On the margins of two professions: Job satisfaction and stress among post-secondary correctional educators

This paper examines how individuals in the unique, doubly marginal, environment of prison-based college faculty draw from both component professions to construct positive educational experiences. Based on qualitative interviews and participant observation, the processes by which correctional higher...

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Main Author: Tewksbury, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1994
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1994, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-77
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Keywords:
Correctional Officer
Prison Inmate
College Program
Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation
Faculty Member
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Summary:This paper examines how individuals in the unique, doubly marginal, environment of prison-based college faculty draw from both component professions to construct positive educational experiences. Based on qualitative interviews and participant observation, the processes by which correctional higher educators construct experiences are explored. Job satisfaction is constructed from two fabrics, social compensations (of interactional and intimate forms) and structural compensations. Balanced against the experiential rewards are the mitigating elements of interactional, institutional and organizational stresses. The integration of compensations and stresses are shown to form the foundation upon which positive professional experiences are constructed.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02887639