Answers to All Your Questions about Careers in Community Psychology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judah J. Viola ◽  
Olya Glantsman ◽  
Amber E. Williams ◽  
Cari Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Psychology ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Career Changers ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Career Survey

This chapter answers several of the most frequently asked questions of students and career changers who want to make the best use of their community psychology and related training. The chapter draws from the individual and collective experiences of the authors and over 400 professionals in the field who completed a career survey. Topics focus on preparation, networking, job seeking, work–life balance, and career outlook across several sectors, including academia, health care, government, and the nonprofit arena.

scholarly journals Maneuvering between the individual and the social dimensions of narratives in a poor man’s discursive negotiation of stigma

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorien Van De Mieroop
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dominant Discourses ◽  
The Individual

In current Western consumer societies, the poor are excluded and occupy stigmatized positions. By analyzing an interview with a poor man, I look at how stigma is discursively negotiated through the interplay between individual and social dimensions of narratives. First, the interviewee resists the interviewer’s ‘poor man’-category projection by setting up alternative groups. Second, he invokes and aligns with dominant discourses regarding the necessity to own consumer goods and find a work-life balance, by which he constructs the identity of an empowered “bricoleur” (cf Gabriel et al., 2010). These findings are then related to Goffman’s theory of stigma and information control (1963) and to the inextricable link between the performed nature of narratives, their individual and social dimensions and their local and global contexts.

Smartphone as a mediating technology of organization

2019 ◽  
pp. 429-442
Author(s):  
Jennifer Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Small Device ◽  
Power Trust ◽  
The Individual ◽  
A Site

This chapter considers the smartphone as organizational force. Its effects are to blur the boundaries between work and home; to involve different constituent actors and forms of power (bypassing traditional organizational gatekeepers); and to raise new forms of service and exclusion. The smartphone is a small device that impacts large-scale organizing. A site of interaction between the individual and organizing, it raises questions of power, trust, transparency, work–life balance, self-monitoring, surveillance, and self-expression. It is associated with the rise of new, less-regulated forms of work and social movements. Organizational scholars need to further unpack its implications for organizations and organizing.

scholarly journals Retention of Nurses in Medium Size Health Care Units -Role of Work Life Balance, Compensation and Work Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-514
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Organization Commitment ◽  
Predominant Factor ◽  
Chennai City ◽  
The Impact

This paper evaluates the impact of compensation, work life balance and work environment towards organization commitment of nurses who belong to less attended medium size health care units in and around Chennai City in India. It also deals with the impact of organization commitment towards retention of nurses. From the findings it is evident that the commitment of nurses in the hospital increases their likelihood of continuation. Also it reveals that compensation is the predominant factor followed by work life balance and work environment in enhancing organization commitment.

scholarly journals The construction of work–life balance: The experience of Black employees in a call-centre environment

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia C.B. Potgieter ◽  
Antoni Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Customer Care ◽  
Black Employees ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Context Specific

Orientation: Work–life balance, as a crucial aspect of employee and organisational wellness, remains an interesting field of research, especially due to the changing demographic employee profile.Research purpose: The objective of the study was to explore Black employees’ construction of work–life balance in a customer care environment.Motivation for the study: The conceptual debate regarding the construct of work–life balance in general as well as limited qualitative research with regard to Black employees’ experience of work–life balance in a South African context motivated the study.Research design, approach and method: This qualitative study was designed from an interpretivist perspective. Ten employees, selected through purposeful sampling, participated in the study. Data was gathered through in-depth interviews and grounded theory was applied during data analysis.Main findings: The grounded theory analysis of the data yielded six themes central to participants’ construction of work–life balance. The findings suggest that work–life balance is conceptualised as a continuous, subjective and holistic valuation of satisfaction derived from multiple roles in relation to the importance to the individual at a given point in time.Practical/managerial implications: Findings provide valuable managerial information to guide suitable strategies enhancing the work–life balance experience and by implication employees’ general wellbeing, job satisfaction and commitment.Contributions/value-add: This study contributes to the evolving body of knowledge with regard to work–life balance and provides a unique context-specific perspective to the conceptual understanding of the construct.

