Job design variables as change measures in a correctional facility
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Community Psychology
- Vol. 3 (4) , 315-325
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00880774
Abstract
The importance of working conditions is stressed as a neglected area of concern in human service organizations. The present investigation attempts to demonstrate the utility of the concept of job design dimensions as evaluative measures of change in a correctional facility for delinquent youth. Staff were administered a modified version of the Hackman/Lawler Job Design Inventory at two time periods separated by an interval of 14 months. Staff who were participants in an innovative institutional change program at both times were compared with staff who were not participants at Time I but were at Time II. The results provide support for the notion that examination of the perceptions of working conditions by employees may be an important method for assessing institutional change.Keywords
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