Work Experience Research Articles

Healthcare leadership practice and associated factors among primary healthcare managers in East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a mixed method study

BackgroundLeadership plays a critical role in the delivery of person centered, safe, efficient, and effective healthcare services globally. Poor healthcare leadership contributes to low staff motivation, patient dissatisfaction, and reduced healthcare-seeking behavior. However, there is limited evidence on healthcare leadership practice and associated factors among primary healthcare managers in the study area and at large in Ethiopia. Therefore, the findings of this study will contribute to improved healthcare leadership practices among primary healthcare managers.MethodFacility-based cross-sectional study supplemented with qualitative inquiry was conducted in the East Gojam zone among 532 primary healthcare managers selected by a two-stage stratified random sampling technique. A pre-tested and structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the quantitative data. Data were entered into Epi-Data version 4.6 and exported into Stata version 14.0 for analysis. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with healthcare leadership practice, and statistical significance was declared at a p-value < 0.05 with a 95% CI. Six key informant interviews were conducted, and thematic analysis was used for the qualitative study.ResultThe magnitude of healthcare leadership practice among primary healthcare managers in the East Gojam zone was 45.7% (95% CI: (41.4, 50.0)). Factors associated with healthcare leadership practice were age [β = 0.44, 95% CI: (0.16, 0.71)], training in healthcare leadership practice [β = 1.19, 95% CI: (0.19, 2.20)], experience sharing [β = 1.68, 95% CI: (0.59, 2.76)], organizational communication [β = 0.19, 95% CI: (0.05, 0.33)], managerial working experience [β = 0.94, 95% CI: (0.18, 1.69)] and emotional intelligence [β = 0.35, 95% CI: (0.31, 0.38)].Conclusion and recommendationThe magnitude of healthcare leadership practice among primary healthcare managers in the East Gojam zone was low as compared with a previous study in Ethiopia. It was significantly associated with age, training in leadership, experience sharing, organizational communication, managerial working experience, and emotional intelligence. Thus, human resource managers at primary healthcare level should consider older and more experienced candidates during assigning managers, organize training on healthcare leadership and experience sharing with model managers to improve the leadership practice of primary healthcare managers in the East Gojam zone.

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The role of Growth-Oriented Leadership in Shaping Public Servants’ Work Experiences in the Post-NPM Environment

In recent years, growth-oriented leadership (GOL) has come to the fore as a salient predictor of positive employee outcomes in public sector contexts. This empirical paper examines the role of GOL in shaping perceptions of quantitative demands as a product of an evolved New Public Management (NPM) context and the subsequent impact on stress and well-being for 419 local government employees working in Western Australia. While latent in previous GOL-oriented studies, this paper is the first to explore the intersection of GOL and quantitative demands, noting that the former has an established positive effect on employee wellbeing, and the opposite case for the latter. Drawing on the challenge-hindrance framework, this article argues that GOL helps to shape employees’ primary appraisals of demands as challenges, rather than hindrances, in the post-NPM environment. The results indicate strong, direct negative relationships linking GOL with quantitative demands and stress, and a strong positive relationship between GOL and well-being. This study establishes GOL as a relevant capability for public leaders in supporting employees to deal effectively with public service demands and subsequently grow. Understanding how leadership capability, and particularly GOL, can shape the employee experience is important in ensuring the effective delivery of public services.

Emergence of Artificial Intelligence on Projected U.S. Employment

The recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and its rapid integration into various aspects of life have become a focal point of concern, especially in regards to potential consequences on the workforce. Since AI has seen the most transformation post-2020, this study aims to analyze the role of AI exposure within an occupation on projected 10-year changes in employment using the most recent available data from 2022 (pulled from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Through forward selection in ordinary least squares method, after controlling for task offshorability, education, work experience, and on-the-job training, it was found that a 1 standard deviation increase in AI exposure index is associated with a projected decrease of 1.043 percentage points in jobs on average within an occupation. This finding supports the growing concern of AI-driven job displacement and/or unemployment, which could heighten the burden on the government to fund welfare programs and potentially lead to recession. This paper further highlights the need for policy discussions on fostering a more balanced integration of AI into the workforce, possibly through specialized education and retraining programs.

