Research Note: The Relationship of Organizational Justice Variables with Job Involvement among Southern Prison Staff

Authors

• Eric G. Lambert, University of Nevada, Reno
• Stacy H. Haynes, Mississippi State University
• Linda D. Keena, University of Mississippi
• David C. May, Mississippi State University
• Matthew Leone, University of Nevada, Reno

ORCID

May: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-6773; Haynes: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1408-9291

MSU Affiliation

College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Sociology

Creation Date

2026-06-01

Abstract

There is a growing body of research that has explored how workplace factors affect prison staff, although empirical research specifically aimed at how organizational justice affects correctional job involvement is lacking. This study examined how organizational justice’s two primary dimensions of distributive justice and procedural justice were associated with job involvement, an important work attitude. Self-reported survey data was collected from 322 staff at a large Southern prison. Ordinary least squares regression analysis indicated that both distributive and procedural justice had significant positive associations with job involvement. The results suggest prison administrators need to be aware that organizational justice is important and that improving either distributive or procedural justice should increase job involvement.

Publication Date

2-21-2019

Publication Title

Journal of Crime and Justice

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Group; Routledge

First Page

480

Last Page

494

Recommended Citation

Lambert, E. G., Haynes, S. H., Keena, L. D., May, D., & Leone, M. (2019). Research note: the relationship of organizational justice variables with job involvement among southern prison staff. Journal of Crime and Justice, 42(4), 480–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2019.1581652