The influence of transactional leadership of police commissioned officers and quality of work life on organizational commitment among police non-commissioned officers

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the influence of transactional leadership of police commissioned officers and quality of work-life on organizational commitment among police non-commissioned officers. This study used a quantitative research design utilizing the descriptive-correlational technique. Adapted survey questionnaires were administered randomly to 260 non-commissioned police officers of Cotabato City Police Office, Police Regional Office, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Philippines. Findings show very high levels of transactional leadership, quality of work-life, and organizational commitment. It also reveals significant relationships between transactional leadership and organizational commitment and between the quality of work-life and organizational commitment. However, only the quality of work-life significantly influenced organizational commitment. With this result, it is recommended that Cotabato City Police Office, PRO BAR, may sustain a very high level of organizational commitment to achieving the goals of the PNP by enhancing transactional leadership practices in terms of laissez-faire leadership among commissioned police officers and quality of work-life specifically on relation and cooperation among non-commissioned officers by initiating training and other intervention schemes. Keywords: criminal justice, transactional leadership, quality of work-life, organizational commitment, commissioned and non-commissioned police officers, Philippines