Motivational factors that influence the choice of a police career as a patrolman of the National Police of Colombia
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Career choice, motivational factors, career guidance, patrol, police serviceAbstract
This research was carried out in thirteen police schools, with the purpose of analyzing the motivational factors that influence on the choice of the career as patrolman of the National Police. We worked under a mixed approach, with a methodological design of "non-experimental" type, transversal and descriptive scope, using a stratified random sample of 400 students, of both sexes, where the average age of those evaluated was 23 years old. To collect the information, it was applied a questionnaire called "Motivational Factors that influence the selection of a police career", which consists of five axes, each with five items. The internal consistency of the scale is established by Cronbach's Alpha with a value of 0.749, which validates the reliability of the questionnaire. The data are analyzed using measures of central tendency. Likewise, a semi-structured interview called "Perception of the National Police of Colombia as an employer" was applied to 20 students, in order to triangulate the quantitative data with the qualitative information, allowing to establish that the main motivational factor of the young people who decide to join as a Patrolman is: Benefits to society (M=99. 06%) (n=396), where the most representative items are "I know that with my profession I can contribute to others" and "I feel, I belong to this institution and I am proud of it", demonstrating that social factors are the most influential in the decision of the students to join to the police force in Colombia.
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