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Staff burnout : job stress in the human services / Cary Cherniss.

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Staff burnout : job stress in the human services / Cary Cherniss.
Author
Cherniss, Cary
Publication
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1980.

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199 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
In this second monograph in the Sage Studies in Community Mental Health, Cary Cherniss shows us how the perceptiveness of a humane scientist can bring understanding and clarity to the problem of staff burnout in community mental health. Cherniss accomplishes this task in a number of ways. First, he helps us to recognize that to understand the problem we must go beyond exploration of the individual characteristics of either the mental health worker or the client. Organizational factors, job design, social support by one's colleagues, and the role expectations communicated in the course of professional training all play a part. Cherniss broadens our vision of the meaning of the term "burnout" and places it in the context of already existing social science knowledge.
Series Statement
Sage studies in community mental health ; v. 2
Uniform Title
Sage studies in community mental health v. 2.
Subject
  • Social workers
  • Burn out (Psychology)
  • Mental health personnel
  • Burnout, Professional
  • Social Work
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Community Mental Health Services > manpower
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Social Work, Psychiatric
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 193-197.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
What is burnout? -- The significance of burnout for the human services -- The dynamics of job stress -- Sources of burnout: Two case studies -- The "organizational design" as a source of burnout -- The impact of supervision and social support from staff -- Individual factors in job stress -- Historical and cultural sources of burnout -- Preventing burnout -- Directions for the future.
ISBN
  • 0803913389
  • 0803913397 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^80019408^
OCLC
  • 6581428
  • SCSB-14234045
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library