Abstract

Prior research on workplace outcomes among both institutional and community corrections staff has typically included education as a control variable, but few studies have specifically focused on the role education may play in determining job-related experiences of staff members. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the impact educational attainment and perceptions of the adequacy of educational training have on several workplace outcomes (i.e., burnout, secondary trauma, job stress, job satisfaction, work family conflict, and job orientation). Based on survey data collected from nearly 300 juvenile probation and detention officers working in the Midwest, results from the OLS regression analysis indicated that having a college degree had significant effects on job satisfaction and job orientation (i.e., punishment, rehabilitation), while perception of educational training adequacy predicted depersonalization, personal accomplishment, job stress, and rehabilitation orientation. Both methodological and workplace implications of these results are discussed.

摘要

先前对机构和社区矫正人员的工作成果的研究通常将教育作为控制变量，但很少有研究专门关注教育在确定工作人员的工作相关经历方面可能发挥的作用。目前的研究通过检查教育程度和教育培训充分性的看法对几种工作场所结果（即倦怠、继发性创伤、工作压力、工作满意度、工作家庭冲突和工作取向）的影响来解决文献中的这一差距. 基于从中西部工作的近 300 名少年缓刑和拘留官员收集的调查数据，OLS 回归分析的结果表明，拥有大学学位对工作满意度和工作取向（即惩罚，惩罚，康复），而对教育培训充分性的看法预测人格解体、个人成就、工作压力和康复方向。讨论了这些结果的方法论和工作场所影响。