A Preliminary Investigation of Factors Associated With Job Loss Grief

Brewington, Janice O.; Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C.; Flowers, Claudia; Furr, Susan

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.2004.tb00657.x

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“…Koch, Egbert, Coeling, and Ayers's (2005) qualitative study about people's experience of returning to work after illness found comparable results about people's experience of losing a job, as have other researchers (e.g., Brewington et al, 2004;Wald & Alvaro, 2004). Other researchers also have indicated that social relationships are important for mental and physical health, and connected to the risk of mortality (Umberson & Montez, 2010).…”

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“…One of our participants described what we have chosen to call the cobweb of undesired social isolation. He described how ''dangerous it was to lose connections to the world'' and just stay at home, asserting that it was dangerous because it was ''so difficult to break it up,'' as Wald and Alvaro (2004) and Brewington et al (2004) also described. We suggest that the undesired social isolation aspects of reduced working capacity should be studied further.…”

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Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity

Steingrímsdóttir¹,

Halldórsdóttir

2015

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore people's experience of reduced working capacity and their encounters with professionals in that life situation. We collected data through in-depth interviews with eight individuals. The main finding of the current research is how illness and accident impairing work capacity exacerbate vulnerability during the recovery process as people experienced uncertainty, depression, anxiety, social isolation, fear and stress. We conclude that counseling and support from respectful, professional, caring and human professionals is extremely valuable in such a context.Résumé. Vulnérabilité Exacerbée lors de Changements Existentiels: L'Essentiel pour Gérer une Capacité de Travail Réduite. Le but de cette étude phénoménologique était d'explorer le vécu des individus en situation de capacités de travail réduites ainsi que leur rencontre avec des professionnels. Nous avons collecté des données au travers des entretiens approfondis avec huit personnes. Le résultat principal de la présente recherche est que la maladie et les accidents nuisant à la capacité de travail exacerbent la vulnérabilité durant le processus de rétab-lissement tandis que les individus expérimentent l'incertitude, la dépression, l'anxiété, l'isolation sociale, la peur et le stress. Nous concluons que le conseil et le soutien de la part de spécialistes respectueux, professionnels, aidant, et humains, sont extrêmement important dans un tel contexte.Zusammenfassung. Erhöhte Vulnerabilität in existentiellen Veränderungen: Die Essenz des Umgangs mit verminderter Arbeitsfähigkeit. Das Ziel dieser phänomenologischen Studie war, die Erfahrung der reduzierten Arbeitsfähigkeit von Menschen und ihrer Begegnungen mit Fachleuten in dieser Lebenssituation zu erkunden. Wir erhobenen Daten von acht Personen anhand von Tiefeninterviews. Das Hauptergebnis der aktuellen Untersuchung war, wie Krankheit und Unfall die Arbeitsfähigkeit einschränkten und während des Erhohlungsprozesses die Vulnerabilität erhöhte als die Personen Unsicherheit, Depression, Angst, soziale Isolation und Stress erlebten. Wir schlossen daraus, dass die Beratung und Unterstützung von respektvollen, professionellen, fürsorglichen, und menschlichen Fachleuten äußerst wertvoll in einem solchen Kontext ist.Resumen. Vulnerabilidad Exacerbada en los Cambios Existenciales: Cómo se Afronta la Capacidad de Trabajo Reducida. El objetivo de este estudio fenomenológico era explorar la experiencia de las personas con capacidad de trabajo reducida o incapacidad laboral y sus encuentros con profesionales durante esa situación vital. Se recogieron datos a través de entrevistas en profundidad a ocho sujetos. El principal hallazgo de esta investigación fue cómo la enfermedad y los accidentes que reducen la capacidad laboral del sujeto exacerbaron su vulnerabilidad durante el proceso de recuperación, mientras las personas experimentaban incertidumbre, depresión, ansiedad, aislamiento social, miedo y estrés. Concluimos que la orientación personal (counseling) y el apoyo...

