Managing burnout in the workplace a guide for information professionals
Information professionals are under constant stress. Libraries are ushering in sweeping changes that involve the closing of branches and reference desks, wholesale dumping of print, disappearing space, and employment of non-professional staff to fill what have traditionally been the roles of librari...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos Publishing
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Chandos information professional series,
Chandos information professional series. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628623006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Managing Burnout in the Workplace : A guide for informationprofessionals; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; 1. What is burnout?; Introduction; What is burnout?; Conclusion; References; 2. Factors contributing to burnout; Introduction; Individual and sociodemographic factors; Environmental and organizational factors; Conclusion; References; 3. Burnout and information professionals How we got this way; Introduction; Sources of workplace stress; Conclusion; References; 4. Are information professionals burned out? Research and opinion; Introduction; Research and opinion; Conclusion
- References5. How burnout is measured in the workplace; Introduction; Burnout survey instruments; Conclusion; References; 6. Burnout: the legal perspective; Introduction; Burnout, stress, or post-traumatic stress?; Power imbalance between employees and employers; Canada; United States; United Kingdom; Conclusion; References; 7. Gender, burnout and workrelated stress; Introduction; Gender, burnout and workrelated stress; Conclusion; References; 8. Symptom recognition and preventing burnout; Introduction; What the employee can do: burnout prevention in six job domains
- What the employer can do: burnout prevention in six job domainsConclusion; References; 9. Managing and overcoming burnout; Introduction; Conclusion: the joy of burnout; References; Index
