Machine summary:
"Department of Psychology Emam Hossein University Objectives: The present research aims to prepare an Iranian Police Job Satisfaction Inventory (IPJSI) by using Confirmative Factor Analysis as well as to evaluate the validity and reliability of it.
These aspects are as follows: 1- Career development, 2-Organization communication, 3- Empowerment, 4- Equal opportunities, 5-Involvement, 6-Leadership, 7- Opportunity to learn and make assessment, 8-- Recognition, 9-Target setting and appraisal, 10-- Organization’s values, mission, vision, policy and strategy, 11- Organization administration, 13- Employment conditions, 14-Facilities and services, 15- Health and safety conditions, 16- Job security, 17-Pays and benefits, 18- Peers’ relationships, 19- Management of changes, 20-Work environment.
So,an Iranian police needs a native inventory so as to be able to clarify the differences existing between staffs and organization units in relation to their job satisfaction as well as to determine the situation and trend of indexes.
So,all of the indexes designed in Iranian police staff's job satisfaction model, had a suitable consistency (all of the 15 factors having 45 indexes), totally were analyzed to determine the internal consistency.
Finally, considering the results obtained related to the reliability and validity for inventory and referring to performing time (maximum 15 minutes), performance method (individually and in group) and simple scoring and review of the results as one of the most important advantages of tools for measurements, it can be said that the proposed inventory is a fairly suitable tool for measuring Iranian police staff’s job satisfaction although it should be further developed in the future References Alizadeh, E."