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21 Criminology, Crim. Just. L & Soc'y 1 (2020)
Prior Discipline and Performance among Police Officers: Does Organizational Fairness Matter?

handle is hein.journals/wescrim21 and id is 203 raw text is: VOLUME 21, ISSUE 3, PAGES 1-16 (2020) Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society E-ISSN 2332-886X Available online at https: //scholasticaho .com/criminology-criminal-justice-law-societv/ Prior Discipline and Performance among Police Officers: Does Organizational Fairness Matter? Richard C. Helfers,a Paul D. Reynolds,b Jon Maskalyc a The University of Texas at Tyler b University ofNorth Texas at Dallas University of North Dakota ABSTRACT AND ARTICLE INFORMATION Using a survey of police officers (n=1080) in a southern state of the USA, this study examines how overall performance is influenced by organizational fairness and prior disciplinary actions. In particular, this study focuses on the relationship between organizational treatment and officers' self-acknowledged engagement in more innocuous forms of negative work- related behaviors, general task performance, and extra-role behaviors. Results suggest prior disciplinary actions and organizational treatment are related to officer performance. Our findings highlight fair treatment's relationship to enhanced prosocial activities and reduced negative work behaviors. Of importance to police administrators, police officers' fairness perceptions of the police organization appear to have a stronger influence on overall work performance among officers that have prior disciplinary actions, further underscoring the need for organizations to consider how officers are treated. Article History: Received July 22d, 2020 Received in revised form November 23rd, 2020 Accepted November 24th, 2020 Keywords: organizational fairness, police discipline, counterproductive work behaviors, police performance © 2020 Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society and The Western Society of Criminology Hosting by Scholastica. All rights reserved. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society -Volume 21, Issue 3 CRIMINOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LAW & SOCIETY

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