Rethinking economic socialization: the intersection of culture, gender and economic life in a religious enclave

Abstract This article explores how economic socialization serves as a bridge between individual economic behaviors and the broader social and cultural contexts that shape them. Drawing on a post-functionalist approach to socialization, the study examines the ultra-Orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community in Israel, where distinct gender roles, cultural norms and patterns of economic participation create a unique context for investigating divergent economic socialization pathways. Comparing four groups within the Haredi community—average/below-average and high-income women, men with work experience, and men who study at religious seminaries (Yeshiva/Kollel)—analysis of an original survey study reveals how differential exposure to economic life leads to significant variations in financial risk-taking, loss-aversion, financial literacy and competitiveness. The findings problematize explanations attributing economic gender gaps to innate differences, instead highlighting the profound impact of the cultural framing of gender roles vis-à-vis economic integration. By foregrounding economic socialization as a sociological phenomenon, the study contributes to discourses on culture’s role in economic behavior and opens new avenues for examining how individuals acquire economic dispositions through socialization pathways shaped by structural constraints and power relations.

Perceptions towards practicability of humanitarian principles for emergency cases in Ethiopia: case of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital

IntroductionThe health of people is negatively impacted by emergencies and catastrophes, and many lives are lost as a result. The guidelines for humanitarian action during times of crisis, whether brought on by armed war or natural disasters, are provided by the humanitarian principles. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how the staff and clients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital felt about the applicability of the four humanitarian principles when responding to emergency conditions.MethodologyFacility-based descriptive and explanatory cross-sectional study designs were employed. The study intended to collect data with structured questionnaires from a total of 209 individuals in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. The participants were selected randomly based on, their willingness. Of the 209 participants, 105 included staff and the rest 104 included clients (patients and caregivers in the emergency room) of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. The collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 23.ResultsThe descriptive analysis shows that principles of humanity are practiced better with (mean = 3.5) and principles of impartiality are practiced less with (mean = 3.2) as to the perception of the participants. Correlational analysis was used to examine the relationship between the ages, profession, gender, status, work experience, and familiarity with humanitarian principles, and the results indicated a non-significant correlation between variables, r (209) = 0.01 (2 tailored), “p = ns”. This suggests that familiarity with humanitarian principles or other independent variables does not affect the applicability of humanitarian principles in healthcare settings.ConclusionFrom the results of this study, it can be concluded that the state of being a staff (health care practitioners and those providing ancillary services) and client of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital has nothing to do with developing a certain perception towards the practicability of the four humanitarian principles (humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence).

Collaborations to Support the SJ4A Curriculum in Archival Studies and Social Justice Intersections: Training of Community-Embedded Paraprofessional Archivists Who Are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program recently awarded a $463,238 grant titled “Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists” (SJ4A) to the School of Library and Information Studies atthe University of Alabama. The grant’s goal is to recruit/train 17 community-embedded paraprofessional archivists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color to complete their master’s degree part-time from January 2023 – December 2024 in the SLIS’ synchronous distance education program. SJ4A meets an urgent need to diversify the professions and for archivists to apply social justice competencies in work experience and community-embedded practice with graduate instruction and curriculum support. This paper identifies ongoing collaborations to support curriculum development in the SJ4A phases, including recruitment of students,needs assessment of archives-related professionals about social justice services, implementation of educational activities, mentoring, evaluation of program outcomes, dissemination of results, and post-graduation career tracking.

Preparing Students for the Workplace: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Curriculum for master’s level education in library and information science is an historically popular subject of discussion in the disciplinary literature. Specific topic areas are interrogated (Saunders &amp; Bajjaly, 2022), opinions are solicited about courses or topics which ought to be required of all students (Saunders, 2019) or required of students in particular sub-areas of the profession (Davis &amp; Saunders, 2020; Saunders, 2020; Williams &amp; Saunders, 2020), changes over time are analyzed (EunKyung Chung, Schalk, &amp; JungWon Yoon, 2022), and external standards are developed to articulate the breadth and depth of curricula which “should” be included (ALA, 2023). Similarly, the literature promotes a range of pedagogical approaches (Ely, 2023), and conference programs (such as the ALISE conference) and webinar series (such as those sponsored by ALISE, including the “LIS Pedagogy Chat” series) also address pedagogy. One aspect of professional practice that has received less consideration is the way students are prepared to hold realistic expectations for the workplace. Those expectations may relate to organizational cultures, practices, and challenges, all of which may be minimally addressed during students’ pre-professional education or ignored completely. The panel highlights specific aspects of workplace experience as revealed through research projects delving into the lived experiences of library workers. These research findings will be considered in terms of the ways in which they may inform the curricula of master’s programs in the field. The panel will open with a very short introduction by the moderator, Dr. Heidi Julien. Then each panelist will have 15 minutes to summarize results of their recent studies, and individually will suggest their implications for preparing master’s students for the realities of professional practice. The remaining 40 minutes will be devoted to audience discussion about possible ways students may be exposed to these realities. Prompting questions for the audience include: Are there other workplace realities not addressed by the panel that would be relevant to students? Who is best positioned to discuss these realities with students – e.g., practitioners? Adjunct instructors? Regular faculty members? Alumni? Are there existing opportunities in master’s curricula to include these discussions, or would extra-curricular opportunities be more effective? Ideas generated by the panelists and the audience will be captured and shared with attendees orally at the close of the session.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on the use of local anaesthesia in the Emergency Department

