Employees' Job Satisfaction, Residents' Functioning, and Treatment Progress in Psychiatric Institutions

Buffum, William E.; Konick, Andrew

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“…Studies, which have involved mental health workers in the UK, consisted of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses and occupational therapists. However, US and Canadian studies also included a variety of other professional groups making any comparisons difficult and these results have been presented separately (Brady, Kinnard, & Friedrich, 1980;Buffum & Konick, 1982;Cacciacarne, Resnick, McArthur, & Althof, 1986;Cherniss & Egnatios, 1978a, 1978bCorrigan & Holmes Luchin, 1995;Drude & Lourie, 1984;Finch & Krantz, 1991;Folkins, O'Reilly, Roberts, & Miller, 1977;Hiscott & Connop, 1990;Hromco, Lyons, & Nikkel, 1995;Ingledew, Hardy, & Cooper, 1997;Jerrell, 1983;Kirk, Koeske, & Koeske, 1993;Koeske, 1995;Koeske & Kelly, 1995;Leiter, 1988Leiter, , 1990Marini, Todd, & Slate, 1995;Oberlander, 1990;Pines & Maslach, 1978;Pond & Geyer, 1987;Savicki & Cooley, 1987;Schulz, Greenley, & Brown, 1995;Thornton, 1992;Webb, 1980;Webster & Hackett, 1999;Wilcoxon, 1989; see Table II). The sample groups include nursing assistants, rehabilitation counsellors, rehabilitation therapists, home care workers, psychiatric technicians, attendants, volunteers, recreational/activities Copyright  2002 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.…”

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Stress management for mental health professionals: a review of effective techniques

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This paper presents the findings of a systematic review of the current evidence for the effectiveness of stress management interventions for those working in the mental health field. Research articles from 1966 to 2000 which reported studies undertaken in the United Kingdom and which specifically identified participants as mental health workers were included in the review. Studies from other European countries and from the USA were examined as potential models of good practice. The review demonstrated that a great deal is known about the sources of stress at work, about how to measure them and about their interaction and impact on a range of outcome indicators. What was found to be lacking was a translation of these results into practice, into research that assessed the impact of interventions that attempted to moderate, minimize or eliminate some of these stressors. Three papers were retrieved which reported intervention strategies for workers classified as working within the mental health arena.

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“…Long-term care employees who work with residents who are functioning at a low level tend to be less satisfied than employees who work with residents functioning at an intermediate level. Buffam and Konick (1982) speculate that employees who work with the best functioning residents may not develop high morale because such residents are difficult to control and satisfy. Mohl and his colleagues (1982) reasoned that both the type of patient care task and social systems factors (such as authority patterns and the division of labor) affect nurses' attitudes and stress levels.…”

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Evaluating health care work settings: A holistic conceptual framework

Moos

Schaefer

1987

Psychology & Health

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After offering a systems perspective that considers a diversity of job-related and personal factors, we discuss the determinants and impacts of health care work climates and how staff morale and performance can influence the treatment milieu and quality of patient care. We also describe the physical features, organizational structure and policies, and suprapersonal and task factors that help to shape health care work climates. We then review research on the connections between work climate and staff morale and performance, the interplay of work climate factors, and the role of personal factors in these relationships. Finally, we orovide some ideas about how to improve health care work settings and focus on some promising new research directions.

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“…~tatisii-cal controls comvensated for the lack of design controls for threats to va--lidity; the methoh of multiple regression enabled an examination of each variable's unique effects on the dimensions of job satisfaction. Measurement of job satisfaction was based on modifications of the work of Smith, Kendall, and Hulin (1969) and reported by Buffum and Konick (1982). The measurement of the dimensions of work autonomy was also based upon the work of earlier researchers as modified by Buffum (1981).…”

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Work Autonomy and the Community Mental Health Professional:

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Ritvo

1984

Administration in Social Work

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Work autonomy is an important characteristic of professional positions in community mental health programs. Yet this concept of work autonomy is so ambiguous that managers are often uncertain about the most effective job redesign strategies. Considering (1) formalization of organization rules, procedures, and job descriptions, (2) the routineness of the work technology, and (3) the degree of decision-making centralization as the essential components of work autonomy, the researchers found that job satisfied employees prefer certainty in job expectations even though this may reduce their overall autonomy. At times of economic uncertainty, special attention must be given to managing turbulence in the external environment so that professionals can effectively exercise autonomy in their service delivery functions.

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Employees' Job Satisfaction, Residents' Functioning, and Treatment Progress in Psychiatric Institutions

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Stress management for mental health professionals: a review of effective techniques

Stress management for mental health professionals: a review of effective techniques

Evaluating health care work settings: A holistic conceptual framework

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