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HIGH EMPLOYEE TURNOVER rates continue to confront many executives of correctional agencies, contributing to low morale and poor job-related productivity (Mitchell, Mackenzie, Styve, & Gover, 2000; Slate & Vogel, 1997; Slate, Vogel, & Johnson, 2001). In particular, high voluntary turnover in a probation setting may result in increased caseloads for the remaining staff This can lead to low morale, deterioration in supervision, increases in unnoticed violations and recidivism, and increases in expenditures related to the recruitment and training of replacements (Simmons, Cochran, & Blount, 1997). These negative consequences potentially diminish the promotion of public safety, which is the ultimate mission of the American probation system. Despite the absence of national reports addressing turnover rates of state probation officers, members of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) have agreed that the loss of …