03474oam 2200505 450 991081489330332120190911112724.01-78063-400-5(OCoLC)857691616(MiFhGG)GVRL8DBI(EXLCZ)99267000000041539820130524d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrManaging burnout in the workplace a guide for information professionals /Nancy McCormack and Catherine Cotter1st editionOxford :Chandos Publishing,2013.1 online resource (vii, 213 pages)Chandos information professional seriesGale eBooksChandos information professional series,2052-210X"ISSN: 2052- 210X."1-84334-734-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ConclusionReferences5. 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 domainsWhat the employer can do: burnout prevention in six job domainsConclusion; References; 9. Managing and overcoming burnout; Introduction; Conclusion: the joy of burnout; References; IndexInformation 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 iChandos information professional series.Burn out (Psychology)Information scientistsJob stressBurn out (Psychology)Information scientistsJob stress.158.7McCormack Nancy618564Cotter Catherine(Catherine Anne),MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910814893303321Managing burnout in the workplace3914881UNINA