Date of Conferral

2023

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Psychology

Advisor

Denise A. Horton

Abstract

AbstractIn this qualitative study, I explored psychological safety, team learning, and ethical and moral perception among correctional officers that worked in the prison industry. Former officers provided data by participating in an open-ended question interviews. I used a phenomenological approach to gather information from former officers about their psychological safety experience and their ethical and moral perceptions. Participants gave insight into their training and their work as individuals and as teams exploring individual and team psychological safety and ethical and moral perception while interacting with each other in the prison workplace. Research questions were about officer preparation, officer collaboration quality, quality indications of their workplace relations, their experience in raising process and operational issues, and what resources they used to maintain ethical and moral behavior with officers in the workplace. Social exchange theory was used to understand officer progression while advancing benefits over costs. The thematic results (leadership, maturity, moral foundation, and preparedness) call for more research about individual officer and team training priorities within prison industry limitations. The positive social change impact of this study is corrections officer team learning supported by psychological safety and by advancing officer ethical and moral perception.

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