Utility of stress in occupational and life decisions of correctional officers
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Since 1905, the Department of Agricultural Engineering, now the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), has been a leader in providing engineering solutions to agricultural problems in the United States and the world. The department’s original mission was to mechanize agriculture. That mission has evolved to encompass a global view of the entire food production system–the wise management of natural resources in the production, processing, storage, handling, and use of food fiber and other biological products.
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In 1905 Agricultural Engineering was recognized as a subdivision of the Department of Agronomy, and in 1907 it was recognized as a unique department. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. The department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology in 2004.
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1905–present
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering (1907–1990)
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
- College of Engineering (parent college)
- Department of Industrial Education and Technology, (merged, 2004)
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Little attention has been devoted to the significant amount of stress under which jailer or referred to in this document correctional officer’s work. A limited number of studies address stress in correctional; moreover, a literature review failed to identify the relationship between stress in correctional officers and career-related decisions. The purpose of the study was to identify relationships between perceived life and occupational stress and the utility of stress in career-related decision making. A stress questionnaire that included life and work-related stress instruments along with a simulation of career decision tasks was distributed to frontline county correctional officers within the state of Iowa. Results indicated life and occupational stress did not play a significant role in decision making for correctional officers who completed the decision-making task. Similarly, the utility of stress was not significantly different from that of other decision dimensions.
A focus group questionnaire was developed to augment the results from the study. This focus group session will help delve into the relationships between stress and decision making in future research.