The border between common and vexation matter of person behaviour we are accustomed to is very slight. The topic of my diploma paper "Vexation at the workplace" becomes very actual and constantly the bigger problem in the contemporary modern society. Everyday mentally terror at the workplace, vexation among the colleagues, systematically made malignancies through which the superiors attack their inferiors (or vice-versa) is a problem that belongs serious incoveniences both to its victims and the company. My diploma paper is above all focused on the sophisticated and malicious area of work-vexation that is called the mobbing. Marginally I mention other forms of vexation and the bossing. I made my exploration at the public service environment as the work-vexation is usually put together with it. Primarily I point the legal and moral side of the mobbing and its psychological and social aspects. Secondarily I mark the mobbing as a job-psychological phenomenon, its influence to the company itself and consequences between it and some modern society trends (teamwork, power, burn-out syndrome, internet technologies). Supposing to become the managers we should make effort to eliminate the mobbing. As only the workplace without the vexation brings the satisfaction that can results in higher level of the work productivity, economic profit and the the incapacity of work decreasement. Thereby the mobbing affects the whole life of its victim and also that anyone of us can become the victim it is necessary to solve this problem urgently and constantly.

Le travail contemporain est de plus en plus reconnu comme une expérience ambivalente, c'est-à-dire porteuse de satisfactions intrinsèques pour l'individu et des moyens pour s'accomplir et, en même temps, à l'origine de souffrances et malaises psychologiques divers : burn-out, stress, anxiété, dépression, etc. Prenant appui sur les contributions conjointes de l'approche française de la sociologie de l'individu et des sociologies du travail et de la santé mentale, l'objectif de la thèse est de poser un regard renouvelé sur les processus sociaux derrière les retombées foncièrement ambivalentes de l'expérience du travail contemporain. De la même manière que la sociologie a toujours reconnu le rôle irrémédiablement central joué par le travail dans la socialité moderne, la thèse postule que la société a toujours dû trouver les moyens de l'enchâsser, sa valeur morale comme son potentiel d'envahissement pratique, dans le reste de la vie sociale. La société a sans cesse eu à confectionner pour cela des mécanismes sociaux aptes à réguler le poids du travail sur la vie des gens : les freins et contrepoids du travail. Ces derniers réfèrent à l'ensemble des composantes de la socialité qui régissent la part de lui-même que l'individu engage dans le travail, ce qui revient à en baliser l'emprise objective et subjective sur l'existence. Cette recherche doctorale pose l'hypothèse que c'est en retraçant quelques-unes des transformations qu'ont connues les freins et contrepoids du travail, depuis la période fordiste (1940-1970) jusqu'à nos jours, qu'elle pourra éclaircir ce qui par-delà les normes et injonctions managériales amène les contemporains à se mobiliser si intensément vis-à-vis du travail et à accorder autant d'importance à ses rétributions expressives (reconnaissance, accomplissement de soi, etc.). Deux formes de « pathologie » professionnelle, le surmenage professionnel et le burn-out, respectivement liées à l'expérience du travail taylorien et contemporain (ou post-taylorien), lui servent d'ancrage empirique. À partir d'un corpus d'enquêtes interrogeant la plainte du surmenage professionnel et du burn-out, puisé à même la littérature existante, la thèse porte un éclairage sur certaines difficultés susceptibles d'avoir participé aux conditions d'apparition du surmenage professionnel et du burn-out au cours de l'histoire, au Québec et en France. Plus précisément, l'étude comparée de leur plainte cherche à voir si l'une ou l'autre des difficultés qu'elle recèle laisse deviner certaines transformations qu'auraient connues les freins et contrepoids du travail, entre la période fordiste et la période post-fordiste actuelle, et à en traduire certaines conséquences possibles pour l'individu de chacune des époques concernées. / Contemporary work is recognized as an ambivalent experiment, i.e. carrying intrinsic individual satisfactions and the means to achieve them and, at the same time, bringing various kinds of sufferings and psychological sicknesses: burn out, stress, anxiety, depression, etc. Our thesis is based on joint contributions of industrial sociology, mental health sociology and the French branch of individual sociology, and its purpose is to give a renewed approach on the social processes of the experiment of contemporary work. In the same manner as sociology always recognized the central part played by work in modern sociality, the thesis postulates that the society always had to find the ways to fit it into social life (both its moral value and its potential of practical invasion). For this purpose the society unceasingly had to create social mechanisms able to control the part of work on the life of people: brakes and counterweights of work. They refer to whole components of sociality which govern the personal part an individual engages in work, marking out the objective and subjective influence on the existence. Our research hypothesis is: by recalling some transformations within the brakes and counterweights of work since Fordism (1940-1970) until nowadays, we will be able to clarify what, beyond managerial standards and injunctions, leads our contemporaries to be mobilized so intensely with respect to work and to grant such importance to its expressive remunerations (recognition, oneself achievement, etc). Two forms of professional “pathology”, professional overwork and burn out, linked to the experiment of Taylorist work and contemporary work (or post-Taylorist), are used as empirical anchoring. Starting from a corpus of investigations questioning the complaint of burn out and professional overwork (drawn on the existing literature), the thesis casts new light on certain difficulties which took part in the appearance of professional overwork and burn out during the History, in Quebec and in France. More precisely, the compared study of their complaint seeks to see whether one or other difficulty lets guess some transformations which the brakes and counterweights of work would have known, between Fordism and the current post-Fordism, and to bring out some possible consequences for an individual of each period concerned.