Background: Local anaesthesia (LA) is frequently used in the Emergency Department (ED). Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) is a potentially fatal complication associated with its use. It is assumed that all doctors administering LA are trained in all aspects of its use including the management of LAST.Methods: A prospective, multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted at three academic EDs in Gauteng. Doctors working in the ED completed an online questionnaire designed to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the use of LA as well as the recognition and management of LAST.Results: A total of 94 completed questionnaires were analysed. Of these, 44% of participants had graduated from medical school less than 5 years ago, and 72% had less than 5 years of experience working in the ED. The overall mean knowledge score percentage for the safe use of LA was 48.2%. The overall mean knowledge score percentage for recognition and management of LAST was 56.7%. A total of 78% of participants knew that intravenous intralipid emulsion (ILE) therapy is needed in managing LAST; however, only 25% of participants knew where to access ILE and only 33% knew how to use it.Conclusion: The overall level of knowledge on LA and the management of LAST among doctors working in the ED is low. There is also an apparent lack of awareness of the potential for toxicity despite frequent use of LA. Although the occurrence of LAST is rare, our findings highlight an obligation for continuous education on local anaesthesia and the management of LAST.Contribution: The result of this research indicates a gap in training regarding the potential for toxicity of local anaesthesia, recognition of systemic toxicity, and the management thereof. These findings suggest the possibility of misdiagnosis and under reporting of LAST.

Healthcare professionals' perceptions on providing support to informal carers within stroke care.

The sudden nature of stroke onset does not provide carers with sufficient time to prepare for the demands associated with caring. Healthcare professionals can have a vital role in providing carers with support and training, which may reduce carer stress and strain, and allow for better health and rehabilitation outcomes for the stroke survivor. The experiences of healthcare professionals on supporting carers in stroke care, however, remain unclear. To understand the experiences and perceptions of healthcare professionals working in stroke care on implementing resources and support to informal stroke carers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 healthcare professionals (5 occupational therapists, 5 physiotherapists, 1 psychologist) with at least 12 months' experience in working with stroke survivors. Interviews ranged from 25-70 minutes in duration, and were recorded, transcribed, and analysed using thematic analysis. Three overarching categories that were explored were: (1) Experiences of working in stroke care and supporting carers; (2) Recommendations for a program designed for carers; and (3) Future priorities in stroke care. Participants discussed a variety of strategies they utilised to support carers including collaborating with other healthcare professionals and utilising skills and experience. Healthcare professionals highlighted the need for additional resources that are designed specifically for carers and explored key topics including carer stress and fatigue, support services, stroke education, and how to look after oneself. Participants identified priorities for stroke care including additional professional training and resource availability. This study provided a unique insight from the perspectives of healthcare professionals on supporting carers. Participants identified the need for additional training and resources to equip healthcare professionals to better support carers. Future programs designed for carers should be informed by the needs and experiences of both informal carers and healthcare professionals.

