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PRISON JOURNAL
Volume 92, Issue 1, Pages 3-23Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0032885511428794
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prison staff; burnout; supervision; job variety; job feedback; job autonomy
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Although emotional burnout of prison staff is costly to all involved, it has not received the kind of research attention that is warranted. This exploratory study focused on the impact of job characteristics on the emotional exhaustion dimension of burnout of prison staff. Using data from 272 staff members at a Midwestern state prison, this study found that both job feedback and job autonomy had negative effects on the index of emotional exhaustion burnout; however, both supervision and job variety had nonsignificant effects. The study further discussed possible reasons for both the significant and nonsignificant relationships.
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