Congrats to Dr Lauren Smith who has had an article (along with her colleagues) revealed .
Summary
The wellbeing of jail governors has obtained little consideration in penological analysis to this point. The findings of this analysis reveal that governors’ wellbeing is negatively impacted by a dominant Masculinity Contest Tradition (MCC) permeating via the organisation. Whereas MCC negatively contributes to governors’ wellbeing, they proceed to have interaction in hegemonic masculine performances to point out no weak point to deal with the pressures of working life. This has led to the emergence of a ‘hyper-MCC’ which we outline as an overperformance of the MCC social script that’s seen as a requirement to manage inside an more and more difficult office. The implications of hyper-MCC are a perpetuation of a poisonous working tradition and a decreased chance of participating with wellbeing providers. The response must be growing the proper kinds of help that may try and re-frame dominant masculine working cultures, problem hyper-MCC performances and take away the individualised duty of wellbeing away from the workforce themselves. Nonetheless, this cultural shift will solely be efficient if coupled with a significant reconsideration of working circumstances, which have resulted within the intensification of workloads and practices.
Nichols, H., Saunders, G., Harrison, Ok., Mason, R., Smith, L., & Corridor, L. (2024). It’s not okay to not be okay . . . if you’re a jail governor: The affect of office tradition on jail governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales. Incarceration, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663241253698