Psychological hardiness, social support, and emotional labor among nurses in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey study

BackgroundOur study of nurses in Tehran was conducted in June of 2020, when the lockdown from the pandemic had been implemented. Nurses had been faced with how to effectively manage their own emotion responses during patientcare. ObjectivesOur study aims to evaluate how psychological and social resources were jointly related to the use of emotional labor through surface acting and deep acting among nurses at public hospitals. DesignThe study design was a single-wave, cross-sectional self-report questionnaire survey containing validated measures where the nurses reported on their work experiences during the pandemic. SettingsThe participants came from five out of 50 public hospitals within Tehran. ParticipantsOf the 250 nurses chosen by using multi-stage randomly sampling, 224 were retained after listwise deletion of missing data and outliers. MethodThrough a survey questionnaire, participants responded to scale measures of psychological hardiness, social support, and emotional labor to investigate the joint impact of hardiness and social support on emotional labor. Their responses provided information on the (1) validity and reliability of all variables, and (2) the hypothesized structural relations, using SPSS-AMOS 22 software. ResultsChallenge and control were related to social support; coworker sympathy and supervisory support were related to surface acting; coworker sympathy was related to deep acting. Under strong support, high hardiness was most negatively related to surface acting and positively related to deep acting. ConclusionThrough coworker and supervisory support, hardiness became an effective means for nurses to regulate their own emotions during interactions to enhance patientcare.

Continuing Safety Education and Workplace Efficacy of Student Workers

This study aims to evaluate students' awareness of safety education and its impact on work effectiveness. By analyzing background variables such as students' gender, age, grade, work experience, student status, and college affiliation, this study explored the relationship between safety education and work effectiveness. The results showed that students' awareness of safety education directly affects their task execution and situational performance on campus and in the workplace. In addition, the study showed that strengthening the popularization and effective cooperation of safety education on campus can help improve students' work effectiveness and campus safety management. This study recommends further improving the quality of safety education by strengthening training, promoting safety knowledge, and improving safety facilities, and strengthening the cultivation of safety awareness during students' internships and employment.

Stigmatised as ‘promoting’ with a duty to report: public healthcare workers providing services to criminalised ‘key populations for HIV’ under Uganda’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act

This paper analyses the experiences of public healthcare workers in Uganda under the Anti Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, who specialise in the provision of HIV prevention and treatment services to criminalised ‘key populations’ for HIV, including men who have sex with men, transgender women, and female sex workers. Utilising in-depth semi-structured interviews with 17 public healthcare workers and participant observation with LGBTQ+ and HIV activists, public health officials, and development workers, this ethnographic study explored the legal, social and ethical challenges that public healthcare providers faced. Public healthcare workers have experienced various types of stigma from their work, including socio-legal stigma from the criminalisation of ‘promoting homosexuality’, stigma by association with key populations, concealment stigma, and denial. Legal ambiguities stemming from the AHA 2023 have led to security incidents for some public healthcare workers. The study highlights the ethical dilemmas that have arisen from the ‘duty to report’ clause, which conflicts with professional healthcare ethics of confidentiality, and the role the Ministry of Health played in passing the AHA 2023, instilling confusion about its enforcement, and minimising and denying the risks the legislation has had on Uganda’s HIV epidemic.

Identifying strengths and weaknesses at the bench, an institution’s quest to improve the Gram stain bench experience and patient care

Abstract Introduction/Objective The Gram stain is the first actionable result reported to guide treatment. In our laboratory, we noted instances of initial Gram stain results discrepant to subsequent cultures. In reevaluating the Gram stain bench, we devised a survey for medical laboratory scientists (MLS) to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the current workflow to search for areas of improvement. Results of the survey will help both leadership and MLS approach improving the interpretation and reporting of Gram stains. Methods/Case Report A 16-question survey was issued to all MLS in the microbiology lab over three weeks in January 2024 (Table 1). Questions (Q) 1 through 5 pertain to years of experience, how long it takes to review slides, and shift scheduling. Q6 through Q15 - addressing aspects of the bench including culture of the laboratory to ask for assistance, pressure to read slides, turnaround times, and confidence - were on a Likert scale from 1 to 5, 1 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree; mean responses are in Table 1. Q16 was a free response question to input additional thoughts or comments. Responses were recorded on the secure local network using Microsoft Forms. Welch’s t-test was performed on the responses for statistical analysis. Statistical significance is achieved in a p-value is &amp;lt; 0.05. Results (if a Case Study enter NA) Among the 33 respondents (Table 1), first shift has the longest MLS work experience (Q2). Third shift perceived significantly more pressure to read Gram stains correctly than first shift (Q8 2.6; 4.6), and turnaround time pressure was felt to hinder their ability to read (Q11 2.1; 3.3). Individuals who perceived the field was too large for review also took more time to review slides (Q12 2.2; 3.0). Being staffed on the Gram stain bench less frequently was associated with taking longer to interpret Gram stains. Conclusion Our laboratory environment is, overall, conducive to asking for assistance, there is assistance when needed, there is confidence and allotted time to read stains, and there is perceived adequate training. However, the data indicate that second and third shifts are disproportionately comprised of MLS who read the most Gram stains, have the fewest years of experience, and are least inclined to ask for assistance. This information is invaluable for redesigning the Gram stain bench in a manner that benefits and empowers MLS to maximize their expertise to read Gram stains and provide the best care for patients. Further discussion is planned to redesign the workflow using this information.

