small bits of information from a diverse group of
people with the overall goal of establishing a general conclusion
(Driscoll, 2011). In other words, it is a topic that wants to
reveal the opinions, experiences, and behavior (Driscoll, 2011,
p. 163) of people with regard to their role in improving working
conditions to have better job satisfaction among personnel of the
organization. The proposal will use a quantitative methodology.
Data will be collected through a self-administered survey
questionnaire. The questionnaire will be adopted from previous
validated surveys. The target population consists of law
enforcement officers from the different divisions that the Puerto
Rico Police Department has.
References
Driscoll, D. L. (2011). Introduction to primary research:
Observations, surveys, and interviews. Writing
Spaces: Readings on Writing, 2, 153-174.
Ortiz, A. (2013). El impacto de las emociones en la salud
laboral. Revista Jurdica de LexJuris, 4(2).