Measures of Job Satisfaction, Organisational Commitment, Mental Health and Job related Well-being
Measures of Job Satisfaction, Organisational Commitment, Mental Health and Job related Well-being

Author: Chris Stride

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-02-28

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 0470723912

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Promoting the satisfaction, commitment, mental health and well-being of employees is important not only in itself, but also because evidence shows that those who are positive in these respects respond better to change and are more productive. Measures of Job Satisfaction, Organisational Commitment, Mental Health and Job-related Well-being is a unique source of benchmarking data across four widely used questionnaire methods, that provides up-to-date data drawn from 60,000 respondents in 170 organisations across a wide range of industries and occupations. The data is split by sector and occupational group, with the latter broken down further by age and gender, creating a must-have for those using these scales and seeking to benchmark their progress.

Mental Health of the Industrial Worker
Mental Health of the Industrial Worker

Author: Arthur William Kornhauser

Publisher: New York : Wiley

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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USA (Detroit area). Case study. Intensive interview study attempting to assess and compare the mental health of industrial workers at higher and lower levels of skill in the occupational structure. Emphasis is on the psychological aspects of routine production jobs. Better use of leisure, increased recreation services, community relations, opportunities for appropriate continuing education and further training, would help improve positive mental health.

Job Satisfaction
Job Satisfaction

Author: Paul E. Spector

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-02-27

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1000539342

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Distilling the vast literature on this most frequently studied variable in organizational behavior, Paul E. Spector provides students and professionals with a pithy overview of the research and application of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and techniques for assessing job satisfaction, this text summarizes the findings regarding how people feel toward work, including cultural and gender differences in job satisfaction, personal and organizational antecedents, potential consequences, and interventions to improve job satisfaction. Students, researchers, and practitioners will particularly appreciate the extensive list of references and the Job Satisfaction Survey included in the Appendix. This book includes the latest research and new topics including the business case for job satisfaction, customer service, disabled workers, leadership, mental health, organizational climate, virtual work, and work-family issues. Further, paulspector.com features an ongoing series of blog articles, links to assessments mentioned in the book, and other resources on job satisfaction to coincide with this text. This book is ideal for professionals, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students in industrial and organizational psychology and organizational behavior, as well as in specialized courses on job attitudes or job satisfaction. .

Job Satisfaction
Job Satisfaction

Author: Paul E. Spector

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 1997-03-26

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1452264686

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Distilling the vast literature on this frequently studied variable in organizational behaviour research, Paul E Spector provides the student and professional with a pithy overview of the application, assessment, causes and consequences of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and techniques for assessing job satisfaction, the author summarizes the findings concerning how people feel towards work, including: cultural and gender differences in job satisfaction and personal and organizational causes; and potential consequences of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Students and researchers will particularly appreciate the extensive list of references and the Job Satisfaction Survey included in the Appendix.

Occupational Stress, Job Satisfaction, Mental Health, Adolescents, Depression and the Professionalisation of Social Work
Occupational Stress, Job Satisfaction, Mental Health, Adolescents, Depression and the Professionalisation of Social Work

Author: Francis Borboh Dumbuya

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2020-02-07

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1728398606

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Chapter 1 of this book aims to highlight themes covering occupational stress, job satisfaction, and the impact of these on the mental health of social workers who work in community mental health teams and those who work in children and family settings. The second chapter is a look at how poor self-esteem increases the risk for depression in adolescent girls and the practical steps that can be taken by social workers to enhance self-esteem in young people. The third chapter of the book poses the questions ‘In what ways can social work be regarded as a profession, and does social work require a professional status?’. The fourth chapter is about social work process and skills that registered social workers are expected to possess to enable them to practise effectively. The final chapter has reviews of journals—mainly British journals—of social work. This book is meant mainly for social workers.

Theories of Organizational Stress
Theories of Organizational Stress

Author: Cary L. Cooper

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1998-10-29

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0191584703

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During the past two decades, the nature of work has changed dramatically, as more and more organizations downsize, outsource and move toward short-term contracts, part-time working and teleworking. The costs of stress in the workplace in most of the developed and developing world have risen accordingly in terms of increased sickness absence, labour turnover, burnout, premature death and decreased productivity. This book, in one volume, provides all the major theories of organizational stress from the leading researchers and writers in the field. It is a guide to identifying the sources of pressures in jobs and the workplace so that we may be able to intervene to change and manage the growing problem of organizational stress.

JOB SATISFACTION, MENTAL HEALTH AMONG TEACHER EDUCATORS- A STUDY
JOB SATISFACTION, MENTAL HEALTH AMONG TEACHER EDUCATORS- A STUDY

Author: Dr. D. Rambabu

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-07-22

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0359794033

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All successful teaching depends upon learning; there is no point in providing entertaining, lively, and well-constructed lessons if students do not learn from them. The proof of the teaching is in learning and learning, no doubt, comes through rigorous training.The terms 'teaching' and 'training' are closely related, but not the same. The term 'training' is used to shape the habits, while the term 'teaching' is used to form habits. Teaching is a wonderful activity. It is a complex of different behavior of teachers. It plays a vital role not only in intellectual development but also in moulding the ideas, habit's attitudes, interests and values of pupils. The training includes the process of attaining various skills. But training cannot lead the human being to the higher levels of education.

Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout
Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2020-01-02

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0309495474

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Patient-centered, high-quality health care relies on the well-being, health, and safety of health care clinicians. However, alarmingly high rates of clinician burnout in the United States are detrimental to the quality of care being provided, harmful to individuals in the workforce, and costly. It is important to take a systemic approach to address burnout that focuses on the structure, organization, and culture of health care. Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being builds upon two groundbreaking reports from the past twenty years, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, which both called attention to the issues around patient safety and quality of care. This report explores the extent, consequences, and contributing factors of clinician burnout and provides a framework for a systems approach to clinician burnout and professional well-being, a research agenda to advance clinician well-being, and recommendations for the field.