Correlates of correctional officer job stress: The impact of organizational structure

Assessing the Social Climate of Prisons

“…For example, the work and organisational psychology literature has highlighted how staff perceptions of social climate are associated with work outcomes such as staff productivity, job performance, and work stress. Studies have shown that staff perceptions of a workplace climate correlate significantly with negative employee attitudes (e.g., the intent to leave a job) and levels of job satisfaction (Ulrich et al 2007), psychological wellbeing (Garrett & McDaniel 2001), stress and burnout (Griffin et al 2010;Lambert et al 2006), and motivation and job performance (Parker et al 2003). The connection between social climate and staff absenteeism has also been widely documented.…”

Influence of burnout on the health of prison workers

“…As shown throughout the analysis of our results, variables that compound burnout syndrome are a consequence of one's working conditions and -69 - Rev 3,8,[11][12] . In addition to this, we have also included the variable health and assessed whether burnout syndrome-related factors negatively affect the deterioration of health.…”

“…Social impairment is developed after low levels of wellness and a negative perception of social skills implied in the development of one's work, which mostly influence social relations. According to Lambert et al 12 stress, understood as working and emotional exhaustion, influences physical and mental health, while it is also true that emotional exhaustion entailed by working stress together with depersonalization, with negative attitudes towards the rest, may lead to Social Impairment both in the alternative and conventional prison perspectives since there are no significant differences in this regard.…”

“…At the same time, Lambert et al 12 , point out that stress among correctional officers negatively influences the development of their work and their own mental and physical health. That is to say that the less involvement in decision-making or the lower the autonomy in the development of their tasks, the higher stress levels tend to be 13 .…”

Predicting Psychological Strain with Job Demands and Organizational Injustice through the Implications of Job Demand-Control Model and Fairness Theory

“…Perceived distributive justices' link to strain has been confirmed by a number of authors (e.g., Francis & Barling, 2005;Tepper, 2001;Rousseau et al, 2009). At the empirical level, many studies indicate that distributive injustice negatively influenced psychological health outcomes (Francis & Barling, 2005;Judge & Colquitt, 2004;Lambert, Hogan, & Allen, 2006;Spell & Arnold, 2007). Studies have also found support for the relationship between the sub facets of justice, i.e.…”