Feelings Of Personal Accomplishment Research Articles

Is full inclusion lessening self-contained teachers’ feeling of personal accomplishment?

Is full inclusion lessening self-contained teachers’ feeling of personal accomplishment?

Emergency medicine physician burnout before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

BackgroundBurnout is a common issue among physicians, and the rate among emergency medicine physicians (EPs) appears to be higher than those of other medical specialties. The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenges to the medical community worldwide, but its effects on EP burnout has not yet been determined.MethodsWe conducted a three-stage nationwide study between July 2019 and June 2021. First, we evaluated the responses to burnout questionnaires that had been filled in by EP before the COVID-19 pandemic. We then re-sent the same questionnaires, with an addition of pandemic-specific questions. The third step involved a small group of EPs who participated in a burnout reduction workshop and re-took the questionnaires after a 3-month interval. The Maslach Burnout Inventory measured three burnout scales and a Work and Meaning Inventory predicts job satisfaction. Descriptive, univariate, and multivariate statistical tests were used to analyze the data.ResultsIn the first stage, 240 questionnaires were sent by email to all Israeli EPs listed in emergency departments nationwide, and 84 out of 88 submitted questionnaires were completed in full before the pandemic. 393 questionnaires were sent in the second stage during the pandemic and 93 out of 101 submitted questionnaires were completed in full. Twenty EPs participated in the workshop and 13 out of 20 submitted questionnaires were completed in full. Burnout levels were high (Maslach) among EPs before the pandemic and increased during the pandemic. The feelings of personal accomplishment and work meaning—both protective factors from burnout—were significantly higher in the second (pandemic) stage. The pandemic-specific burnout factors were fear of infecting family members, lack of care centers for the physician’s children, increased workload, and insufficient logistic support. The physician-oriented intervention had no significant impact on burnout levels (p < 0.412, Friedman test).ConclusionsPhysician burnout is a major global problem, and it is now being aggravated by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare administrators should be alerted to pandemic-specific stress factors in order to help teams cope better and to prevent further worsening of the burnout. Further research is warranted to determine the lasting effect of the pandemic on EM physician burnout and the best means for reducing it.

Specialist physicians battle against the COVID-19 pandemic: the relationship between specialist physicians working conditions and levels of burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study was planned to determine the burnout levels of physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to contribute to taking the necessary measures by determining the associated factors. This research was designed via Google Online Form as an online survey with questions of Sociodemographic Data Form, Maslach Burnout Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory and was conducted with 40 specialist physicians actively working at the Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital. The same questionnaire was re-applied online after two months, and 24 out of 40 physicians were accessed. The SPSS 25 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA) program was used for the analysis of the data. According to the Maslach Burnout Inventory applied in the pre-test, it was found that the feeling of personal accomplishment was high, emotional burnout was normal, and depersonalization was low. Anxiety and burnout were found to be positively correlated, and there were no statistically significant differences in the average values of the pre-and post-test Maslach Burnout Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory scores. Detecting possible burnout in physicians working in a pandemic, identifying associated factors and taking required measures can be beneficial both for physicians and society from a biopsychosocial perspective.

Efficacy of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention on the psychological well-being of health care professionals and trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed method design.

BackgroundDuring the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health professionals were pushed to the front line of a global health crisis unprepared and resource constrained, which affected their mental well-being.AimThis study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on stress and burnout for health professionals training and working in South Africa during the COVID-19 crisis.SettingThe context of the study is the overburdened, under-resourced health care system in South Africa during a global pandemic.MethodsA mixed method framework was adopted for this study. The quantitative data was analysed using descriptive analysis and the participants’ qualitative experiences were interpreted using interpretative phenomenological analysis.ResultsForty-seven participants took part in this study. The study found a statistically significant (p < 0.05) reduction in stress levels and emotional exhaustion as well as an increase in mindful awareness and feelings of personal accomplishment after the intervention. The participants’ shared experiences were analysed in two parts. The pre-intervention analysis presented with central themes of loss of control and a sense of powerlessness because of COVID-19. The post-intervention analysis comprised themes of a sense of acquired control and empowerment through increased mindfulness.ConclusionsThe study found that a brief online MBI can be associated with reduced levels of stress and burnout as well as an increased sense of control and empowerment, felt both personally and professionally, during a global crisis.ContributionThe impact of an online MBI for health care professionals amidst a pandemic has not been previously documented.

