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92 Prison J. 3 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/prsjrnl92 and id is 1 raw text is: Is the Job Burning Me Out? An Exploratory Test of the Job Characteristics The Prison journal 92(1) 3-23 @ 2012 SAGE Publications Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/003288551 1428794 http://tp.sagepub.corn SAGE Model on the Emotional Burnout of Prison Staff Eric G. Lambert', Nancy L. Hogan2, Kelly Cheeseman Dial3, Shanhe Jiang4, and Mahfuzul I. Khondakers Abstract Although emotional burnout of prison staff is costly to all involved, it has not received the kind of research attention that is warranted. This exploratory study focused on the impact of job characteristics on the emotional exhaus- tion dimension of burnout of prison staff. Using data from 272 staff members at a Midwestern state prison, this study found that both job feedback and job autonomy had negative effects on the index of emotional exhaustion burnout; however, both supervision and job variety had nonsignificant 'Wayne State University, Detroit, Ml, USA 2Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Ml, USA 3Messiah College, Grantham, PA, USA 4The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA 5Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA, USA Corresponding Author: Eric G. Lambert, Deptartment of Criminal justice, Wayne State University, 3281 Faculty Administration Building, Detroit, MI 48202, USA Email: dz9258@wayne.edu

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