Promoting Women Among Prison Officers: An Organizational Analysis

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serval:BIB_7B502980902D
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Promoting Women Among Prison Officers: An Organizational Analysis
Title of the conference
Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021). IEA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Author(s)
Hannart Stéphanie, Weissbrodt Rafaël, Giauque David
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Published
Issued date
2021
Language
english
Abstract
This chapter summarizes the objectives, the approach undertaken, and the results related to action research carried out in correctional institutions in a Swiss canton. The aim was to identify organizational, managerial, and individual measures to feminize the profession of prison officer. After conducting about 50 semi-directed interviews with senior and middle management, as well as with male and female prison officers, several obstacles to this feminization were identified. Subsequently, a questionnaire was sent to all employees of these institutions to better identify the obstacles and the levers to the feminization of this profession. Recommendations were then proposed at the structural, organizational, and individual levels. This study emphasizes the importance of structural measures, such as changes in working hours or childcare support, as well as cultural measures, such as a change in the role of the profession and a change in mentality.
Keywords
Prison officer, Woman, Discrimination, Work organization, Management
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01/05/2021 12:54
Last modification date
02/05/2021 5:34
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