Univ., Diss.--Mannheim, 2003. / Literaturverz. S. [233] - 247.

Magister Scientiae (Physiotherapy) - MSc(Physio) / Millions of patients with burns require medical attention each year. Impairments, disabilities and handicap due to burn injuries among children are increasing. One possible reason could be that burn injury prevention were not given as much attention as infectious diseases such as leprosy, and tuberculosis (TB). The purpose of the study was to compile a profile of burn injuries among children aged 0-12 years, who were treated at the Black Lion Hospital (BLH) between 1996 and 2001 in Ethiopia. A retrospective, quantitative study design was chosen. Data was collected from the hospital records of 250 children seen with burn injuries. Clinical data, such as the cause and severity of the burn, and socio-demographic data such as the age of the child and his or her caregivers, their socio-economic status and educational levels, were captured. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of the data were carried out between socio-demographic variables and the burn injuries. The Chi-squared statistical test was used to identify associations and differences between selected variables. The major causes of thermal burns were hot liquids (63.4%) and flames (36.6%). The highest prevalence of burn injuries occurred in those children in the care of illiterate caregivers (p<0.01). The highest risk environment for burn accidents was identified as the kitchen (p<0.05). Most of the burns (64%) occurred in the children below the age of five years old. This finding was not statistically significant but it is of great clinical importance. Health and safety promotion programmes aimed at carers to minimize the risk of childhood disabilities due to burn injuries are recommended. Caregivers and school children have to be taught to use simple fire prevention procedures to avoid thermal burn injuries. Although the results of this study cannot be generalized, it provides a glimpse of the burn status and causes of thermal burn at BLH. However, in order to get more comprehensive information it is important to obtain information from more hospitals in the country through prospective studies.

The purpose of this study is to identify factors that protect social workers and other clinicians from experiencing burnout. Many things contribute to job burnout among clinicians. Some examples of contributing factors include a shortage of government funding, heavy caseloads, and a lack of autonomy. However, this study will look at workplace factors that are more amendable to change in the agency's environment.