Feeling environmental justice: Pedagogies of slow violence

This paper contributes to scholarship exploring the affective politics of environmental education. Building on Nixon’s (2011) conception of slow violence, I argue that the slow violence of ecological destruction presents not only a representational challenge but also a pedagogical one: how to confront violent systems that degrade and harm particular people and places without reinscribing this damage? Drawing on qualitative research with youth-focused environmental organizations in Camden, New Jersey, I explore two very different responses to this challenge. In an effort to shield youth from the affective injuries of confronting slow violence, pedagogies of immediacy mobilize feelings of personal accomplishment through immediate action in the local environment. By contrast, pedagogies of excavation interrogate the historical and structural underpinnings of environmental injustices and channel associated affects into collective visions for more just futures. My analysis interrogates the racial, scalar, and affective politics at work in these pedagogies and considers the implications for feeling environmental (in)justice. While pedagogies of immediacy are framed as well-intentioned efforts to counter territorial stigma and generate good feelings through individual impact, I argue that such efforts ultimately reinscribe the very deficit perspectives they seek to challenge. These pedagogical differences have material implications in an inequitable and racialized funding landscape, where environmental organizations must compete for resources and may find themselves beholden to the very corporations that perpetuate ecological injuries.

A Comparison of Burnout Experienced by Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers With Other Content Teachers During COVID- 19 Remote Teaching

During the spring of 2020, K-12 schools were turned upside-down. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced all schools across the nation to close their doors and move their learning environments online. The switch to remote learning put a great deal of stress and responsibility on teachers at all levels. The content taught by family and consumer sciences (FCS) teachers presented those teachers with unique challenges that differentiated them from other content teachers in programs such as math, language arts, and social studies. With a sample of 97 teachers from Midwestern states, this study found that FCS teachers reported higher levels of depersonalization and lower feelings of personal accomplishment.

10. CREATING A HOLISTIC MODEL OF BURNOUT DRIVERS AND MOVING TOWARD USEFUL INTERVENTIONS IN PEDIATRIC ACADEMIC MEDICAL FACULTY

Background Burnout drivers and interventions are poorly understood despite numerous studies addressing the topic. Burnout rates are steady or increasing in physicians although many organizations have implemented wellness interventions. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to create a holistic picture of burnout drivers in academic medical faculty in a single department of a large, research university. Methods This qualitative interview study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and the Job Demands-Resources Model. Full-time faculty members completed two semi-structured interviews. Topics discussed included: job roles, stressors, resources, attitudes, organizational characteristics, and asked faculty to define burnout and describe their own levels of burnout. Interviews were transcribed and coded using deductive and inductive coding. A transferrable model of drivers was created. Results Twenty-two faculty were interviewed. Eight participants (36%) self-reported burnout; 9 (41%) denied burnout. Burnout was reported in multiple specialties, experience levels, and demographics. The most common theme was job demands, but stressors were unit- or context-specific, not universal. Faculty discussed interpersonal factors as meaningful aspects of their jobs. Faculty did not participate in organization-sponsored interventions due to a lack of time or interest but discussed their own personal coping mechanisms. Recognition salient in determining self-reported level of burnout. Conclusions Organizations should focus resources on interpersonal factors rather than individual interventions. Recognition scholars recommend promoting social and political recognition, which has been shown to increase feelings of personal accomplishment, an established dimension of burnout. Organizations should use caution using the term burnout to mask more serious mental health conditions. Scholars note no difference in symptoms between stress, burnout, and depression and add that burnout has been used as a catch-all. Recommendations were made to department leadership in four action areas.

