Correctional Officer Attitudes

Equal to the importance of a patrolman to the police department, a correctional officer is equally important to a prison or jail. Close attention must be paid to the well-being of the staff and inmates. This study will add to the continued wealth of knowledge on the topic of professional attitudes in a correctional institution by examining job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. The attitudes will have a considerable effect on the intentions and behaviors of the staff designed to maintain a safe environment for the inmates. Job stress is related to stressors in the workplace which have adverse effects on the team. Stress in the workplace has been linked to illnesses and a shorter life expectancy. It has also been associated with divorce, substance abuse, and suicide among correctional officers. Job satisfaction comes from when the employees receive fulfillment from their needs being met at work. Initially, job satisfaction is related to compliance with the organization rules. Lastly, the organizational commitment is the relationship between the employee and their organization(Lambert & Paoline, 2008). There two major perspectives of organizational commitment calculative and attitudinal. When the employee is committed to the organization because of some sort cost or benefits, which determines their level of commitment to the team. The second view attitudinal commitment is the strength of an individual's feelings towards and views of the group believes in its goals. These measures may be more likely to be linked to real employees. One theory for this study is attitudinal commitment creates a positive work environment. The research was also able to examine

G., & Paoline, E. A. (2008). The Influence of Individual, Job, and Organizational Characteristics on Correctional Staff Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment. Retrieved May 1, 2017, from