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Abstract

The present study investigated the personality traits, self-efficacy and job performance of 
police officers. It was hypothesized that there was a significant relationship between 
personality traits, self-efficacy and job performance of police officers. Another hypothesis 
was that the personality traits were likely to be the strong predictors of job performance of 
police officers. The sample size consisted of (N=100) police officers ranking from 
constables, head constables, Assistant sub-inspectors, sub-inspectors, inspectors and Station 
House Officers (SHO), selected from various police stations of district Shiekhupura and 
Lahore. The age of the participants ranged from 18-58 years . All of these participants 
completed translated versions of Big Five Personality Questionnaire (Oliver, 1999), 
Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1992) and modified Job 
Performance Appraisal (Schraeder, 2007) in addition to Demographic Information 
Questionnaires. The data was analized through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM 
SPSS) version 22.0. Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to investigate 
relationship among various personality traits, self-efficacy and job performance of police 
officers. Regression analyses was employed which showed that among all personality traits 
openness proved to be the strongest predictor of job performance. The findings from the 
current research study carry strong implications for formulating organizational strategies of 
police department. The findings can be used to emphatically predict the specific traits 
holders as being successful police officers.

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