Title: Women corrections executives' experiences with reciprocal trust and burnout symptoms: an integrated literature review

Authors: Courtney McCoy; Ray Sanders Muhammad

Addresses: Saint Leo University, 33701 County Road 52, Saint Leo, FL 33574, USA ' Saint Leo University, 33701 County Road 52, Saint Leo, FL 33574, USA

Abstract: Gender-specific research on women corrections executives developing reciprocal trust with their teams and maintaining work-life balance in a male-dominated profession remains rare in corrections and leadership research. In corrections, reciprocal trust in supervisors and executive leaders is critical to ensuring safety and security while mitigating job burnout symptoms (Rosenow, 2022). Those impacted by job burnout may experience adverse outcomes (Bartone et al., 2022; Bunjak et al., 2021). Women corrections executives are subject to unique challenges within the field of corrections, and a deeper understanding of the dynamics of trust with their teams and how it impacts job burnout symptoms is critical for future best practices. A literature gap currently exists on how women corrections executives experience reciprocal trust between them and their teams and its relationship to job burnout symptoms (Collica-Cox and Schulz, 2018; Resendez, 2019).

Keywords: corrections; women leaders; reciprocal trust; job burnout.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2024.138125

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, 2024 Vol.8 No.1, pp.21 - 43

Received: 17 Jan 2024
Accepted: 05 Feb 2024

Published online: 29 Apr 2024 *

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