GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PERFORMANCE OF POLICEWOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

This study was initiated to conduct so to determine the gender and development (GAD)-related environmental factors influencing the Philippine National Police (PNP) policewomen's performance with a focus on the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). The study was conceptualized into descriptive-correlational research, and purposive sampling of policewomen of varying ranks equaled 78. Data were gathered through a validated structured survey questionnaire, of which the psychological part of the policewomen answered questions regarding their motivation, value orientation, and aspirations, while their immediate supervisors assessed their subordinates' performances based on six points. Data's statistical treatment involved the utilization of Descriptive statistics, Spearman's rank correlation, and One-way ANOVA. The findings indicated that policewomen were highly ambitious, value-driven, and highly motivated, and among these, aspirations were the strongest. The workers' behavioral aspect came out to be very satisfactory from the supervisors' perspective overall across all concern areas, and specifically relationships within the workplace, personality of the individual, and area of work were referred to. The relationship came out to confirm the hypothesis that four factors, namely, motivation, values, aspirations, and performance, interconnect. The strongest correlation is determined by aspirations (r = 0.45, p < 0.01). But by ANOVA outcomes, no difference between different groups by the rank with regards to GAD factors and performance was found. Moreover, the results heed the importance of the resourceful and motivational dimensions as key drivers that stimulate women's performance in the workforce while, at the same time, recognizing that systemic obstacles hinder the aspirations of being opportunities of leadership. It proposes institutional transformation that will be having gender-responsive systems of evaluation and promotion among its focus areas, thereby empowering policewomen to achieve their full potential. The outcomes of the study contribute significantly to evidence-based policy-making, including gender mainstreaming into law enforcement.