A study on the degree and determination of probation officers' stress
The genuine probation system was finally activated in the late 80s as probation offices were established and probation officers in charge of overseeing and helping people on probation are secured. Especially, the introduction and implementation of the probation system for the juveniles in the late 80s can be appraised as the most epochal development in our probation history Our probation officers have been experiencing lots of stresses largely due to problems of payment and promotion and specialization. The survey shows that those probation officers who suffer much more stress came from promotion, payment, and work overload. And so, that when probation officers perceive stresses, it gives negative effect on probation officers' job satisfaction and furthermore affects their mind of change of occupation. Accordingly, we should find the way how our probation officers can less perceive stresses even though there are stress factors around them so that we can promote the efficiency and effectiveness of probation manpower and quality of probation service. This will eventually help to achieve the development of probation organization.