Doing "People Work" in the Prison Setting: An Examination of the Job Characteristics Model and Correctional Staff Burnout

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1131-1147

  Griffin, Marie L ^a   Hogan, Nancy L ^b   Lambert, Eric G ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

correctional staff; job autonomy; job burnout; job characteristics; job variety; prison staff; supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864688309     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854812442358     Document Type: Article

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