Managing burnout in the workplace : a guide for information professionals / Nancy McCormack and Catherine Cotter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormack, Nancy.

Cotter, Catherine (Catherine Anne), author.

Series:

Chandos information professional series.

Chandos information professional series, 2052-210X

Chandos information professional series

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burn out (Psychology).

Information scientists--Job stress.

Information scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 213 pages).

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 librarians. Increasing workloads, constant interruptions, ceaseless change, continual downsizing, budget cuts, repetitive work, and the pressures of public services have caused burnout in many information professionals.Managing Burnout in the Workplace concentrates on the problem of burnout, what i

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

"ISSN: 2052- 210X."

ISBN:

9781780634005

1780634005

OCLC:

857691616