14 results on '"Lambert, Eric G."'
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2. The Association of Organizational Justice with Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Nigerian Correctional Staff.
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Lambert, Eric G., Tewksbury, Richard, Otu, Smart E., and Elechi, O. Oko
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ORGANIZATIONAL justice , *JOB satisfaction , *ORGANIZATIONAL commitment , *ATTITUDES toward work , *PROCEDURAL justice , *SOCIAL justice , *JOB Descriptive Index , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *CORPORATE culture ,WESTERN countries - Abstract
Correctional staff are a necessary and valuable resource for correctional institutions, in both Western and Nonwestern nations; however, studies of correctional staff in Nonwestern nations, particularly those in Africa, are lacking. Improving the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of these staff are imperative, as both of these job attitudes have been linked to many salient beneficial outcomes. Most of the existing empirical research on correctional staff organizational justice explores only the effects of procedural and distributive justice and ignores interpersonal justice. Additionally, there has been little research on how procedural, distributive, and interpersonal justice affect correctional staff in Nonwestern correctional organizations. The current study explored the effects of all three forms of organizational justice on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of staff at a medium security prison in southeast Nigeria. Based on Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, all three forms of justice had significant positive effects on commitment. Procedural and interpersonal justice had positive effects on job satisfaction, while distributive justice had nonsignificant effects. Correctional administrators need to be aware the importance of procedural, distributive, and interpersonal justice and attempt to improve perceptions of these organizational justice variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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3. Exploring the Association Between Work-Family Conflict and Job Involvement.
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Liu, Jianhong, Lambert, Eric G., Kelley, Thomas, Zhang, Jinwu, and Jiang, Shanhe
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JOB involvement , *JOB stress , *JOB satisfaction , *ORGANIZATIONAL commitment , *EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
Past research among U.S. correctional staff has found that work-family conflict has negative outcomes such as decreasing job satisfaction, decreasing organizational commitment, and increasing job stress. Little empirical research has addressed the association of the specific types of work-family conflict with job involvement. The present study contributes to the literature by separately analyzing the relationship of the four specific major types of work-family conflict (time-based conflict, strain-based conflict, behavior-based conflict, and family-on-work conflict) with job involvement among surveyed staff at two Chinese prisons. Job involvement varied by the type of work-family conflict. Specifically, time-based conflict and strain-based conflict had nonsignificant association with job involvement, but behavior-based and family-based conflicts had significant negative associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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4. When Domains Spill Over: The Relationships of Work–Family Conflict With Indian Police Affective and Continuance Commitment.
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Qureshi, Hanif, Lambert, Eric G., and Frank, James
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ORGANIZATIONAL commitment , *POLICE , *POLICE psychology - Abstract
Policing is a stressful occupation that may give rise to work–family conflict (WFC). WFC arises when the work domain encroaches into the family domain, or vice versa, causing officers to become less attached to their job and the police organization. Using survey data collected from a sample of police officers in India, we examined the relationship between four dimensions of WFC (time-based, strain-based, behavior-based, and family-based WFC) and two dimensions of organizational commitment (continuance and affective). Family-based WFC was found to reduce continuance commitment, while strain-based WFC reduced affective commitment. Time-based, strain-based, and behavior-based WFC increased continuance commitment. We examined the implications of these findings for police policy makers and administrators. In addition, we also discussed our findings in the context of cross-cultural comparisons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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5. Supervision Strategies and Their Correlates: An Empirical Study of Chinese Community Correctional Staff.
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Jiang, Shanhe, Lambert, Eric G., Zhang, Dawei, and Jin, Xiaohong
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LAW enforcement , *RECIDIVISM , *CRIMINALS , *CORRECTIONAL institutions , *CRIME prevention - Abstract
While there are different approaches to dealing with offenders sentenced to community corrections, the three major ones are law enforcement (surveillance), therapeutic (rehabilitation), and crime opportunity prevention. Using the study of U.S. community corrections staff by Miller as a guide, the current study examined the supervision strategy used by Chinese community corrections staff in the Hubei province of China. Chinese community corrections staff were more likely to use the therapeutic and crime opportunity prevention approaches than the law enforcement model. Predictors of each of the three offender supervision approaches differed. The results from Chinese staff were similar in many ways to that found among U.S. staff reported by Miller but differed in some areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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6. Predictors of Death Penalty Views in China: An Empirical Comparison Between College Students and Citizens.
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Shanhe Jiang, Ming Hu, and Lambert, Eric G.
