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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Occupational psychology"”.
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Informing decisions to influence change: the changing role of the in-house practioner in the Ministry of Defence
This Professional Doctorate in Occupational Psychology presents four pieces of research, alongside an explanatory prologue and epilogue, which were conducted to show aspects of the changing role of in-house psychology practitioners. The first two research chapters introduce an in-house psychology …
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Occupational Burnout Among Omani Physicians Across Different Stages of Their Career
The occupational psychology literature indicates that physicians are at an elevated risk of burnout and mental distress. Notably, there is a lack of contribution to this field from Arabic and Islamic cultures. This commentary critically analyses the contribution of twelve published papers to the …
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What lies beneath organisational behaviour : the role of hidden and unconscious processes at work
… The implications of these findings for the occupational psychology community are that psychoanalysis can offer an alternative and critical perspective of organisational behaviour, which has wide explanatory power. Reflective and reflexive statements are offered throughout to highlight some …
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The construct of mental toughness : a psychometric and experimental analysis
… Most importantly, in terms of applied sport and occupational psychology, self ratings of mental toughness and objective performance were enhanced following exposure to appropriate psychological skills training.
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Die Auswirkungen von Stress auf die Gesundheit der Mitarbeiter –stressbezogene Arbeitsanalyse für Klinikärzte
Based on a stress model from occupational psychology, the stressors and ressources present in the daily work routine of surgeons at a university hospital in german-speaking countries were recorded. Interventions were designed and applied, and followed up by a second interview, using the same …
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Managing for quality in clinical microbiology services.
… In this study, three concepts recognised by occupational psychologists as being important in the work place, Job Satisfaction, Commitment and Climate, were measured among microbiology biomedical scientists (BMSs) in the United Kingdom A self-report questionnaire was developed through …
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Personality and the political system: An exploration of the psychological roots of political support
… The first half of my theory applies a model from occupational psychology to understand how personality interacts with the environment to influence political support outcomes. This model, known as trait activation theory, expects personality effects to occur only when traits are activated by …
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What impact does the Mental Health and Wellbeing Toolkit programme delivered online have on employee mental health and wellbeing?: A Mixed Methods Study
… study’s aim was to pilot a Counselling Psychology informed workplace intervention to ascertain its efficacy in improving the mental health and wellbeing of participants. The catalyst for the study was the researcher training to be a Counselling Psychologist coupled with their …
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An Examination of Job Satisfaction Related to Generational Cohorts and Faculty Status of West Virginia University Extension Service County Faculty
Retention of county Extension faculty has been identified as a significant challenge facing the Extension Service system across the country (ECOP LAC, 2005). There are several influences that contribute to employee turnover in the Extension Service, including: burnout, dissatisfaction with pay …
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Relationship of Core Self-Evaluations and Organizational Commitment in Volunteers and Fire Fighters
High- and low-risk volunteers in addition to career fire fighters were surveyed regarding core self-evaluations and organizational commitment. Few differences were found between the three groups regarding the variables. All participants were identified as holding a similar fundamental …
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The Career Choices of Workaholics : An Investigation of the Relationship Between Workaholism and Career Anchors
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between workaholism and career anchors. Employees’ levels of workaholism and values regarding career anchors were investigated. Results indicated that the career anchors did not significantly differ on their mean workaholism …
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Nurse Practitioners and Physicians: A comparison of perceived Health Care outcomes and perceived satisfaction with care
A comparison of patient health care outcomes and satisfaction of care by nurse practitioners and physicians in a managed care setting was the purpose of this study. The study's conceptual framework joined the Shuler and Davis (1993) nurse practitioner practice model with Donabiden's (1966) theory …
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Why and How Organizational Members Encourage Their Peer Coworkers to Voluntarily Exit the Organization: An Investigation of Peer-Influence Exit Tactics
Previous scholars have found that organizational members use various tactics to encourage their peer coworkers to voluntarily exit their organizations. These tactics are known as peer-influence exit tactics. What has been missing from the literature is clarity about the factors that influence …
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Stoking the Flames of Wellness: An Exploration of Factors that Influence West Virginia Firefighters' Health Behaviors
The concern over health and wellness among firefighters in the US has escalated recently due to increasing obesity rates, on-duty cardiovascular event risk, and job stress. Besides unique aspects of the work, a number of other barriers to health and wellness have been identified within the …
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The Effects of Collaboration, Organizational Climate, and Job Stress on Job Satisfaction and Anticipated Turnover in Nursing
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of collaborative behavior, organizational climate, and job stress on job satisfaction and anticipated turnover in nursing. The path analytic model of anticipated turnover was temporally ordered with all exogenous variables proposed to directly …
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The Antecedents and Emergent Effects of Unit-level Display Rules: A Multilevel Investigation of Display Rules in Nursing
Although past work (e.g., Cropanzano, Weiss, & Elias, 2004) has theorized that emotional display rules are grounded, in part, in higher-level norms, most empirical research has focused on display rules as individual-level constructs. The present study examined the antecedents and consequences of …
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It's good to be grateful : Gratitude interventions at work
The effect of gratitude on well-being and work specific outcomes was examined. In this study, participants were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions (control and gratitude). Participants in the gratitude condition were asked to record weekly lists of four work-specific events …
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The Effect of Rational and Intuitive Decision-Making Strategies on the Quality of Interest Forecasts
… skills by taking advantage of certain occupational and educational opportunities. In order to do so, clients must choose among the myriad options available in the information age. What influences these choices and how they may be optimized are questions of primary interest to vocational …
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Life in the Uncanny Valley: Workplace Issues for Knowledge Workers on the Autism Spectrum
Many journal articles about autism spectrum disorders have been published. The definition of “high-functioning autism” used in these papers may need to be reconsidered, as a segment of the population may be more skilled than has been historically thought. A percentage of people on the autism …
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