Are Groote Schuur Hospital anaesthesiologists burnt out? A cross-sectional study of prevalence and risk

Background: Burnout and physician wellness are becoming increasingly topical. While some surveys have been performed with South African anaesthesiologists, these have been conducted in limited samples. While burnout is often measured, there is a paucity of research on contributory risk and protective factors. Method: A contextual, prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and the Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS) were used to assess burnout and contributory organisational risk factors amongst state-employed anaesthesiologists working at Groote Schuur Hospital. Results: Out of a possible 127 members of staff (medical officers, registrars and consultants), 81 responded with 75 completing the full survey (59% response rate). Only 4% of respondents were classified as “burnt out”, defined as scoring high in all three domains of burnout: high emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation and low personal accomplishment. However, 67% of respondents scored high for at least one of the components of burnout, indicating the majority of the respondents are at risk for developing clinically significant burnout. The AWS showed that respondents found their workload inappropriate. However, responses for the categories of control, reward, community, fairness and values were all in the acceptable range. Conclusion: While the overall rate of burnout was low, the majority of respondents were at risk for developing burnout. High perceived workload appeared to be a particular contributory factor. Protection against burnout in this group may be provided by a combination of few organisational risk factors together with feelings of personal accomplishment.

The Slippery Slope: Can Motivation and Perfectionism Lead to Burnout in Coaches?

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between perfectionism, motivation, burnout, and coaching satisfaction in high school and collegiate coaches (n = 311). Coaches completed the modified Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and an investigator-designed survey to assess satisfaction. As predicted, perfectionism was related to both motivation and burnout. In particular, socially-prescribed perfectionism emerged as the most significant type of perfectionism, showing positive relationships with controlled forms of motivation and burnout and negative relationships with autonomous forms of motivation and feelings of personal accomplishment. Self-oriented perfectionism was related to motivation, but not directly related to burnout, and other-oriented perfectionism was not significantly related to motivation or burnout. Autonomous motivation was strongly associated with coaches’ satisfaction. The influence of socially-prescribed perfectionism on coaches is discussed in relation to the high expectations placed on coaches by programs and communities, perhaps contributing to feelings of low autonomy and external regulation. Controlling forms of social expectations and external regulation may act as a “slippery slope” in which the initial motivation of coaches may move toward burnout.

The prevalence of burnout among registrars in the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Burnout is a response to prolonged stress and consists of three elements: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalisation (DP), and feelings of personal accomplishment (PA). The existence of burnout in doctors is often not acknowledged but has major consequences for personal and professional life. Only limited research has been done on the prevalence of burnout among registrars in South Africa (SA). To describe the prevalence of burnout in a cohort of SA registrars, and assess relationships between burnout and sociodemographic factors. A cross-sectional descriptive internet survey was conducted. Respondents were registrars in departments of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout. Relationships were assessed by the independent-samples t-test and analysis of variance. A total of 585 emails were delivered to registrars, of whom 201 started the survey (response rate 34%); 170 questionnaires were analysed. The mean age of the respondents was 33 years, and the male/female ratio was 1:1.8. The mean (standard deviation) score for EE was 3.5 (1.2), for DP 2.7 (1.1) and for PA 4.1 (1.1). The overall level of burnout was 84%. None of the respondents scored low over all categories. No significant association between sociodemographics (age, sex, discipline, year in the programme and experience) and MBI dimensions was found. The prevalence of burnout in this study was higher than that reported in the national and international literature. Levels of DP were extremely high and are worrying, as DP affects professionalism and engagement of doctors. In keeping with the literature, no associations were found between sociodemographic factors and burnout, suggesting that the cause of burnout should be sought in the work environment. Efforts to improve autonomy in the workplace, development opportunities and promoting peer collaboration are needed to prevent burnout.

The double‐edged sword of coaching: Relationships between managers' coaching and their feelings of personal accomplishment and role overload

Attention to the effects of managerial coaching usually focuses on subordinates. However, knowledge of the impact of coaching on the coaches is limited. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, this study examined the extent to which coaching has benefits and costs for managers who spend time and energy coaching their subordinates. Structural equation modeling results from a multisource, time‐lagged survey showed that managerial coaching rated by team members affected managers' self‐ratings of job attitudes through a dual‐path model. Managerial coaching was positively related to managers' personal accomplishment, which had a subsequent positive effect on their job satisfaction. However, coaching also heightened managers' role overload, thus resulting in their work fatigue. In addition, results showed that managers who reported lower (versus higher) perceived organizational support tended to experience lower (versus higher) personal accomplishment and higher (versus lower) role overload associated with coaching. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

A Study on Work Style of Information Technology Employees with their Attitude in Chennai District, Tamil Nadu

This study focus on the Work Style of Information Technology Employees with their Attitude in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu. The attitudes of the employees are more important in IT industries. The employees are following their own styles for accomplishing their work. The factors such as self-motivation, work responsibilities, support to colleagues, feel honour to work and personal accomplishment are considered for the research. The descriptive research design was used. 130 are the sample size determined using the simple random sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted using statistical method like percentage analysis, linear regression analysis, mean and standard deviation and chi-square analysis. The analysis reveals that there is a significant relationship between willingly accept various work responsibilities and work gives a feeling of personal accomplishment.

