A Study of Career Cognitive of Policemen In Taoyuan County

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to investigate the career cognitive of policemen in Taoyuan County, through the analysis of their differences across various demographic variables.Establishment of the data was made by the questionnaire survey on policemen in Taoyuan County Police Bureau, and were randomly selected to be the study subjects.The research tool was “ Adult Career Cognitive scale”. Coefficient alphas for the four scales of Adult Career Cognitive scale were .81、.81、.95 and .79 respectively. The results of comformatory factor analysis verify the validity. Discriminant validities for the four scales were generally speaking supported. Total 945 questionnaires were sent out, and 909 were recovered. Among them, 731 valid questionnaires were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t test, one-way ANOVA and chi-square test. The major results were as follows:The cognitive complexity , career self-efficacy, career barriers, workinvolvement of policemen were both above average. These policemen who had different age, marriage status, year of service , training background and service unit different in work involvement .The difference in training background and service unit showed significant difference in career self-efficacy. The difference in their sex, age,years of service year and service unit showed significant difference in their career barriers. The difference in their age, academics degree , service year , training background and service unit showed significant difference in their cognitive complexity. The difference in work adjustment of policemen show significant difference in their cognitive complexity , career self-efficacy, career barriers, work involvement.Finally, suggestions as well as references were provided for police departments and researchers to continue afterward researches