Citation

Boateng FD, Hsieh ML. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2019; 63(2): 289-308.

Affiliation

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X18780941

PMID

29882441

Abstract

Primarily, this article examines the role of organizational justice in understanding prison officers' behavior. The authors surveyed 169 correctional officers across five correctional facilities in Ghana to explore the role of three organizational justice dimensions in prison misconduct and job stress.

RESULTS from the negative binomial and ordinal logistic analyses revealed the significant contributions of two dimensions of organizational justice in explaining misconduct and stress among officers. Officers who had higher perceptions of distributive fairness and interaction in the organization had lower odds of receiving misconduct-related complaints. Also, greater interaction was found to be associated with reduced job stress among prison officers. In addition, several officers' characteristics were found to predict the number of times officers received misconduct complaints.

Language: en

Keywords

Ghana; corrections; distributive; fairness; interaction; justice; misconduct; organization; prison; procedural