Relations and leadership as factors that influence the satisfaction of police employees

Vodenje se najpogosteje opredeljuje kot usmerjanje, motiviranje in koordiniranje skupine k zastavljenim ciljem. V okviru naloge smo raziskovali, kašen vpliv imata dejavnika vodenja in odnosov na zadovoljstvo zaposlenih v slovenski policiji. V prvem delu naloge so opredeljena teoretična izhodišča, na osnovi katerih je bila narejena nadaljnja primerjalna analizo. Predstavljena so pojmovanja vodenja z vidika različnih avtorjev. Raziskani so bili modeli vodenja, na podlagi katerih so bili s strani avtorjev predstavljeni različni aspekti, s katerimi je narekovana uspešnost vodenja. Podrobneje je opisan avtokratično – demokratični stil vodenja, predstavljen pa je z vidika Tannenbaumove in Schmidtove (1973) delitve. Kadar je vodenje avtokratično, so naloge delegirane in je dopuščeno nič ali zelo malo sodelovanja skupine. Druga skrajnost je demokratski način, pri katerem so zaposleni vključeni v proces odločanja in se jih obravnava kot enakovredne člane kolektiva. V nadaljevanju so bili preučeni različni vidiki zadovoljstva in s tem povezana motivacija. V zadnjem delu teoretičnega dela je predstavljena policija s temeljnimi značilnostmi in okviri delovanja, ki predstavljajo rdečo nit za izdelavo empirije. V empiričnem delu smo opravili pregled preteklih raziskav na področju zadovoljstva v Policiji. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je mogoče dejavnika vodenja in odnosov neposredno povezati z zadovoljstvom zaposlenih. V nadaljevanju je bilo dognano, da se večje zadovoljstvo kaže pri policistih, pri katerih je vodenje njihovih nadrejenih opredeljeno kot bolj demokratično. Ena od ključnih ugotovitev dela je bila tudi, da je na podlagi raziskav mogoče podati predloge, ki bi imeli pozitiven vpliv na zadovoljstvo zaposlenih v policiji, zato je naše delo zaokroženo s predstavitvijo teh predlogov.Leadership is most often defined as guiding, motivating and coordinating a group towards the set objectives. In this paper it was researched what kind of an influence do the factors of leadership and relations have on the satisfaction of employees in Slovene police. In the first part of the paper, the theoretical basis is defined. Based on it, a further comparative analysis was made. Conceptions of leadership from the point of view of different authors are presented. The models of leadership on basis of which different aspects, with which the success of leadership is dictated, were presented by the authors. Autocratic – democratic way of leadership was described in more detail and it was presented from the point of view of Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s (1973) division. When leadership is autocratic, the tasks are delegated and the cooperation of the group is hardly allowed or not allowed at all. Another extremity is the democratic way, where the employees are included in the process of decision-making and are treated as equal members of the collective. In continuation, different views of satisfaction and with it connected motivation, were researched. In the last part of the theoretical part, the police are presented with all their fundamental characteristics and ways of operating, which present the main theme for the production of the empirical part. In the empirical part, the overview of past researches in the field of satisfaction in the police, was made. It was established that the factors of leadership and relations could be directly connected to the satisfaction of employees. In continuation, it was discovered that bigger satisfaction is shown with police officers whose superiors use a more democratic way of leadership. One of the key findings was also that suggestions could be introduced to the basis of the researches, which would have a positive effect on the satisfaction of employees in the police. Because of that, this paper ends with the presentation of these suggestions