Using Organizational Justice Perspective to Explain Job Satisfaction and Commitment Among Prison Officers

• In Event: The Subculture of Correctional Officers

Abstract

Organizational justice doctrine has been applied widely in understanding the performance of criminal justice institutions, and while most of the studies were conducted in the west, little have been done in postcolonial societies. Given the importance of cross-cultural studies, the current study attempts to test the validity of the organizational justice theory in Ghana by exploring how key organizational justice components would impact correctional officers’ perception of job satisfaction and job commitment. The results reveal significant support for the organizational justice hypotheses in Ghana. Practical policy implications of the findings are discussed.

Authors

• Francis Danso Boateng, University of Mississippi

• Ming-Li Hsieh, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire