To be committed or not: examining effects of personal and workplace variables on the organizational commitment of Southern prison staff

This study examined how personal and workplace variables were related to organizational commitment among staff working at a large Southern prison. The personal variables were gender, age, position, tenure, educational level, and supervisory status. The workplace variables were assessment of training...

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Autor principal: Lambert, Eric G. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Buckner, Zachary ; Haynes, Stacy H. ; Keena, Linda Denise ; May, David
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Criminal justice studies
Año: 2017, Volumen: 30, Número: 3, Páginas: 223-239
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Prison staff
Input into decision-making
Instrumental communication
Job variety
Organizational Commitment
Role clarity
Training assessment
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Sumario:This study examined how personal and workplace variables were related to organizational commitment among staff working at a large Southern prison. The personal variables were gender, age, position, tenure, educational level, and supervisory status. The workplace variables were assessment of training, job variety, role clarity, input into decision-making, and instrumental communication. The results indicate workplace variables play a greater role in shaping affective commitment of surveyed Southern prison staff than do personal variables. The personal variables explained only 10% of the variance in the commitment index, while workplace factors accounted for approximately 59% of the variance and were significant determinants of organizational commitment among the respondents. In the multivariate regression analysis, age, assessment of training, job variety, role clarity, input into decision-making, and instrumental communication all had positive associations with commitment. Educational level had a negative relationship with commitment. Implications of these findings for policy and future research are also discussed.
ISSN:1478-6028
DOI:10.1080/1478601X.2017.1293536