CORRELATES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICER JOB STRESS: The Impact of Organizational Structure The article “Correlates of Correctional Officer Job Stress: The Impact of Organizational Structure,” is a study that was conducted to determine if there was a correlation between organizational structure on correctional officer job stress. Instrumental communication, integration, centralization, and legitimacy were forms of organizational structure discussed in the article. According to Allen, Hogan, & Lambert (2006), centralization, which is defined in the study as control employees have in decisions making and how it affects the staff and organization, was found to have a counter impact on the organization commitment and job satisfaction. Instrumental communication, which is defined as the information employee received about their task, their job, organizational issues and concerns, had a positive link between the correctional staff and the organization. Integration, which is the degree that an organization stresses and allows over work groups, was found to lead to a friendly and pleasant work environment with higher integration.
What we think about employee empowerment depends entirely on what we think employee empowerment means not only in factual terms and in particular cases, but also in sweeping historical, theoretical and essentially political terms. The idea itself is the subject of the dispute. It falls within a category that I have previously identified in this journal as an essentially contested concept.3 What matters
This simply means that because it has a symbolic meaning, people are no long sure what the actual definition of diversity is. In today’s business world, diversity means that its business culture is multiracial, multicultural, and multiethnic. This word also comes preloaded with an individual’s own perception and biases. The author also goes on to discuss how diversity is over generalized and used to refer to workforce demographics and that it is time to look at diversity in a new light. I work for ABC Company (ABC), a very large corporation that takes diversity very seriously.
Discuss two ways that the employment relationship has changed since the 1970’s. Describe how each of the two changes will affect your career. The employment relationship can be defined as “the set of arrangements and work practices that describe and govern the relationship between employee and employer”1. This relationship involves an economic agreement, whereby the employer will remunerate the employee and a social contract, in which rules are articulated, determining the conduct that the employee must abide to in order to maintain a position in the organization. Since the 1970’s, the employment relationship has experienced drastic changes.
------------------------------------------------- Mediating conflict in the workplace In this essay I will examine and describe the strategies for resolving a conflict in the workplace. This essay will also clarify that resolving particular issues of conflict occasionally requires a third person a mediator, who may be effective in resolving the conflict and discover a suitable solution to the conflict that all parties involved could agree upon. Good communication and organizational structure is the principal function that assists in the prevention of conflicts between many individuals. (Holvorson, 2010) In eliminating conflicts between colleagues in the workplace one must: 1. Address the conflict early.
Employee Resourcing – The Psychological Contract How can we define the psychological contract? Is it the set of mutual obligations/expectations and more often than not aspirations between employer and employee that extend beyond the formal, written contract of employment? This is the general consensus with modern scholars and workers alike, but just how far is this assertion true? The problem is trying to evaluate what the psychological contract actually is and what it stands for in our modern workplace and organisations. It can be somewhat of an enigma, since it is largely a grey area of study.
“The Role of Taking Conflict Personally in Imagined Interactions" This study examines thoughts and feelings about conflict. A person may use imagined interactions (IIs) to work through a conflict situation. One factor that may affect the nature of IIs about conflict is the tendency among some individuals to take conflict personally. Taking conflict personally (TCP) is the feeling that conflict is a negative life event that is aimed at the self (Hample & Dallinger, 1995). This study examines the relationship between TCP and IIs about conflict.
Considering Obligations Abstract The objective of this paper is to define, describe and identify the meaning and the role that obligation plays within society today. Obligation can be conflicting in personal, professional, and employment situations. This paper provides an in-depth view of the role obligation plays in the workplace and personal life. Discuss how moral obligations can cause conflict with self, friends, family and employers. Considering Obligations Obligation is defined a course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which one is bound or restricted (Dictionary, 2007).
English 1 M, W 3-4:15 3/2/2009 I did prompt # 2 Describe how all of the above can influence prescribed identity and argue which has the biggest influence on prescribed identity and why. Are You a Judger? In today’s society, we are influenced by multiple things including our immediate surroundings and relationships with other people. But more often then not, personal choices play a big part in our influence and culture’s identity are our biggest influence. In a world of the human race, every person culture is different.
At the same time, they have important differences between them. For Instance, most conflicts include a sense of identity that is usually threatened by conflict. However, one conflict may be one’s personal identity and in another, it may be a collective identity. On the contrary, most conflicts consist of interdependence in both parties. (Solomon, Dekel, & Thomas, 2014) Workplace Conflict and Resolution Peace and conflict surrounds us in our everyday lives.