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CRIMINAL law ,OFFENSES against the person ,CAPITAL punishment ,COLLEGE students ,CITIZENS - Abstract
China's current Criminal Law has 46 death-eligible offenses, and China executes more people than any other country in the world. However, there is a lack of study of attitudes toward capital punishment for specific offenses, and no death penalty view comparison between college students and regular citizens in China was found. This study was taken to address these limitations. Using a sample of 401 respondents from Zhejiang, China, in 2016, the present study found that more than 72% of respondents favored the death penalty without any specification of crime types. Level of death penalty support differed by various specific crimes. As expected, relative to college students, general population citizens were more likely to support capital punishment. Both groups had the highest death penalty support for murder. The study also revealed similar and different reasons behind death penalty attitudes between college students and regular citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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7. Predictors of Death Penalty Views in China: An Empirical Comparison Between College Students and Citizens.
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Jiang, Shanhe, Hu, Ming, and Lambert, Eric G.
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CAPITAL punishment ,CRIMINAL justice system ,CRIMINAL law ,OFFENSES against the person ,COLLEGE students ,CRIME statistics ,COMPARATIVE studies ,CRIMINOLOGY ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,PUBLIC opinion ,PUNISHMENT ,RESEARCH ,SOCIAL values ,STUDENTS ,ATTITUDES toward death ,EVALUATION research - Abstract
China's current Criminal Law has 46 death-eligible offenses, and China executes more people than any other country in the world. However, there is a lack of study of attitudes toward capital punishment for specific offenses, and no death penalty view comparison between college students and regular citizens in China was found. This study was taken to address these limitations. Using a sample of 401 respondents from Zhejiang, China, in 2016, the present study found that more than 72% of respondents favored the death penalty without any specification of crime types. Level of death penalty support differed by various specific crimes. As expected, relative to college students, general population citizens were more likely to support capital punishment. Both groups had the highest death penalty support for murder. The study also revealed similar and different reasons behind death penalty attitudes between college students and regular citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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8. The relationship between burnout and support for punishment and treatment: a preliminary examination
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Lambert, Eric G., Altheimer, Irshad, Shanhe Jiang, Stevenson, Michael T., and Hogan, Nancy L.
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Correctional personnel -- Research ,Correctional personnel -- Social aspects ,Correctional personnel -- Health aspects ,Job stress -- Research ,Job stress -- Psychological aspects ,Health ,Law ,Psychology and mental health - Published
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9. Teaching Health versus Treating Illness: The Efficacy of Three Principles Correctional Counseling with People in an English Prison.
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Kelley, Thomas M., Hollows, Jacqueline, Lambert, Eric G., Savard, Dennis M., and Pransky, Jack
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MENTAL health of prisoners services ,CORRECTIONAL psychology ,NATIVISM (Psychology) ,MENTAL health of prisoners ,THOUGHT & thinking ,CONSCIOUSNESS - Abstract
Three principles correctional counseling (3PCC) posits that people in prison have inner mental health they have obscured to varying degrees with their own thinking. 3PCC further posits that people in prison can rekindle and sustain this inner health via understanding how three psychospiritual principles-Universal Mind, consciousness, and thought-coalesce to form people's psychological experience. We review the three principles and explain how exposure to these principles can lead to improved mental health and improved behavior. Then, we describe 3PCC and distinguish it from prevailing correctional counseling methods. Finally, we present a preliminary study that examines the efficacy of 3PCC for improving the mental health and behavior of people in an English prison. Our findings show that participants exposed to 3PCC showed a significant improvement in mental well-being and purpose in life, significant reductions in anxiety and anger, and improved behavior in the prison community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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10. An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Work Environment Variables on Job Satisfaction Among Chinese Prison Staff.
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Jiang, Shanhe, Lambert, Eric G., Liu, Jianhong, and Zhang, Jinwu
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WORK environment , *JOB satisfaction , *PRISON personnel , *PRISONS , *JOB absenteeism , *CORRECTIONAL institutions - Abstract
Job satisfaction has been linked to many positive outcomes, such as greater work performance, increased organizational commitment, reduced job burnout, decreased absenteeism, and lower turnover intent/turnover. A substantial body of research has examined how work environment variables are linked to job satisfaction among U.S. correctional staff; far less research has examined prison staff in non-Western nations, especially China. Using survey data collected from two prisons in Guangzhou, China, this study investigated the level of job satisfaction among prison staff and how personal characteristics (i.e., gender, tenure, age, and educational level) and work environment variables (i.e., perceived dangerousness of the job, job variety, supervision, instrumental communication, and input into decision making) affect job satisfaction. The findings from ordinary least squares regression equations indicated that the work environment variables explained a greater proportion of the variance in the job satisfaction measure than the personal characteristics. In the full multivariate regression model, gender was the only personal characteristic to have a significant association with job satisfaction, with female staff reporting higher satisfaction. Input into decision making and job variety had significant positive associations, whereas dangerousness had a significant negative relationship with job satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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11. The Effects of Perceptions of Organizational Structure on Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment Among Indian Police Officers.
