Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Staff in Community Corrections

• In Event: Issues Facing Correctional Staff

Abstract

Studies of staff working in correctional institutions have shown that job satisfaction and organizational commitment are predictive of staff behavior and important precursors for effective agency functions. At the same time, these constructs are not well understood among staff working in community corrections agencies, and these agencies have work environments that are quite distinct from institutions. This study analyzes personal and work environment antecedents of both job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment among juvenile justice staff working in community corrections. Implications are discussed for efforts aimed at improving these job attitudes.

Authors

• Kevin I. Minor, Eastern Kentucky University

• James Bevard Wells, Eastern Kentucky University

• Jennifer Tilley, American University

• Eric Lambert, University of Mississippi