Impact of work–life balance on organizational commitment of women health-care workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 917-939
Author(s):  
Sana Shabir ◽  
Abdul Gani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to examine the linkage between work–life balance (WLB) and organizational commitment (OC) among women employees in the healthcare sector. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative methodology, this paper drew upon samples of 580 health-care sector employees working in the health-care sector of Jammu and Kashmir in India. A structured questionnaire was administered to gather the required information. Data were analyzed using SMART PLS and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, in which descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance and structural equation modeling were conducted to achieve the objectives of the study. Findings Findings indicated a significant positive relationship between WLB and OC. Further component-wise analysis revealed a positive relationship between the WLB and affective and normative commitment. However, WLB demonstrated a negative association with continuance commitment. Originality/value The study also brought forth the causes and potential consequences of the work–life imbalance and stressed upon the role of organizational policies in managing the relationship between work and non-work domains and subsequently the development of OC among employees.

scholarly journals Improving Health Professionals’ Involvement Whilst Sustaining Work–Life Balance: Evidence from an Empirical Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9291
Author(s):  
Rocco Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Organizations ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Life Balance

Most sustainability studies applied to healthcare primarily focus on external viability. In particular, they look at the ability of healthcare institutions to establish an economic, environmental, social, and political consonance with their context. Conversely, limited attention has been paid to issues related to internal sustainability. The article discusses health professionals’ involvement as a human resource management practice which contributes to the viability of healthcare organizations. A sequential mediation analysis was designed to shed light on the effects of employees’ involvement on work–life balance, which is an essential ingredient of the recipe for internal sustainability. The study findings suggest that health professionals’ involvement may determine an intensification and an extensification of work efforts, which undermine their work–life balance. Nevertheless, the implications of employees’ involvement on work–life balance are positively and significantly mediated by supportive relationships at work and positive organizational climate. From this standpoint, health professionals’ involvement may act as an effective strategy to enhance the internal sustainability of health care organizations if matched with better relationships with supervisors and improved organizational climate. Whilst calling for further research to enlighten issues and challenges related to internal sustainability, the article stresses that health professionals’ involvement should be paired with an improvement of the organizational climate to contribute to an increased viability of health care institutions.

scholarly journals His or her work–life balance? Experiences of self-employed immigrant parents

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 624-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mai Camilla Munkejord
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
The Individual

The question of how to achieve ‘work–life balance’ has been a central debate for several decades. Hitherto, this subject has primarily been explored in organizational contexts; less is known in the context of self-employment. This article advances our understanding of work–life balance by analysing the everyday stories of self-employed immigrant parents in Norway. In this study, work–life balance is constructed in contrasting ways between mothers and fathers on the individual level and simultaneously in binary and potentially competing ways on the couple level. Hence, through an analysis of the participants’ work and family availabilities, this study sheds light on how gender relations may be shaped at the micro level within the Nordic dual-earner family model.

scholarly journals Antecedents of Work Life Balance: A Study of Healthcare Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Parvin Shaikh ◽  
Ujwala Dange
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Daunting Task

The nature of their work requires the healthcare professionals to work in shifts, work overtime, report to duty at odd hours, take care of people who are sick and are sometimes terminally ill. Apart from draining them of physical energy, being in contact with such people also has a bearing on their psychological health. Striking a balance between life and work is a daunting task for the healthcare professionals. This study aimed at identifying the determinants of work life balance among Health care professionals, because they play a critical role in determining the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of health care systems. Data was collected from Healthcare Professionals like Physicians, Nurses, Clinical Support Staff and Administrative staff from both the Public and Private Hospitals in Nagpur District using a structured questionnaire. Factor Analysis revealed five factors namely Demographic Factors, Supportive Work Culture, Working Conditions, Work Provisions and Travelling distance from work that significantly affect the Work Life Balance of Healthcare Professionals. These findings will help the Healthcare Organizations to focus on Organizational interventions for helping their employees achieve a balance between the domains of work and life.

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