Abstract

The study examined perception of organizational justice and gender as determinants of psychological well-being of police officers in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. A total of 467 police officers drawn using a systematic and convenience sampling technique participated in the study. These comprised 378 males and 89 females with age range of 25 to 52 years and mean age of 35 (SD= 5.7). Two instruments were used for collection of data namelyPsychological well-being scale and Organisational Justice scale. The study adopted a 2(male & female) x3 (distributive, procedural and interactional justice) factorial design. Two hypotheses were tested in the study using 2way ANOVA for statistical analysis. Findings for the first hypothesis indicated that perception of organisational justice will significantly differ from psychological well-being of police officers at F = 7.76, P<.05. This implies that officers with perception of distributive justice showed more psychological well-being than those with perceived procedural and interactive justice. Findings also revealed that for the second hypothesis male and female officers will significantly differ on their psychological well-being at P = 5.28, P< .05. This implies that male police officers showed more psychological wellbeing than female police officers. It is therefore, recommended based on the findings of the study that the Nigerian police force should ensure fairness in distributive ,procedural and interactional justice among police officers. They should also be gender conscious in dealing with police officers in order to enhance their well-being and disposition to work effectively and optimally.