Impact of psychological contract breach on police corruption in Nigeria: The moderating role of emotion regulation strategies
| Author | Israel Oluwatosin Ayodele,Stella A Olowodunoye,Kehinde Ogundijo,Anthony G Balogun |
| Published date | 01 June 2022 |
| Date | 01 June 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/14613557211064052 |
| Subject Matter | Original Research Articles |
Impact of psychological contract breach
on police corruption in Nigeria: The
moderating role of emotion regulation
strategies
Anthony G Balogun
Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
Israel Oluwatosin Ayodele
Federal University Oye Ekiti, Nigeria
Stella A Olowodunoye
Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
Kehinde Ogundijo
Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
Abstract
Using insight from social exchange and conservation of resources theories, the present study address the void in the lit-
erature on the relationship between psychological contract breach (PCB) and police corruption, and investigates the
moderating role of emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) in the relationship.
Data were collected from 391 (198 male and 193 female) police personnel in various police divisions in Akure, Ondo
State, Nigeria. The results of moderated hierarchical regression analysis showed that PCB (β=.17, p< .05) and expressive
suppression (β=.22, p< .01) were positively related to police corruption. However, cognitive reappraisal (β=−.26, p<
.05) was negatively associated with police corruption. Finally, whereas cognitive reappraisal (β=−.10, p<.05 class="_ _0"> buffers the
positive relationship between PCB and police corruption, expressive suppression exacerbates this relationship (β=.19,p
<. class="_ _1">01). These findings suggest the need for cognitive reappraisal trainin g for police personnel.
Keywords
Corruption, emotion regulation, police, psychological contract breach, Nigeria
Submitted 24 Jul 2020, Revise received 3 Aug 2021, accepted 13 Oct 2021
Introduction
Police corruption is a pressing problem in Nigeria
(Ogungbamila, 2018). The Nigerian police force has been
ranked consistently as one of the most corrupt public
sector organisations in Africa (Ogungbamila, 2018). A
survey by Global Corruption Barometer (2019) revealed
that 69% of Nigerians reported that most/all Nigerian
police officers are corrupt. Moreover, cases of police
corruption are reported in Nigerian news and social media
on a weekly and even daily basis. These corrupt acts
include bribery, extortion, unlawful arrest and extrajudicial
Corresponding author:
Anthony G. Balogun, Department of Pure and Applied Psychology,
Adekunle Ajasin University, P.M.B. 001 Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria.
Email: tonybalogun17@yahoo.com
Original Research Article
International Journal of
Police Science & Management
2022, Vol. 24(2) 137–146
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