Professional Orientation and Organizational Commitment Among Public Employees: An Empirical Study of Detention Workers

Abstract

This study examines public employees' organizational commitment by focusing on the relationship between commitment and professional orientation of juvenile detention workers. Based on a study of two metropolitan detention centers in a southeastern state, the study reveals that detention workers exhibit two different dimensions of professional orientation, a treatment-oriented attitude and a punishment-oriented attitude; the workers' professional orientations are significantly correlated to different personal (age, sex, and education) and job (tenure and perceived job security) factors; and the workers' organizational commitment is significantly correlated to their job security and the treatment orientation. Implications concerning the results of the study are discussed.

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