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Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity

Steingrímsdóttir¹,

Halldórsdóttir

2015

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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“…The experience can include the loss of identity, social status, self‐respect, financial security, and their assumptive worldview as well as increased health and psychological issues (Walsch, 2009). As Brewington, Nassar‐McMillan, Flowers, and Furr (2004) stated, “It is essential for career counselors to identify clients who are grieving and to be prepared to work with a wide range of grief responses” (p. 81). A career counseling class could incorporate issues of grief surrounding job loss into the curriculum such that career counseling students would be able to intervene with their unemployed clients in the most effective manner.…”

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Grief and Loss Education: Recommendations for Curricular Inclusion

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Crews

Harrawood

2013

Couns Edu & Supervision

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Currently, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (2009) does not require course work on grief and loss, and it is possible for counselors to practice without any formal training in the area. The purpose of this article is to highlight the need for additional grief and loss education in the curriculum, provide a brief overview of the current literature surrounding grief and loss, and suggest pedagogical strategies for counselor preparation.

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“…Research suggests job loss leads to feelings not dissimilar to bereavement (Brewington et al 2004). It can contribute to compromised mental (Fryer and Fagan 2003) and physical health (Gallo et al 2000) and loss of self-esteem, community, and identity (Jahoda 1982).…”

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“…Informed by occupational transition theory (Rudisill et al 2010;Brewington et al 2004;Gallo et al 2000;Jahoda 1982), questions about transition experiences were aimed at understanding the participant's psychological and emotional responses during these periods. Hakim's preference theory (2006), which defines 'greedy occupations ' (2006, 279) questions that probed for specific career development challenges.…”

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Exit Stage Left: Mid-career transitions of female stage managers in Australia

O'Neill¹

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ii Keywords stage management, career, career development, career transition, protean career, midcareer, live performance, live performance production iii Abstract Available census data indicate that Australian female stage managers encounter career development challenges that contribute to their premature workforce exits. Using narrative inquiry approaches and an Informed Grounded Theory methodology, this study investigated these challenges and characterised the career transition experiences of this professional group. Much of the current literature available on the professional stage management experience is practical in nature, and this study sought to provide a foundation for further academic research and discourse in the field.This study identified the scope of the career development challenges that Australian female stage managers experience mid-career. It further found that when internal and external career development challenges compound and diminish career rewards, they force premature mid-career exits. In addition, it found that not all stage managers experience the same career development challenges, but that different combinations of these challenges cause premature workforce exits, contributing to a disproportionate workforce and a shortfall of suitably qualified candidates to fill available employment opportunities. These findings indicate that combinations of job stress, role stress, precarity, career limitations, lack of social support systems and incumbent lifestyle factors create a pressure point that can lead to a premature transition from the profession.A further key finding is that stage managers experience strong internal motivations and rewards in their work, and while these psychological and emotional attachments provide a focus that is beneficial to driving initial educational and early-career decisions, it can become a significant mid-career development challenge. A narrow vocational focus at an early age leads stage managers to possess inadequate career management capabilities and they are therefore poorly equipped during periods of necessary career transition.Another aim of this study was to explore and characterise the career transition experiences of mid-career Australian female stage managers in order to understand how effectively the individual and the broader sector manage these transitions. It was discovered that both the iv individual and the sector poorly manage career development and transitions for stage managers, and that current tertiary training models inadequately prepare student stage managers for their whole career span. This study identified that there is substantial room to develop educational models, psychological and social support mechanisms and organisational and sectoral strategies that will lead to increased sustainability within the profession. It further identifies that where such realignment is unachievable, better management of career transition experiences for Australian female stage managers will lead to beneficial outcomes for both the individual and acro...

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A Preliminary Investigation of Factors Associated With Job Loss Grief

Cited by 28 publications

References 14 publications

Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity

Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity

Grief and Loss Education: Recommendations for Curricular Inclusion

Exit Stage Left: Mid-career transitions of female stage managers in Australia

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