Job Stress and Job Satisfaction Among Jail Staff: Exploring Gendered Effects

Despite increased representation in correctional work settings, women still encounter obstacles in this male-dominated occupation—obstacles that have the potential to affect their levels of job stress and job satisfaction. Although gender-based differences in job stress and job satisfaction have been analyzed in several prison settings, much less work has been conducted in the often neglected correctional arena of jails. The current study fills this empirical void by examining jail staff at a large county correctional system in Orlando, Florida. Ordinary least squares regression analysis indicated that different facets of the work environment differentially affected the job stress and job satisfaction of 419 women and 493 men working in a large urban jail system. Specifically, role ambiguity, perceived dangerousness, coworker relations, input into decision making, and administrative support had larger effects on job stress for women compared to men. For job satisfaction, the only workplace variable to have a gendered effect was administrative support, which also had a greater effect for women than men. The findings reveal gender-related differences, especially in terms of job stress.     

Including All Staff in an Alternative School's Effort to Reduce Violence

ABSTRACT

Interview data from non-teaching staff at Garfield alternative school revealed how the entire staff-including custodians, secretaries, and hall monitors-contributed to the success of the school's violence prevention efforts. The school functioned democratically: non-teaching staff attended violence prevention workshops offered to all staff; the non-teaching staff's opinions about students' behavior were constantly solicited by teachers and administrators. By employing the skills and cultural competence of all staff members, the school's administrators encouraged democratic, non-hierarchical behavior among the staff in order to reduce violence in the students' lives. The authors recommend studies be conducted at other schools to expand our knowledge of the ways non-teaching staff may enhance a whole school approach to violence prevention.     

论受贿犯罪司法认定中的几个问题

治理商业贿赂,首先要正确认定商业贿赂犯罪,这不仅是准确打击商业贿赂犯罪之需要,也是保障人权之要求。受贿犯罪自然是商业贿赂犯罪的核心。受贿犯罪在司法实践中存在一些难以认定的情况,如“什么是公务”、“利益正当与否如何判断”、“受贿故意与谋利目的分离如何处理”,等等。对这些问题的解决,应从应然和实然两方面着手。     

企业C类员工的界定与管理

成功企业不仅是依靠有效的对A类、B类员工管理，更是依靠对C类员工的妥善处理。C类员工已经成为当前许多企业发展的障碍，而且相当多的企业对C类员工的界定和管理还处于靠感情、凭经验的层次上，不利于企业塑造一支优秀、高效的员工队伍。重视对C类员工的管理，建立一套行之有效的对C类员工的综合评价系统及管理制度是企业领导者的迫切、重要的任务。     

对再造职工素质的思考

全面建设小康社会,对职工的素质提出了更高的要求.工会组织应充分发挥自身的职能优势,在职工素质教育中发挥主阵地作用,以广泛开展各种活动为载体,建立一套切实可行的运行机制,保障职工队伍素质建设经常化、规范化、制度化.     

按"三个代表"要求做好培养选拔女干部工作

做好培养选拔女干部工作,必须提高认识,增强培养选拔女干部工作的使命感和紧迫感;加强领导,为女干部成长拓宽发展空间;强化措施,力求选拔女干部工作取得新进展.     

高等职业教育面临的挑战及对策

高等职业教育是高等教育的重要组成部分,入世以后,我国高等职业教育发展机遇和挑战并存,面对挑战,发展高等职业教育的对策是加强高等职业教育专业设置的预见性,产学研相结合,培养高等技术应用性人才,加强师资队伍建设。     

论职工持股会的法律保护

我国的职工持股会作为企业股东,是实现公有制经济、建立现代企业制度的一种重要形式。但在法人治理结构中职工持股会运作不规范。国家对职工持股会必须尽快予以立法规范和实施法律保护,明确职工持股会的特殊投资主体和社团法人的法律地位,以促进我国社会主义市场经济的健康发展。     

充分发挥工会在中心工作中的桥梁和纽带作用

工会在服从和服务于经济工作中,要进入中心,以人为本,充分发挥桥梁和纽带作用:要维护职工合法权益,协调企业劳动关系;要激活职工的参与意识,坚持企业民主管理;要弘扬劳模创业精神,开展技术创新竞赛。     

重组改制企业职工持股会问题的初探

职工持股会通过职工出资对企业所有权的参与,把职工与企业的命运连在一起, 进一步调整了劳资关系。建立职工持股会,有利于延伸企业的民主管理。