AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ROLE CONFLICT AND ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS AMONG WOMEN POLICE IN ASSAM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/eijhss.v3i4.217Keywords:
Role conflict, women police, responsibility, familyAbstract
Police work involved lots of physical work and frequent physical mobility at different places. As being a police woman she has some responsibility towards her work and society side by side towards her family members and there she faces role conflict in maintaining an equal balance between them. This paper examines what kind of role conflict and adjustment problems faces by women in police profession. The study has covered about 371 samples covering from the rank of CONST. to INSPR which were purposefully selected from nine important districts of Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, India. The data has collected both from primary and secondary sources.
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