Trait Gratitude and Grateful Coping as They Relate to College Student Persistence, Success, and Integration in School

Grateful people experience more psychological well-being, social connectedness, and feelings of personal accomplishment, along with less burnout. They also use more adaptive approach-oriented coping strategies. Thus, we hypothesized that trait gratitude and grateful coping strategies would be associated with various indicators/predictors of academic retention and success, including psychological variables (social integration, academic integration, degree commitment, and general college persistence) and academic variables (number of withdrawn courses, number of failed courses, and GPA). Fifty-four undergraduates completed self-report measures of all variables except GPA, which was accessed via transcripts when permitted. At least one facet of trait gratitude was associated with each outcome variable. Grateful coping was associated primarily with the psychological outcome variables, with growth-focused coping emerging as the most consistent positive predictor and social support seeking often emerging as a negative predictor. We discuss implementing gratitude-enhancing techniques as a possible strategy for improving integration, commitment, persistence, and success in college.

Emotional intelligence as a moderator in the stress–burnout relationship: a questionnaire study on nurses

To investigate inter-relationships between emotional intelligence (EI), work stress and burnout in a group of nurses in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The moderating effect of EI in the stress-burnout relationship and group differences (nurses working in different wards) in burnout were also investigated. Stress and subsequent burnout commonly threaten the occupational health and well-being of nurses in South Africa and elsewhere. Developing EI in nurses may increase individual stress resistance and combat burnout. A cross-sectional research design with anonymous questionnaires was conducted. Self-report data were used. Survey data were collected from 122 nurses working in different wards at four hospitals from a private hospital group. The Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test, Sources of Work Stress Inventory and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to measure EI, stress and burnout, respectively. Consistent inverse relationships between emotional control and management as dimensions of EI, and stress and burnout emerged. A differential effect of high vs. low EI on the stress-burnout relationship was evident. Workload and the work/family interface emerged as significant predictors of burnout. Respondents working in maternity, paediatric and ER wards reported more feelings of personal accomplishment than those working in general wards. Higher EI is significantly related with lower stress and burnout in a sample of South African nurses. The moderator effect of EI in the stress-burnout relationship suggests that enhanced EI may help diminish burnout development when chronic stress is experienced. EI developmental interventions, if introduced in nursing curricula, may increase emotional coping resources and enhanced social skills, which may benefit the long-term occupational health of nurses. This may be relevant in developing countries, where environmental stressors related to the organisational context (budget constraints) and wider social factors (shortage of qualified nurses) are difficult to address.

Emotional labour, burnout and job satisfaction in UK teachers: the role of workplace social support

Although teaching has been described as a profoundly emotional activity, little is known about the emotional demands faced by teachers or how this impacts on their well-being. This study examined relationships between ‘emotional labour’, burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment) and job satisfaction in a sample of UK teachers. Also examined was whether workplace social support moderated any relationships found between emotional labour and strain. The relationship between job experience and emotional labour was also investigated. Six hundred and twenty-eight teachers working in secondary schools in the UK completed questionnaires. Significant associations were observed between emotional labour and all outcomes, with a positive relationship found between emotional labour and personal accomplishment. Some evidence was found that social support mitigates the negative impact of emotional demands on emotional exhaustion, feelings of personal accomplishment and job satisfaction. More experienced teachers reported higher levels of emotional labour. Findings highlight the need for teacher-training programmes to raise awareness of the emotional demands of teaching and consider ways to enhance emotion regulation skills in experienced as well as recently qualified staff.

