NCJ Number
225252
Journal
Criminal Justice Review Volume: 33 Issue: 4 Dated: December 2008 Pages: 541-564
Date Published
December 2008
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This study examined the impact of demographics, job, and organizational characteristics on job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment of correctional workers.
Abstract
Results found that organizational and job characteristics are related to correctional staff attitudes toward job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment; demographic characteristics are weakly related to these occupational attitudes. Additionally, job stress was found to have a negative impact on both job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and job satisfaction was a powerful predictor of organizational commitment. Data indicated four conclusions: first, the impact of the various measures (demographic, job, and organizational characteristics) differed from one another in terms of their impact on a particular occupational attitude; they also varied in their effects across the three occupational attitudes; second, organizational and job characteristics were more important than demographic characteristics in helping shape the job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment; third, both organizational and job characteristics were important in helping shape the job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment levels of correctional workers; and fourth, job satisfaction was a powerful antecedent of organizational commitment. Data were collected using survey data from a large county correctional system in Orlando, FL. Tables, notes, and references