Sammanfattning Stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa såsom utmattningssyndrom, är en komplex problematik som varit mycket omdebatterad. Åtskilligt är publicerat i ämnet, men bara ett fåtal studier finns där personer med utmattningssyndrom själva fått möjligheten att beskriva orsakssambanden. Olika förklaringsmodeller och perspektiv beskrivs i litteraturen, men den rådande uppfattningen om varför människor drabbas utgår ofta från ett arbetsrelaterat perspektiv. Vi ville utforska om den rådande föreställning i ämnet stämmer överens med den uppfattning människor som drabbats av utmattningssyndrom har om orsakerna till symtomen. Vår ansats var även att undersöka om det kan finnas fler eller andra orsakssamband till utmattningsprocessen.   Vårt syfte med studien är; dels undersöka hur individer med utmattningssyndrom upplever vilka orsaker som är av betydelse för utmattningsprocessen, dels försöka beskriva och analysera dessa utsagor i ett vidare perspektiv.   Till studien valdes en kvalitativ metod och data samlades in med hjälp av intervjuer utifrån specifika forskarfrågor. Sju respondenter med utmattningssyndrom och närbesläktade stressrelaterade diagnoser deltog.   Resultatet visar att utlösande faktorer kopplade till bland annat arbetet är en orsak i utmatt-ningsprocessen, Studiens resultat visar också att bakomliggande faktorer är om möjligt ännu viktigare och som presenteras i Bohlin-Hogen-Henner modellen. Bakomliggande orsaker menar vi kan vara påfrestande och belastande livshändelser i uppväxten, vilka kan bidra till oförmåga att tillgodose egna behov och en prestationsbaserad självkänsla. Genomgående mönster har visat sig vara problematik med gränssättningen, det vill säga, dysfunktionell gränssättning som är en konsekvens av de olika bakomliggande faktorerna och har en avgörande betydelse för utmattningsprocessen. / Abstract Stress related psychological health-problems such as burn-out syndrome are complex issues which have been much debated. Much have been published on this topic but only a handful of studies have been conducted where individuals diagnosed with burn-out syndrome have been given the opportunity to describe the cause-effect of their condition. Different explanations and perspectives are described in the literature concerning this topic but the current view as to why people are afflicted by burn-out syndrome is based on a work-related perspective. We wanted to explore if the current view on the topic is in accordance with the diagnosed individuals view on the causes of their symptoms. Our intention was also to investigate into the possibility that there could be more or other causality behind the burn-out process.     The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to investigate how individuals with burn-out syndrome rate different causes in terms of importance to their process of burning out. Second, to try to describe and analyze these statements in a wider context.   For this study, we chose to use a qualitative methodology. Data were collected from interviews where adapted research questions were asked. Seven respondents diagnosed with burn-out syndrome or other stress related disorders participated.   The results show that work-related factors often are the triggers for the process of burning out, but hidden factors, such as conditions in the childhood and traumatic life events which can contribute to performance-based self-esteem, are even more significant. Overall patterns for burn-out syndrome show an inability to create personal boundaries, “dysfunctional personal boundaries”. This dysfunction is, in our opinion, the consequence of the hidden factors and in itself plays a crucial role in the burn-out process.

Zugl.: Düsseldorf, Universiẗat, Diss., 2008.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Also available in print.

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Abstract The theoretical part of this thesis focuses on health care issues related to the work of health care professionals in the context of a current legislation. In this part the work of health care professionals is linked to the ethical principles and pressures on the emotional, mental, physical and social levels. The work focuses on the possible symptoms of exhaustion and fatigue on these levels. The emphasis is put on a personal development and coping with emotions so the health care professional is able to provide his or her clients and patients with relevant support. Supervision also develops its potential as a system of control and improving the quality of the provided care. It also helps to achieve the necessary health care quality standards in all respects. This system of a complex support and care for an individual worker as well as team of professionals is rooted predominantly in the development of psychotherapy. In its empirical part this thesis deals with the reasons which prevent supervision to be fully accepted and generally adopted as a system of support for health care professionals. The research in the Regional Hospital in Příbram tries to find and identify possible barriers to the development of supervision and thus contribute to greater interest in its implementation. According to the research findings the main barriers involve inadequate experience and awareness of senior professionals about possibilities and purpose of supervision, their concerns about high financial expenses, the need to devote extra time to this method and last but not least the necessity to study and apply a large amount of professional methods and information to work. The last two mentioned criterions also reduce space which could health care professionals otherwise use for meeting their own needs and self -care. In terms of conditions supervision in health care institution would have to meet, the thesis comes to a conclusion that the possible supervisor should be well-informed about health care sector or experienced in own medical practice. In this respect he or she would be authentic and trustworthy for the supervised health care staff. This thesis also finds out that hospital management strongly supports supervision but so far has not recorded any interest in its implementation among the employees. However, findings of the survey aimed at health care professionals from the selected hospital departments show that more than 50% of respondents regard supervision in health care as needed. The specific need of support for health care professionals is found predominantly in inadequate recognition and appreciation of their work and in the feeling that their work does not bring them joy. In this respect the respondents to a large extent described somatic problems such as frequent headaches, difficulties in digestion and breathing and sleep disorders. According to the research there are good conditions for implementation supervision in a health care institution. However, first it is necessary to ensure that both hospital management and health care professionals are provided with good and sufficient information. The goal of this thesis is to support implementation of supervision among health care professionals in inpatient wards. It is intended for the health care professionals as well as for hospital management. Its aim is to promote the idea that only a person who is healthy, self confident and meets his/her own needs is able to cure well and help others.