Navigating New Terrain: Exploring Orientation Programs For New Academic Staff and Their Experience

Commencing a new job can instigate anxiety, especially for those without prior work experience. The excitement of a fresh employment endeavour may coincide with feelings of discomfort, stemming from unfamiliar expectations. A comprehensive overview and understanding on orientation programs for new staff can play a crucial role in facilitating their adaptation, fostering departmental understanding, fostering colleague connections, and grasping job essentials. This research seeks to assess orientation activities carried out for new academic staff joining the faculty by the management while investigating the orientation program experience of recently onboarded staff members with less than six years of experience in one of the language academies in a public university in the Klang Valley. An interview and survey were conducted and revealed notable areas of concern including employee benefits, performance expectations, departmental and faculty structures, policies and procedures and training development. The findings delineated key areas of concern as a foundational framework to be concentrated by the management during future faculty staff recruitment. This study also highlights the need to develop a tailored orientation kit for new onboarding staff to the faculty.

Work Experience of Medosmotr39 LLC in Organizing and Conducting Medical Support for the Floating Staff of the Fishing and Scientific Fleet in the Subject of the Russian Federation

There is a problem in the country of comprehensive and competent pre-voyage medical examination of seafarers. Since the implementation of Federal Law no. 326 dated 11/29/2010 On Compulsory medical insurance in the Russian Federation, the issues of compulsory medical insurance in the field of marine medicine have not been resolved. Crew members with chronic diseases are sent on the flight without prior medical examinations. There is no medical worker on the ships, a member of the crew is responsible for the medical part without a license to provide medical care, who does not have the right to provide it, which in turn led to an increase in morbidity and deaths on the voyage. There is no single standardized form of laying first-aid kits on ships, which also affects the health of the crew. This situation prompted the medical organization Medical Examinations 39 to open a Marine Medicine Department at its base, which significantly improved the situation in the region. We also propose to legislate the issue of a single form of packing first-aid kits on flights, the composition of which will depend on the time of year, natural and social conditions of the area to which the sailors will go.

Essential(ly forgotten) workers: Latine youth farmworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Essential workers across multiple industries faced a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effects were especially severe for agricultural and food processing workers, many of whom are members of the structurally vulnerable Latine community. Under current U.S. federal laws, children under 12 years old can legally work in agriculture, one of the most hazardous U.S. industries. Many of these working youth are Latine and experience health and educational inequities. Using a community-based participatory research approach and a qualitative design, we conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews in North Carolina in 2022, with service providers in health, education, and advocacy fields (n = 10) and Latine youth farmworkers aged 10-17 (n = 24). We used participatory qualitative analysis methods and a reflexive thematic analysis to understand and describe the work experiences of these youth during the first 2 years of the pandemic. Amidst precarious economic and school situations exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, many youths described an increased need to work to support their families. While aware and sometimes fearful of the added occupational health risks of COVID-19, youth and their families felt they had few other options. Service providers and youth described minimal employer-provided safety protocols or equipment, yet some workers organized their own attempts at safety protocols. Youth narratives imply limited knowledge of basic workplace safety requirements. Study findings emphasize the urgent need to address structural vulnerabilities shaping workplace policies and norms to protect Latine youth farmworkers to support their healthy development.

Yakov Denisovich Petrov: Smolensk Teacher at the Head of the Regional Pedagogical University during the Great Patriotic War

