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Article: Here today, gone tomorrow: how management style affects job satisfaction and, in turn, employee turnover.
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
- Author:
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During 1996, 23,745 correctional officers quit their jobs at 52 adult correctional agencies - reflecting a national annual turnover rate of 12.9 percent. While there are many reasons why employees separate from their agencies, a primary cause is dissatisfaction with some aspect of the job. The specific factors influencing job satisfaction, as well as the correlation between the management traits of prison administrators and the level of job satisfaction and staff turnover, were examined during a recent research effort conducted by the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC).
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