Professional Interpersonal Relationships Research Articles

How Remote Work Changes Communication in Organizations

This qualitative phenomenological inquiry explores the impact of remote work on communication in the professional sphere. Thirteen participants from different sectors including education, business, healthcare, government, and mental health were interviewed regarding their experiences with remote work communication. Remote work introduces complexities to communication, it expands dependency on technology, increases wait time, tests trust, and reduces visual cues. The results of this study pointed to communication being particularly difficult for remote workers due to the limits it places on interpersonal exchanges. Language, tone, technology, trust, and personal as well as interpersonal concerns contributed to the results. The implications for management hinge on the notion that poor remote work communication may diminish personal relationships and make the organization less resilient during challenging times as a consequence. Participants noted that remote work fostered predominantly professional interpersonal relationships, devoid of personal connection. Trust issues emerged when struggling employees faced heightened oversight and micromanagement, rather than open communication. The benefits of remote work were dependent on the perspectives of individuals working from home. More research is needed on remote work and interpersonal relationships, and the effects of remote work communication on productivity to assess the comprehensive impact of working from home and interactions.

Vocational Students’ Core Competence in a Higher Vocational College in China

This paper first analyzes the background of the research on the cultivation of the core ability of higher vocational students. Outline the main questions that need to be explored in depth in this study. Discuss the statement, scope and definition of the problem and its implications. The study aims to make an assessment of the vocational core competencies of students as regards to their basic professional competence, professional interpersonal relationship and team cooperation ability, rational thinking and decision-making ability, and their personality ability. Based on the findings, the study will propose an output to enhance the instruction program for vocational training of students.

Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment

Mindfulness-based interventions have increasingly gained the interest of health professionals in the last decade, especially practices that are short, economical, easily accessible, and physically, cognitively, and psychologically compelling. Nurses of Emergency Departments are a special, dynamic, but at the same time vulnerable group of health professionals who work in shifts and face multiple challenges. Considering the recent literature and the fact that stress and a hostile work environment are the top ranked health professionals' challenges, there is a need for a further study of the use of mindfulness. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the application of mindfulness on nurses in the Emergency Department on several factors related to daily nursing practice and that directly affect these specific health professionals. This experimental study was performed on 14 participating nurses in the Emergency Department of a Public General Hospital in Athens, randomized into two groups: a control and an intervention group. The data collection tools were two digital smart devices, participatory observation, and semi-structured interviews. By practicing mindfulness meditation, the participating nurses in the intervention group showed improvement in their cognitive functions (attention, thinking, memory, concentration), professional interpersonal relationships, personal satisfaction and communication with patients and caregivers, sleep rate, negative emotions, and behaviors. The findings suggest that the application of mindfulness practices should be considered an easy, affordable, economical, accessible, and effective method that nurses can use to strengthen and empower themselves, enjoying its multiple benefits. The effectiveness of the application of mindfulness remains an important issue for future research in other health professionals as well.

Faculty Turnover: It's Preventable

Faculty Turnover: It's Preventable

8 Resident Physician Perspectives on the Impact Of COVID-19 on Professional Interpersonal Relationships and Workplace Social Capital: A Qualitative Study

Interpersonal relationships between emergency medicine resident physicians and their colleagues is key for resident wellness and for optimizing patient care. Studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced social connectedness and negatively impacted workplace social capital in many non-medical professions, yet studies are limited in the medical field, particularly with physicians. This project sought to uncover resident physician perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on professional relationships and to gain ideas on how to optimize workplace social capital despite and beyond the current limitations of the pandemic.

