Page No 103-111
Mahesh Kumar Maurya and Manisha Agarwal
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
The purpose of the study was to investigate the patterns of relationships between
supportive leadership, mental health status and job satisfaction among male and female
civil police. The study was conducted on 203 civil police employees (144 male and 59
female) in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Participants’ responses were obtained
on questionnaires, which measured supportive leadership, psychological well-being
and psychological distress (PD) and job satisfaction. Data was statistically analyzed for
examining the hypothesized relationships between the variables among the male and
female police constables. Results indicated that experience, salary and psychological
wellbeing were significantly different among the male and female civil police personnel.
Supportive leadership was significantly and positively correlated with job satisfaction
of male participants only. Psychological wellbeing of male and female participants was
significantly and positively correlated with job satisfaction. However, psychological
distress was significantly and negatively correlated with job satisfaction of male police
constables only. Results also showed that psychological distress failed to mediate or
suppress the prediction of job satisfaction of male and female police constables by
perception of supportive leadership