Testing a Path Model of Organizational Justice and Correctional Staff Job Stress Among Southern Correctional Staff

Job stress has many negative effects on correctional staff. We proposed and tested a path model of transactional, procedural, and distributive justice’s direct and indirect effects on the job stress of 322 surveyed correctional staff, including 219 correctional officers, at a maximum security Southe...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inCriminal justice and behavior Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 1367 - 1384
Main Authors Lambert, Eric G., Keena, Linda D., Haynes, Stacy H., May, David, Ricciardelli, Rosemary, Leone, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2019
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Correctional personnel
Distributive justice
Indirect effects
Occupational stress
Organizational justice
Procedural justice
United States > US
Southern states
distributive justice
job stress
procedural justice
transactional justice
correctional staff
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Job stress has many negative effects on correctional staff. We proposed and tested a path model of transactional, procedural, and distributive justice’s direct and indirect effects on the job stress of 322 surveyed correctional staff, including 219 correctional officers, at a maximum security Southern prison. Findings indicated that procedural, distributive, and transactional justice affected job stress. Specifically, the proposed path model was supported, such that procedural justice had an indirect effect on job stress through distributive justice, and transactional and distributive justice had direct, negative effects on job stress. Transactional justice also had indirect effects on job stress through procedural and distributive justice. Taken together, the results suggest that organizational justice plays an important role in reducing correctional staff job stress.
ISSN:0093-8548
1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854819843336