Explain what the research shows with regards to job satisfaction among women who work as correctional officers

What will be an ideal response?


• There has been support in the research to indicate that job satisfaction is as high or even higher among women officers, compared with men officers. Women correctional officers revealed a greater sense of job-related personal achievement and accomplishment then male officers did.
• Both groups, however, were found to have similar degrees of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
• Men typically perceive that they have higher levels of organizational support than women do.
• Major sources of stress for women were juggling family and work obligations and fear for personal safety.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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