NCJ Number
151311
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 74 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1994) Pages: 279-305
Date Published
1994
Length
17 pages
Annotation
Data from 3,608 employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons formed the basis of an analysis of the effects on turnover of job satisfaction and organizational commitment as measured by commitment to the overall organization and commitment to the specific institution.
Abstract
The data came from a subsample of the 1991 Prison Social Climate Survey and from the personnel database of the Bureau of Prisons. The data were analyzed using discrete- time event history models. Results confirmed that measures of organizational commitment are inversely related with turnover; higher levels of organizational commitment were associated with lower levels of turnover. The effects of the measures of organizational commitment were also greater than those of job satisfaction, which were actually nonsignificant. However, the two measures of organizational commitment had approximately equal effects on turnover. Tables, appended survey instrument, notes, and 42 references (Author abstract modified)