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Managing Burnout in the Workplace
A Guide for Information Professionals
Nancy McCormack (Author), Catherine Cotter (Author)
9781843347347
Paperback / softback, published 31 October 2013
224 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg
"...a fascinating and much-needed book...thoroughly recommended to both library staff who feel they may be on the way to burnout or already there, and to library managers who need to understand what the condition is, how to prevent it and how to deal with it..." --Australian Library Journal,Vol 63, No 4
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 it is and how it differs from chronic stress, low morale, and depression. The book addresses burnout from psychological, legal, and human resources perspectives. Chapters also cover how burnout is defined, symptom recognition, managing and overcoming burnout, and how to avoid career derailment while coping with burnout.
About the authors Chapter 1: What is burnout? Abstract: Introduction What is burnout? Conclusion Chapter 2: Factors contributing to burnout Abstract: Introduction Individual and socio-demographic factors Environmental and organizational factors Conclusion Chapter 3: Burnout and information professionals: how we got this way Abstract: Introduction Sources of workplace stress Conclusion Chapter 4: Are information professionals burned out?: Research and opinion Abstract: Introduction Research and opinion Conclusion Chapter 5: How burnout is measured in the workplace Abstract: Introduction Burnout survey instruments Conclusion Chapter 6: Burnout: the legal perspective Abstract: Introduction Burnout, stress, or post-traumatic stress? Power imbalance between employees and employers Canada United States United Kingdom Conclusion Chapter 7: Gender, burnout and work-related stress Abstract: Introduction Gender, burnout and work–related stress Conclusion Chapter 8: Symptom recognition and preventing burnout Abstract: Introduction What the employee can do: burnout prevention in six job domains What the employer can do: burnout prevention in six job domains Conclusion Chapter 9: Managing and overcoming burnout Abstract: Introduction Conclusion: the joy of burnout Index
Subject Areas: Personnel & human resources management [KJMV2]
