Examine the relationship between level of aspiration, believes in just world, psychological well-being and quality of work-life

Pages: 53-59
Manoj Kumar Pandey and Pankaj Tripathi (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, A Central University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)

The purpose of this study was to (a) to see the role of aspiration in relations to the employee’s psychological well-being and quality of work-life, (b) to see the relationships between beliefs in just world with employee’s psychological well-being and quality of work-life, (c) to see the inter-relationships between beliefs in just world, quality of work-life and psychological well-being according to the police personnel’s level of aspiration, and (d) to find out the best predictor of the relationships between level of aspiration and beliefs in just world to quality of work-life and psychological well-being. The study was conducted on 276 (179 male & 97 female) police personnel working in U.P. Police Organization within the age range of 24 to 59 years with mean score 40.16 years and varies in designations from Constable to Dy. SP. Following scales were used in this study: Scale of Level of Aspiration: was a single item scale comprises of four ranks (1. Sub-Inspector, 2. Inspector 3. Dy. SP. 4. S.P.). Believes in just world was measured by a scale consists of eight items, assessing the belief in just world for the domain of self. Psychological well-being was a ten items scale used to assess employee’s psychological well-being, which addresses depression, anxiety, and disturbance in social functioning and Quality of work-life scale was a single item scale assessing the overall evaluation of police personnel quality of their work life. All these scales were based on Likert 5-point rating scale. The results of the study revealed that: (a) Police personnel whose aspiration level is to become SP rank officers, have more believes in just world, better psychological well-being and quality of work life than police personnel whose aspirational level is lower. (b) Believes in just world is positively related with psychological well-being and quality of work life (c) One of the most important contribution of this study is that the study revealed a positive relationship between believes in just word and quality of work life that was missing in review of existing literatures on these two variables.