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Lambert, Eric G., Qureshi, Hanif, Klahm, Charles, Smith, Brad, and Frank, James
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POLICE , *ORGANIZATIONAL structure , *JOB involvement , *JOB satisfaction , *ORGANIZATIONAL commitment , *COMMUNICATION , *CORPORATE culture , *DECISION making , *MANAGEMENT , *REGRESSION analysis , *SOCIAL support - Abstract
Successful police organizations rely on involved, satisfied, and committed workers. The concepts of job involvement (i.e., connection with the job), job satisfaction (i.e., affective feeling toward the job), and organizational commitment (i.e., bond with the employing organization) have been shown to significantly affect intentions and behaviors of employees. The current study used multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis on survey results from a sample of 827 Indian police officers to explore how perceptions of work environment factors affect officers' job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Organizational support, formalization (i.e., level of codified written rules and guidelines), promotional opportunities, institutional communication (i.e., salient work information is transmitted), and input into decision-making (i.e., having a voice in the process) significantly influenced the job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment of Indian police officers. Specifically, in the multivariate analysis, perceptions of formalization and instrumental communication had a positive relationship with job involvement; perceptions of organizational support, promotional opportunities, instrumental communication, and input into decision-making had positive associations with job satisfaction; and perceptions of organizational support, formalization, promotional opportunities, instrumental communication, and input into decision-making had positive relationships with organizational commitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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12. The Association Between Correctional Orientation and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Among Correctional Staff.
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Lambert, Eric G., Barton-Bellessa, Shannon M., and Hogan, Nancy L.
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REHABILITATION of criminals , *JUVENILE offenders , *JUVENILE offenders' attitudes , *TRIAL & sentencing of children as adults , *JUVENILE corrections , *JUVENILE diversion programs - Abstract
This study sought to examine the relationship between correctional orientation (support for rehabilitation or punishment) and organizational citizenship behaviors (going above and beyond what is expected at work). All available staff at a Midwestern, high-security prison that housed juvenile offenders sentenced as adults were surveyed. Regression results suggest that correctional orientation does have a direct impact on organizational citizenship. Those staff indicating greater support for rehabilitation were more likely to report engagement in organizational citizenship behaviors. Support for punishment, however, had a nonsignificant association. Even among custody staff (i.e., correctional officers) and staff who spent half or more of their day interacting with inmates, support for rehabilitation had a significant positive association with organizational behaviors and support for punishment was not a significant predictor. In addition to the benefits of increased support for rehabilitation, such as better inmate relations, job satisfaction, and lower job stress, the current results suggest that another benefit of increasing support for rehabilitation among staff could result in greater engagement in organizational citizenship behaviors. Correctional administrators should explore different ways to promote support for rehabilitation among staff. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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13. Comparing and Contrasting the Formal and Informal Crime Control Views of Indian and U.S. College Students: A Preliminary Study.
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Lambert, Eric G., Pasupuleti, Sudershan, Jiang, Shanhe, Jaishankar, Karuppannan, and Bhimarasetty, Jagadish V.
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CRIME prevention , *COLLEGE student attitudes , *FAMILIES - Abstract
This study examined the importance of formal and informal crime control in the United States and India. Formal crime control relies on the law and official government agencies to deter criminal actions and to respond to criminal activity. Informal crime control relies on moral and social institutions (e.g., family, peers, and neighbors) to promote lawful behavior. Using the data collected from 928 college students, the study found that the Indian and U.S. respondents differed on most of the formal and informal control measures. Overall, the Indian respondents were more likely to rank informal control as more important than were their U.S. counterparts. Although there were differences, both groups of respondents shared similar views on the importance of both forms of crime control and held that family was the most important form of crime control. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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14. Capital Punishment View in China and the United States.
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Shanhe Jiang, Lambert, Eric G., and Jin Wang
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CAPITAL punishment , *COLLEGE students , *DEATH , *PUNISHMENT in crime deterrence - Abstract
There is a lack of research on attitudes toward capital punishment in China, and there is even less research on cross-national comparisons of capital punishment views. Using data recently collected from college students in the United States and China, this study finds that U.S. and Chinese students have differences in their views on the death penalty and its functions of deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation. This study also reveals that the respondents' perspectives of deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, and incapacitation all affect their attitudes toward the death penalty in the United States, whereas only the first three views affect attitudes toward capital punishment in China. Furthermore, retribution is the strongest predictor in the United States, whereas deterrence is the strongest predictor in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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