The impact of job characteristics on private prison staff: Why management should care

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 151-165

  Hogan, Nancy L ^a   Lambert, Eric G ^b   Jenkins, Morris ^c   Hall, Daniel E ^d  

^a FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d Miami University Hamilton   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Job stress; Job variety; Organizational commitment; Private prison staff; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950776031     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-009-9060-8     Document Type: Article

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