Organizational Psychology

Scholars have established a link between workplace discrimination and psychological wellbeing among different cohorts apart from the police officers. However, the role of resilience in the link, as wellas how this condition differs across gender, among police officers within the context of Nigeria has not received sufficient research attention. Purpose. Thus, this study investigated the conditional in directeffect of gender on the relationship between perceived workplace discrimination and psychological wellbeing through resilience of police officers in Nigeria. Methodology. A sample of 316 (mean age = 38.1;σ = 13.6; women = 47.2%) police officers that were selected through the stratified sampling technique, completed the Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale, Perceived Workplace Discrimination Scale and Resilience Scale. Data were subjected to both the structural equation modelling and hayes process macroanalyses. Findings. Results from the hayes process macro statistical analyses revealed that resilience and perceived workplace discrimination independently predicted police officers’ psychological wellbeing. Also, resilience was found to have an indirect effect on the workplace discrimination — psychologicalwellbeing link. Furthermore, perceived workplace discrimination had more effect on the psychologicalwellbeing of resilient female police officers than their male counter parts. The study concluded that the indirect effect of resilience on psychological wellbeing of police officers through perceived workplace discrimination was higher for female officers.