Drivers for enhancing job performance of prison officers in Slovenia

effects of job attitudes, organizational, and work-related factors

Katrin Podgorski (Avtor), Branko Lobnikar (Avtor), Anže Mihelič (Avtor), Kaja Prislan (Avtor)

Povzetek

Maintaining order and safety in a prison environment heavily depends on prison officers, who daily interact with prisoners and are constantly dealing with dangerous situations. Their task performance is vital for the organizational performance and the fulfillment of the prisons’ mission. For managing prison officers’ job performance efficiently, it is important to understand the associated factors; however, job performance in a prison environment remains completely unexplored in Slovenia. This article presents a study conducted among Slovenian prison officers (n = 201), which examined their task performance, its association with job attitudes, and the role of organizational and work-related factors. The study results showed that the prison officers’ task performance is associated with their job satisfaction, but not with their job involvement. Moreover, their job satisfaction is associated with perceived organizational justice, job stress, and the dangerousness of the job. Based on these findings, we demonstrated that task performance depends on several direct and indirect factors that prison management should prioritize, the key ones being stress reduction, strengthening the feeling of organizational justice, and the ability to deal with the job-related dangers successfully. This article highlights organizational and work-related factors important for improving the prison officers’ well-being at work.

Ključne besede

zaporski delavci;delovna uspešnost;psihologija delovnega mesta;job performance;task performance;workplace psychology;prisons;rison officers;

Podatki

Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2023
Tipologija:	1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija:	UM FVV - Fakulteta za varnostne vede
UDK:	343.83(497.4)
COBISS:	163767555
ISSN:	1664-1078
Št. ogledov:	172
Št. prenosov:	7
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede:	Zapori;Zaposleni;Slovenija;
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Znanstveno delo
Strani:	15 str.
Letnik:	ǂVol. ǂ14
Zvezek:	ǂ[article no.] ǂ1247743
Čas izdaje:	8 Sep. 2023
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1247743
ID:	21327382