Coping, stress and burnout in the South African police service in Kwazulu-natal

Wiese, Lisa Kirk; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Storm, K.

doi:10.4102/sajip.v29i4.124

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“…In other words, the participants recognized that organizational politics played a role in stress and burnout and confirmed that the same factors that are responsible in existing literature are also reported in this study. The last objective of organizational politics, stress and burnout was addressed in this regard [47,48].…”

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Work stress, -Burnout and Organizational Politics: Perceptions and Experience of Senior Managers in the South African Government Sector

Swartz¹,

Potgieter²

2017

Review Pub Administration Manag

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This study attempts to understand the causes and levels of work stress and burnout in a quantitative context. A mix method was adopted in which issues of organizational politics was also explored by using a qualitative approach. The sample was derived from a department of the South African Public Service and three quantitative questionnaires, namely the 'Work Life Experience Questionnaire', 'Maslach's Burnout Questionnaire' and a 'Biographical Questionnaire', were the measuring tools for this study. The sample constituted of 341 senior officials whose positions ranged from Assistant Director to the Director General and 231 questionnaires were completed. The qualitative aspect used semi structured questionnaires as well as individual interviews. A cross-sectional approach was adopted. The results indicated that stress levels are significant high within and outside the work environment. One of the outstanding conjectures of this study is to investigate the relationship between stress and burnout in the post-apartheid era. The study also reveals that organizational politics plays a big role in influencing stress levels which leads to burnout. The aim of the study is to make national government departments aware of the relationship between job stress and burnout as well as the role that organizational politics played amongst senior government officials, post 1994 apartheid era.

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Section: Qualitative Discussion-organizational Politicsmentioning

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Work stress, -Burnout and Organizational Politics: Perceptions and Experience of Senior Managers in the South African Government Sector

Swartz¹,

Potgieter²

2017

Review Pub Administration Manag

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“…However, there exists very little research on how caregivers for family members with HIV/AIDS in Kenya cope with the demands and added burden of providing care in such difficult circumstances. A search of existing literature produced several studies conducted in South Africa that utilized the Brief COPE in English only (Olley et al 2003(Olley et al , 2004(Olley et al , 2005 and the original COPE (Pienaar and Rothmann 2003;Pienaar et al 2007;Wiese et al 2003). Egisdottir et al (2008) caution against assuming that instruments developed for one culture are appropriate for use and will yield valid findings when used with a different cultural group.…”

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An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Brief COPE with a Sample of Kenyan Caregivers

Kimemia¹,

Asner-Self²,

Daire

2011

Int J Adv Counselling

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Given the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, more Kenyans now find themselves in the role of informal caregiver for a family member or multiple family members living with HIV/AIDS. However, there exists little research on how these individuals cope. The present study explores coping responses among caregivers for family members living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. An exploratory factor analysis of the Brief COPE yielded five factors, with strong loadings on Emotional Support and Instrumental Support. Implications for using the Brief COPE in research and clinical practice among Kenyans are discussed.

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“…Previous studies (e.g. Wiese, Rothmann & Storm, 2003;Wang et al, 2014) reported a strong positive connection between job stress and occupational burnout, especially when such job-related stress is regard as oppressive and inescapable (Shane, 2010). For example, in a study involving 379 police officers, sampled from multiple police departments in the US, Russell (2014, p. 374) reported that "for every 1 percent increase in perceived stress, respondents reported nearly 12 percent increase in perceived burnout".…”

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Job Stress and Police Burnout: Moderating Roles of Gender and Marital Status

Ogungbamila¹,

Fajemirokun²

2016

IAFOR J Psychol Behav Sci

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Previous studies on occupational burnout among police personnel did not pay enough attention to how gender and marital status may influence the connection between job stress and occupational burnout, especially where cultural beliefs direct gender and marital issues in relation to work, such as Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which gender and marital status moderate the relationship between job stress and occupational burnout. Participants were 213 police personnel (male = 120; female = 93) selected from 10 urban and 10 semi-urban police divisions in Nigeria. Their ages ranged between 20 and 54 years (M age =38.15 years; SD =10.0). Results revealed that job stress significantly predicted occupational burnout such that an increase in job stress led to increase in the level of occupational burnout. Gender moderated the effects of job stress on occupational burnout in such a way that job stress tended to result in higher level of occupational burnout in female than in male police personnel. Similarly, marital status moderated the relationship between job stress and occupational burnout in such a way that police personnel who were married tended to report higher level of occupational burnout in the presence of job stress than those who were single. Implications for gender sensitivity and family supportiveness were discussed.

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Coping, stress and burnout in the South African police service in Kwazulu-natal

Cited by 34 publications

References 61 publications

Work stress, -Burnout and Organizational Politics: Perceptions and Experience of Senior Managers in the South African Government Sector

Work stress, -Burnout and Organizational Politics: Perceptions and Experience of Senior Managers in the South African Government Sector

An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Brief COPE with a Sample of Kenyan Caregivers

Job Stress and Police Burnout: Moderating Roles of Gender and Marital Status

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