Safety Culture and Operational Risk Management in the PNP as Determinants of Individual Work Performance of Female Police Officers: An Explanatory Sequential Approach

The main goal of this study is to establish which model best predicts work performance among female police officers in relation to safety culture and operational risk management in Region XI. This research followed the explanatory sequential mixed methods approach wherein the researcher conducted the study in two phases: quantitative research followed by a qualitative data collection and analysis. The statistical techniques applied in analyzing and integrating data were Mean, Pearson r and Regression. The researcher adapted standardized questionnaires to measure the safety culture, operational risk management and individual work performance. Three hundred and ninety (390) female police officers were surveyed in the study. Additionally, in-depth interviews were conducted with ten (10) participants, along with FGD the seven (7) member participants to determine the participant’s experiences on how safety culture and operational risk management influence individual work performance. The study revealed the female police officers in Region XI have remarkably very high levels of individual work performance, perceived safety culture and operational risk management. According to quantitative evidence, these elements have a statistical relationship. which is corroborated by qualitative findings. The significance of singular and combined influence denotes in the over-all p-value (p≤0.05) that both safety culture and operational risk management are both predictors of individual work performance of female police officers. Moreover, the result of the qualitative data integration revealed connecting-merging-confirming results. The combination of the two data sets demonstrates how important safety culture and operational risk management are in shaping female police officers' individual work performance.