In this publication, the authors continued their work on the study of the personality of the director of the Sverdlovsk State Pedagogical Institute, Yakov Denisovich Petrov, who held this post more than anyone else who headed this university, and his role in the development of the system of higher pedagogical education in the Sverdlovsk region. Based on the materials identified by the authors and previously unknown materials deposited in archival institutions of the Sverdlovsk and Smolensk regions, the authors analyzed in detail the features of the early biography of the director of the institute. This allowed us to fully answer questions related to Petrov's social background, which in the 1920s and 1930s was one of the main criteria for evaluating the political and business qualities of a communist and an employee for party and Soviet officials. And his gradual advancement up the career ladder: from a rural teacher to an experienced manager. At the same time, the authors abandoned the historical-party approach in consecrating the work of the Sverdlovsk Pedagogical Institute in the early years of Ya.D. Petrov's official activity, which is characteristic of Soviet historians. The personal participation of the director in solving the personnel and material problems of the university is specially investigated. The authors draw readers' attention to the fact that Petrov's solution of state tasks for the development of higher pedagogical education in the Sverdlovsk region and improving its quality in the most difficult conditions of the war years were quite successful. In many ways, this was the result of the rich work experience that Yakov Denisovich had accumulated during his years working in the public education system of the Smolensk region and in the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR.

Been around the block: Is the prior experience of coaches in the workplace helpful?

ABSTRACT While most business coaches have prior experience of a workplace, there is debate as to how this should, or does, contribute to their coaching. It is often considered that coaches should be an expert in the process of coaching, and not their client’s business. This study utilised an inductive design to explore the perception of the contribution of prior work experience through semi-structured interviews with 11 clients and 13 experienced coaches. The interviews were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The data showed that both clients and coaches valued the coach having experience of working at a similar level. This helped establish credentials at the point of hiring, as well as providing authority and confidence during the coaching relationship. Such experience was also seen to give reference points and wisdom. However, while some participants saw advantages in the coach having a similar work background to the client (providing a common language and shared experiences), others considered that, while it was important that the coach had ‘been around the block’, this could be in a different work domain to the client. Clients also valued the wider experiences of a coach (such as artistic or socio-political) that brought creative insights and wider experiences.

Эмоциональное выгорание и поведение в конфликте специалистов органов опеки и попечительства

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;The article is prepared on the basis of the results of the final qualifying work and is devoted to the study of the relationship between emotional burnout and behavior in conflict among specialists of guardianship and guardianship authorities in relation to minors (hereinafter &amp;mdash; OIP). The participants of the empirical study were 78 employees of the Department of Guardianship and Guardianship of the Department of Education of the Omsk City Administration, aged 22 to 65 years (the average age in the test sample is 40.10 &amp;plusmn; 9.69 years). The average work experience of the subjects was 12.18 &amp;plusmn; 5.41 years. The study was conducted using psychodiagnostic tools: the Thomas-Killman Questionnaire for Identifying Leading Behavior in a conflict situation, the Questionnaire for Professional (Emotional) Burnout (K. Maslach). It is shown that the statistical dependence of the features of emotional burnout with patterns of behavior in conflict is insignificant. The stage of emotional burnout &amp;mdash; &amp;ldquo;emotional exhaustion&amp;rdquo; significantly correlates with the scale of behavior in conflict &amp;ldquo;compromise&amp;rdquo;. For the other two scales characterizing the stages of emotional burnout, there were no significant correlations with the characteristics of behavior in conflict situations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Lesbian and Gay Population, Work Experience, and Well-Being: A Ten-Year Systematic Review.

Despite an increase in the promotion of equal opportunities at work, there is still persistent discrimination against lesbian and gay (LG) workers. In this vein, this study aimed to systematically review the research investigating the peculiarities of the work experience of LG people, particularly considering the theoretical frameworks in the approach to sexual minorities' work-related issues, as well as individual and contextual variables influencing the work experience and the impact they may have on health and well-being. We explored the PsycArticles, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science electronic databases and the EBSCOHost (PsycInfo, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection) scholarly search engine, between 01/01/2013 to 01/03/2023, with regards to the search terms "lgb*", "gay*", "lesbian*", "homosexual*", and "sexual minorit*", associated with "employee*", "personnel", "worker*", and "staff", and with "workplace", "work", "job", "occupation", "employment", and "career". Data were narratively synthesized and critically discussed. Of the 1584 potentially eligible articles, 140 papers contributed to this systematic review. Five main theoretical frameworks were identified: (a) minority stress, (b) sexual prejudice and stigma, (c) queer and Foucauldian paradigms, (d) social identity theories, and (e) intersectionality. Furthermore, significant individual (e.g., outness, disclosure, and work-family conflict) and contextual (e.g., heterosexist and heteronormative workplace climate and culture) variables influencing LG people's work experience were identified. This review highlights the need to develop a unified theoretical model for the construction of specific measurement tools to assess the work experience of LG people and for the implementation of interventions aimed at minimizing the effects of stigma in work contexts.