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Burnout across thirteen cultures : stress and coping in child and youth care workers / Victor Savicki.
LIBRA HV713 .S32 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savicki, Victor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social work with children--Cross-cultural studies.
- Social work with children.
- Social work with youth--Cross-cultural studies.
- Social work with youth.
- Burn out (Psychology)--Cross-cultural studies.
- Burn out (Psychology).
- Youth workers--Job stress--Cross-cultural studies.
- Youth workers.
- Social workers--Job stress--Cross-cultural studies.
- Social workers.
- Human services personnel--Job stress--Cross-cultural studies.
- Human services personnel.
- Human services personnel--Job stress.
- Social workers--Job stress.
- Job stress.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Child and Youth Care Work: Past, Present, and Future 3
- 2 Burnout: Its Impact and Precursors 9
- 3 Culture as a Lens to Examine Burnout 23
- Part II Process, Practice, and Culture Comparisons 31
- 4 The Study: The People and the Process 33
- 5 Thirteen Culture Comparisons 43
- 6 Thirteen Cultures of Child and Youth Care: Who They Are and What They Do 57
- Part III Culture and the Determinants of Burnout 75
- 7 Pan-Cultural Analysis of the Impact of Environment, Coping, and Culture on Burnout 77
- 8 Burnout Configurations 91
- Part IV Cross-Cultural Comparisons 107
- 9 The United Kingdom
- Scotland and England: One Country
- Two Cultures 109
- 10 Germany
- Former East and Former West: One Country
- Two Cultures 119
- 11 Canada
- French and English Speakers: One Country
- Two Cultures 131
- 12 East and West: Burnout and the Fall of the Iron Curtain 143
- 13 Separated by a Common Language: Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and the United States 159
- Part V Themes and Recommendations 173
- 14 Emerging Themes in Culture and Burnout 175
- 15 Burnout Prevention, Remediation, and Recovery 191
- 16 Implications for the Twenty-First Century 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275974537
- OCLC:
- 47644361
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