組織因素對警校生社會認同、自我正當性與犬儒主義之影響：路徑分析之驗證

Organizational Factors and Their Influence on Police Cadets’Social Identity, Self-Legitimacy, and Cynicism: Evidence from Path Analysis

本研究旨在探討組織因素對警校生社會認同、自我正當性與犬儒主義之影響歷程，並驗證社會認同在其中之中介角色。以警專學生為研究對象，採問卷調查方式蒐集資料，並進行路徑分析。
研究結果顯示，組織因素對社會認同具有顯著正向影響，社會認同進一步正向預測自我正當性；然而，組織因素對自我正當性之直接效果未達顯著，顯示社會認同具有部分中介效果。此外，組織因素對犬儒主義呈顯著負向影響，但社會認同對犬儒主義之影響未達顯著，顯示正向與負向心理態度之形成機制可能存在差異。Bootstrap重抽樣分析進一步支持社會認同在組織因素與自我正當性之間的間接效果。
本研究指出，自我正當性並非直接源於組織制度本身，而是透過個體對群體之內化認同所形成；同時，犬儒主義與自我正當性可能屬於不同心理發展軌道。本研究結果有助於深化對警察專業社會化歷程之理解，並為警察教育與組織管理實務提供理論依據。

This study aimed to examine the structural relationships among organizational factors, social identity, self-legitimacy, and cynicism among police academy students, and to test the mediating role of social identity in these relationships. Survey data were collected from students at the Taiwan Police College, and path analysis was conducted to test the proposed model.
The results indicated that organizational factors had a significant positive effect on social identity, which in turn positively predicted self-legitimacy. However, the direct effect of organizational factors on self-legitimacy was not significant, suggesting that social identity fully mediated this relationship. In addition, organizational factors had a significant negative effect on cynicism, whereas social identity did not significantly predict cynicism, indicating that the formation mechanisms underlying positive and negative psychological orientations may differ. Bootstrap resampling analysis further supported the indirect effect of organizational factors on self-legitimacy through social identity.
These findings suggest that self-legitimacy is not directly derived from organizational structures per se, but rather develops through the internalization of group identity.
Moreover, cynicism and self-legitimacy may represent distinct psychological developmental trajectories. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the professional socialization process in police training and provides theoretical implications for police education and organizational management.