The Impact of Police Officers' Tendencies on Proactive Behavior: Focusing on the Moderating Effect o

In a rapidly changing social environment, research on proactive behavior is becoming important in relation to achieving goals pursued by organizations. The goal of the police organization is to protect public safety and the lives, bodies, and property of citizens. What should take precedence in the goals of a police organization is the proactive actions of police officers working on the front lines. In other words, the success or failure of a police organization in achieving its goals can be determined by the proactive actions of police officers. In this study, we sought to verify the influence of police officers' tendencies on proactive behavior. According to the importance of proactive behavior in relation to organizational goals, many studies related to individual tendencies have been conducted. However, research examining the influence of a superior's leadership on an individual's tendencies and proactive behavior is limited. This study sought to test the effect of the interaction term between police officers' disposition and leadership on proactive behavior. To conduct this study, a survey was conducted targeting police officers in area A of Seoul, and an empirical study was conducted focusing on the survey of 173 people, excluding insincere and unrecorded responses. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that the personal and collective tendencies of police officers influence proactive behavior, and the interaction between personal tendencies and the superior's leadership and the interaction between the collective tendencies and the superior's leadership were found to have a buffering effect on proactive behavior. analyzed. Therefore, it was confirmed that a superior's leadership is an important factor in a police organization.