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Cynicism Toward Change and Career Stage: An Exploration of Work Environment and Organizational Based Characteristics Among Prison Officers in Ghana

Akoensi, Thomas D, Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph (2023) Cynicism Toward Change and Career Stage: An Exploration of Work Environment and Organizational Based Characteristics Among Prison Officers in Ghana. International Criminology, 3 (1). pp. 63-76. ISSN 2662-9976. E-ISSN 2662-9968. (doi:10.1007/s43576-023-00084-3) (KAR id:98683)

Abstract

Prison officer cynicism towards change (CTC) has received limited attention in the penal literature. In the global south, there has been very limited research on CTC among prison officers. In addressing this research gap, we utilized data from prison officers based in low- and medium- security prisons in Ghana to assess the level of CTC and whether the levels of reported CTC differed across different career stages. We also examine the impact of individual, work-environment and organizational predictors on CTC across career stages. Our results reveal similar levels of moderate CTC among prison officers at all career stages. Organizational-based factors were stronger predictors of CTC than work-environment variables. Input into decision making was the only predictor of CTC across all career stages. We identify and examine a number of vital contributions to theory and practice.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s43576-023-00084-3
Uncontrolled keywords: Africa: cynicism towards change; organizational change; decision-making; Prisons
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Thomas Akoensi
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2022 10:31 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 13:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98683 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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