Whole team training to reduce burn-out amongst staff on an in-patient alcohol ward

In 2005 the alcohol in-patient ward at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust participated in a 2-day training programme designed to reduce levels of burn-out amongst staff. The training intervention was derived from a large-scale project that focused on in-patient and community mental health staff in five European countries. A research component was built into the work, with levels of staff burn-out being measured prior to the training intervention and 1 month afterwards, using the Maslach Burn-out Inventory (MBI). The team were able to identify four sources of stress at work. A 1-month follow-up using the MBI showed that levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization had been reduced and feelings of personal accomplishment at work risen. Staff identified four main sources of stress at work. These were: (i) group-work; (ii) dealing with complex clients; (iii) effectively evaluating the shift; and (iv) client aggression. The implications of whole team training is discussed in the context of staff working with high turnover clients.

Effect of Type A Pesonality on Stress-strain Relationship: A Study on Private Sector Managers

Stress has become an inevitable part of human life in recent times. It makes life more challenging and charming, however within a limit. When stress is beyond the coping ability of a person, it causes disturbances in his/her life. Stress has its roots in the demands of organizational and personal life. Any demand either of a physical or psychological nature, encountered in the course of living is known as stressor. Stress in the work place is increasingly a critical problem for workers, employers and society. Researchers who study stress have demonstrated the direct and indirect costs of stress.(Matteson &amp; Ivancevich, 1987). There are many variables which have been related to organizational stress. Ivancevich and Matteson (1980) proposed a model of organizational stress research that outlined the major antecedents of work stress. They noted the importance of individual differences as moderators of stress and detailed possible outcomes of stress at work. The subject of stress at work has been thoroughly investigated in Public sector. Very little has been carried out in Private sector. Thus, it is probable that mangers and workers experience stress as much as their public sector counterparts. The present research study found that: Managers who experience greater occupational stress will also experience lower level of work satisfaction, higher levels of emotional exhaustion, feelings of depersonalization, feelings of personal accomplishment and anxiety and illness. Type A personality was chosen as moderator variable which had two dimensions viz., Achievement Striving and Impatience-Irritability. But, only one dimension, Achievement Striving showed moderating effects. Impatience-Irritability failed to moderate stress and stress strain relationships. Overall, this study demonstrates that stress at work does exist for sample of Private sector managers and the antecedents of this stress are role related.

Burnout, engagement, coping and general health of service employees in the hospitality industry

The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between burnout, engagement, coping and general health of employees in the hospitality industry of a South African city. A purposive, convenience sample and a survey design were used. The sample consisted of 150 bar attendants and employees in restaurants in the city of Potchefstroom in the North-West Province. The Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Cybernetic Coping Scale and General Health Questionnaire were administered. The results indicated that health of service staff could be predicted by their feelings of personal accomplishment and dedication, having avoidant coping strategies and favouring the addressing of symptoms in coping. The contribution of the burnout dimensions of emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment to health were moderated by the coping strategies of symptom reduction and accommodation, respectively.

Measurement of burnout and the influence of background characteristics in Greek academic librarians

PurposeThe purpose of the present study is to measure levels of burnout among Greek academic librarians and to assess its relation with certain background characteristics.Design/methodology/approachThe Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was administered to 136 academic librarians across Greece.FindingsFindings suggested that respondents experienced low levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and moderate levels of personal accomplishment. Of the background characteristics, age, number of years as a librarian and participation in decision‐making were found to be independent of experienced burnout. Direct contact with library users seemed to enhance feelings of personal accomplishment. In addition, employees with short‐term contracts reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion in comparison to their colleagues holding lifetime positions.Research limitations/implications – Future research can focus on different types of libraries where the predominance of different organizational characteristics might have a different impact on individual burnout. Another direction for future research is the study of the specific job conditions that might contribute to burnout.Originality/valueProvides valuable results concerning burnout among library professionals in Greece.

BURNOUT AND HUMOR USAGE AMONG COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING FACULTY MEMBERS

This study assessed the correlation of burnout among community college nursing faculty members and their use of humor to mediate academic stress related to burnout. Sixty-three community college nursing faculty members were studied using an academic profile survey, the Coping Humor Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Forty percent of community college nursing faculty members surveyed reported high to moderate levels of emotional exhaustion, with 73 % experiencing low feelings of personal accomplishment. Differences in burnout between high versus low humor usage respondents showed a higher sense of personal accomplishment with high humor usage. Of those with low humor usage, workload was related to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.