The Impact of Individual and Organizational Factors on Correctional Officers’ Job Satisfaction

ABSTRACT

Using a sample of 602 correctional officers from facilities of varying security levels, this study explores the association of individual and organizational perceptions of officer job satisfaction. Findings suggest that transformational leadership and work-on-home difficulty are the strongest predictors of job satisfaction, with several prior identified individual and organizational factors also being significant in correctional officers’ job satisfaction. A discussion and future directions are included to contextualize and frame the policy implications of the findings.

KEYWORDS:

• Management
• prisons

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. For the purposes of the current study work-on-home difficulty is used to capture this concept of work-home conflict, where work-related duties have an impact on the home life of correctional officers. Work-on-home difficulty is operationalized in the methodology section for further clarification.