AUTHOR=Podgorski Katrin , Lobnikar Branko , Mihelič Anže , Prislan Mihelič Kaja TITLE=Drivers for enhancing job performance of prison officers in Slovenia: effects of job attitudes, organizational, and work-related factors JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=14 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1247743 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1247743 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
Maintaining order and safety in a prison environment heavily depends on prison officers, who daily interact with prisoners and are constantly dealing with dangerous situations. Their task performance is vital for the organizational performance and the fulfillment of the prisons’ mission. For managing prison officers’ job performance efficiently, it is important to understand the associated factors; however, job performance in a prison environment remains completely unexplored in Slovenia. This article presents a study conducted among Slovenian prison officers (