The Connection of Organizational Trust with Strain-Based Conflict Among Southern U.S. Prison Staff

• In Event: Issues Facing Criminal Justice Employees In Different Nations

Abstract

Strain-based conflict is when work issues follow a person home and result in conflict in the home domain. Organizational trust is important for prison staff. Low or missing organization trust may cause frustration among prison staff and this frustration may follow a person home, raising the level of strain-based conflict. The current study used data from staff working at a large high security prison in the U.S. south to examine how organizational trust is related to strain-based conflict. The results will be presented and discussed.

Authors

• Eric Lambert, Indiana University Northwest

• David May, Mississippi State University

• Stacy Haynes, Mississippi State University

• Matthew Leone, University of Nevada, Reno

• Monica Solinas-Saunders, Indiana University Northwest