RT Article
T1 The Association of Occupational Stressors with Different Forms of Organizational Commitment Among Correctional Staff
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 3
SP 480
OP 501
A1 Lambert, Eric G.
A1 Kelley, Thomas
A1 Hogan, Nancy L.
A2 Kelley, Thomas
A2 Hogan, Nancy L.
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200268
AB Committed staff are arguably an absolute necessity for the success of correctional facilities. A growing body of literature has examined how different aspects of the work environment relate to organizational commitment; however, organizational commitment can be operationalized as continuance, moral, or affective. Work environment variables may impact the various forms of commitment differently. Using survey data from 272 staff who worked at a Midwestern maximum-security state prison, this study examined the association between the occupational stressors of perceived dangerousness of the job, role conflict, role ambiguity, repetitiveness, and work-on-family conflict with the three forms of organizational commitment. The effects of the occupational stressors varied for each form of organizational commitment. Specifically, work-on-family conflict had a significant positive association with continuance commitment. Role conflict and repetitiveness had negative associations with moral commitment. Finally, all five stressors had significant negative associations with affective commitment.
K1 Occupational stressors
K1 Organizational Commitment
K1 Correctional Staff
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9183-1