A task analysis of correctional work: Implications for mechanistic and organic organizational structures.
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Title
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A task analysis of correctional work: Implications for mechanistic and organic organizational structures.
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Identifier
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AAI9630499
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identifier
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9630499
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Creator
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Pintrich, Lynda Jean.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Warren Benton
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Date
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1996
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Criminology and Penology | Psychology, Industrial
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Abstract
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Today, correctional work and correctional organizations are still characterized in much of the professional and academic literature in terms that fit traditional mechanistic organizational theories: highly structured and authoritarian organizations, where the correctional officers perform routinized tasks. Much of the professional literature suggests however, that correctional organizations are in a process of fundamental change, as seen in the operational concepts of unit management and direct supervision, where the facility is organized around units, (pods, modules, wing, ward, or other residential unit) and the officers in the units directly supervise and interact with the inmates on a regular basis.;This dissertation examines a basic feature of that change: the evolution of the structure of correctional organizations from traditional mechanistic to a complex and dynamic organizational structure, previously seen in hospital and other sophisticated, professional service-delivery systems. This change is mirrored in the work of correctional officers themselves.;This study uses a task analysis of correctional work to attempt to develop a reconceptualization of the correctional officer role as a complex set of speciality roles, which include enforcement, surveillance, logistical, technical, interactive, and administrative tasks. The study then considers how these roles may vary among different types of institutions and different individual characteristics of officers.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
