Professional Participation of Female Officers
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Zawodowa partycypacja funkcjonariuszy-kobiet w strukturze organizacyjnej Służby Więziennej
Professional Participation of Female Officers in the Organizational Structure of the Prison Service

Author(s): Marek R. Kalaman
Subject(s): Management and complex organizations, Penology
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Prison Service; women-officers; professional participation

Summary/Abstract: Professional situation of women-officers in the Prison Service is influenced by a number of different factors: employment in a specific type of organizational unit of the prison (central, provincial, basic training), the different burden of service in the individual organizational units and positions, the type of professional tasks and duties, and in the case of a penitentiary facility also the sociodemographic situation of the prison population, the architecture of the unit, its age, its geographic location, and the like. The HR policy is created by the heads of organizational units of the prison, with a preference for one gender,when it comes to recruiting employees for specific jobs. The issue has been presented against the background of the prison’s organizational structure, based on the statistical data at the end of 2015, and on the author’s own research.

  • Issue Year: XV/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 99-118
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish