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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783855303321

Autore

Kahn William A. <1959, >

Titolo

Holding fast : the struggle to create resilient caregiving organizations / / William A. Kahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-47917-8

1-135-47916-X

1-280-11221-2

9786610112210

0-203-32406-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

361/.0068/3

Soggetti

Human services

Human services personnel - Job stress

Caregivers - Job stress

Human services - Management

Organizational effectiveness

Counselor and client

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Caregiving organizations defined; 2 The stress of caregiving work; 3 Resilience under stress; 4 System breakdowns; 5 Caregivers and casualties; 6 Authority at work; 7 Divided they fall; 8 Teams, real and imaginary; 9 Politics; 10 Running in place; 11 The leadership task; 12 Negotiating dependency; 13 Leadership and change; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In Holding Fast the stresses faced by caregiving organizations are identified and appropriate strategies for tackling these to create a resilient, effective organization are discussed