A View of Jungian Analysis in Aotearoa New Zealand

This paper traces something of the Jungian presence in Aotearoa New Zealand from the late 1930s through the formal association of Jungian analysts in the late 1970s to the present day. The Jungian presence in Aotearoa New Zealand is set within the context of international Jungian thinking. A particular understanding and practice of Jungian analysis is presented. In particular, two foci: individuation and its phenomenology, along with a definition of analysis and its expression in certain dialectics. Analysis is understood as the quest for individuation, whereby one becomes the authentic and autonomous author of one’s own existence, through a professional interpersonal relationship. The analyst is understood to facilitate analysis by working out of their own autonomy, authenticity and authority — all consequences of their own individuation. Some aspects of the analytic process are described: the reductive — synthetic dialectic, the Promethean–Epimethean attitude, the presence — interpretation dialectic and the openness — loyalty to insight dialectic.
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 He whai haere tā tēnei pepa i ētahi whakarerenga iho a te Hungiana arā, Jungian taunga mai i Aotearoa Niu Tīreni mai i te pito whakamutunga o ngā tau 1930s mai i ngā piringa porihanga ōkawa atu ki ngā kaitātari Hungiana i te whakamutunga o ngā tau 1970 tae noa mai ki ēnei rā. Ka poua te āta o te Hungiana i Aotearoa Niu Tīreni nei i roto i te whakaarohanga Hungiana whānui. Ka whakatauhia he momo tirohanga he momo mahi ā rātou, inā rā tōtika tonu te titiro ki ngā take e rua: te wehenga whaiaro, ōna ātanga me te aronga o te tātarihanga me tōna whakaputanga i rō ētahi matapakihanga. E mātau ana he rapunga whaiaro te tātarihanga, inā rā ka tau ki te tangata tonu te mana te rangatiratanga o tōna ake oranga mai i ngā whakapiringa ōkawa. E mātau ana mā te kaitātari e āwhina te tātaringa mai i te rapunga i tōna ake whaiaro, tōna ake mana me tōna rangatiratanga — te mutunga mai o tōna ake whaiaro. Ka whakamāramahia ētahi o ngā tirohanga o te tātarihanga: te whakamāmā — te kōrero tito, te tirohanga ā-Porometiana- ā-Epimetiana, te āta — te whakamāori kōrero me te matanui — te mau ki te whaiwhai kōrero pono.

Training medicine students for care in the family health strategy: the professional interpersonal relationship

This study aimed at describing experiences related to Medicine students training from University Center Sao Camilo, specificallyas regards the professional interpersonal relationship and having as object in-service practical activities that occur in the Basic Unitsof Health of the Family Health Strategy (ESF) in the city of Sao Paulo. The experience report is based on the training of three groupsof second semester students in the period 2008-2010. We propose theoretical lessons and practical works aimed at some modalities ofcare with an emphasis in basic nursing procedures by means of the disciplines Academy-Teaching Integration and Community II. Weobserved that the specific investment in the notions of professional interpersonal relationship and communication has facilitated whatwe consider to be the increasing process of relational learning, at the moment the student has to approach the people who composethe care scenery: users, families, professionals and people in general. The acquisition of relational abilities is characterized as essential todevelop the many abilities related to procedures, and over all to support extended care giving in the ESF, which has integral assistanceas a guiding principle, all of them activities in which the students take an active part throughout the semester.

Developing interpersonal relationships with adolescents with anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is a complex eating disorder that usually develops during adolescence. This paper reports how paediatric nurses develop professional interpersonal relationships with adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa. The study used a grounded theory approach to data collection and analysis. Data were collected using in-depth interviews from ten registered nurses who worked on a paediatric ward. The findings revealed two foci of care: ‘interacting with nurses’, and ‘interacting with patients’, with interrelated categories and strategies. A core category highlighted the importance of instigating an individual focus when developing professional interpersonal relationships with patients with anorexia. Contextual factors emphasise the broader influences that modified the way nurses developed relationships with these patients. The findings have implications for clinical practice, education, unit administration, and further research, and these are examined. Nurses who use this approach are better positioned to gain understanding of individuals experiencing the disorder and to develop professional interpersonal relationships.

From ‘a coalition of despair’ to ‘acovenant of help’ in social work with families in distress

This paper proposes new directions for thinking about necessarychange in methods of the daily practice of social services withfamilies living in deep and long-term poverty and social marginalityin Israel and in the Western world in general. This call for changeis based on the documented successes of special projects dealingwith these families. The new lines of thought entail a change inthe way social workers understand the client’s personalexperiences and feelings, the way that professional inter-personalrelationships are undertaken, and the organizational paradigms whichdetermine the way the intervention is carried out. The current modelof daily practice and the alternative model are exemplified by twocase studies.

KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT – Advertising agency management of domestic and international accounts

Examines similarities and differences in account management, the use of formal account reviews, and the role of interpersonal relationships in domestic and international accounts. Significant findings include: formal account reviews are important for both domestic and international accounts, but are used more for domestic; professional interpersonal relationships are important for both, but social interpersonal relationships are more important for international accounts; international accounts require better coordination between multiple agency offices than domestic. Implications of these findings for agency management and account executives include: select managers for international accounts with different skill sets than for domestic; train international account managers to succeed in multiple environments, both managerially and socially; encourage and facilitate formal account reviews for international and domestic accounts; and provide support for social interaction for managers of international accounts.