RT Article
T1 Research note: career stage and job satisfaction among southern correctional officers
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 30
IS 4
SP 421
OP 432
A1 Hogan, Nancy L.
A2 Cheeseman, Kelly Ann
A2 Griffin, Marie
A2 Kim, Bitna
A2 Lambert, Eric G.
A2 Mendenhall, Michael
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1728896266
AB The career stage theory postulates that employees go through different career stages, and each career stage has different effects on various outcomes, such as job satisfaction. There has been empirical support for the career stage theory from other disciplines, but there has been limited research relating to this theory to corrections. To expand the literature, the current study examined whether different career stages were significant predictors of job satisfactions, while including the personal characteristics and the workplace place variables among Texas correctional officers. The results supported the career state theory: job satisfaction was highest during the entry stage (0-2 years), but was lowest during the second career stage (2-5 years). In career stages three (5-15 years) and four (16+ years), job satisfaction rose. Possible interventions that correctional administrators can undertake to encourage job satisfaction from their staff during the second career stage are discussed.
K1 Correctional Officers
K1 Career stage theory
K1 Job satisfaction
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2017.1370710