The Relationship between Feelings of Alienation and Burnout in Social Work

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The State ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Many articles and books have been written about alienation and burnout. Although the concepts have been conceptually linked, no known empirical studies have demonstrated that relationship. Using data from a survey of social workers practicing in the State of Wisconsin, the author tested the hypothesis that the concepts of burnout and alienation are closely related. The findings support that hypothesis and suggest that some dimensions of alienation may be especially potent predictors of burnout among social workers.

Institute of social work as a promising tool for social dev

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Maria Kudryavtseva
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

The article examines the relationship between the social policy of the state and the Institute of social work. Some foreign and domestic approaches to defi ning the essence of social work as a specifi c type of activity are presented. It is noted that at a specifi c historical stage, the prevailing directions of social work, models of social assistance and support are determined by the socio-economic situation in the country, the level of social development, and the socio-cultural context. It is emphasized that in the conditions of modern reality, there is a need to develop the Institute of social work and realize its potential.

Resilience and personality in social work students and social workers

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
María de las Olas Palma-García ◽  
Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Subject Analysis ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The goal of the study was to explore the relationship between personality characteristics and the development of resilience in the context of social work. To do this, combining the transverse and longitudinal approaches, we investigated 479 students and professional social workers. For students, the within-subject analysis shows that this group, while pursuing a university degree, are reaching greater openness, accountability, extraversion and kindness and, by contrast, are reducing their levels of neuroticism, which is the personality trait that acquires smaller presence on the professional stage. The regression results also confirmed the influence and predictive ability of personality traits on the resilience of students and social workers.

Oppression

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Garcia ◽  
Dorothy Van Soest
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Power Arrangements

A firm grasp of the nature of oppression, with its dynamics of power and its systemic character, is required so that social workers can avoid unintended collusion with pervasive oppressive systems if they are to be successful in promoting social and economic justice. Recognizing the relationship between macro-level and micro-level dynamics and their implications for practice is an substantive part of social work practice. This perspective includes attention to the ubiquitousness of privilege and oppression and the potential consequences of ignoring this reality as complicity in and normalizing exclusionary and marginalizing behaviors. This article discusses the concept of oppression, its dynamics and common elements, and anti-oppressive practices that can expose and dismantle oppressive relationships and systemic power arrangements.

Main Street Revisited: Social Work Practice in Rural Areas

1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 466-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen H. Waltman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Rural Social Work ◽  
Main Street ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
The Relationship

The unique aspects of rural social work practice are discussed, with emphasis on the relationship between rural values and primary social work methods and skills. Suggestions for meeting the professional development needs of rural social workers are presented.

Leader humility and employee voice: The role of employees’ regulatory focus and voice-role conception

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
XuHui Li ◽  
Mingze Li ◽  
Jingtao Fu ◽  
Asad Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Role Conception ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Leader Humility

In recent years, a bottom-up leadership style has received considerable attention from researchers. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to explore the link between leader humility and employee voice. Drawing on role theory, in this study we examined the relationship between leader humility and employee voice. Using data from 222 employees and their leaders, our results revealed that leader humility was positively related to employee voice. Voice-role conception fully mediated this relationship. Further, we delineate how employees’ regulatory focus moderates the mediated relationship between leader humility and voice, such that when an employee has a high promotion focus or low prevention focus, leader humility will be more positively related to voice via voice-role conception. These findings will provide guidelines for managers promoting employee voice.

Ethical and Legal Standards in Social Work: Consistency and Conflict

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic G. Reamer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Ethical And Legal Issues ◽  
The Relationship

Social workers frequently encounter circumstances involving ethical and legal issues. In many instances, relevant ethical and legal standards complement each other; however, in some circumstances, ethical and legal standards conflict. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between U.S. ethical and legal standards in social work. The author presents a conceptually based typology of 4 types of relationships between legal and ethical standards. Case examples are included. The author concludes with a decision-making framework designed to enhance social workers' constructive management of difficult decisions involving ethical and legal standards.

scholarly journals Institutional Leadership and Perceived Performance: Evidence from the Korean Minister Survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-75
Author(s):  
Jung Kwang Ho ◽  
Choi Jong Won
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
Institutional Leadership ◽  
Common Method Bias ◽  
Perceived Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Resilient Leadership ◽  
Method Bias ◽  
The Relationship

Few empirical studies have explored Selznick`s ideas on institutional leadership`s role in creating, nourishing, and maintaining public institutions. Reconsidering and expanding Selznick`s perspective, this study explores how perceived ministerial performance is associated with institutional leadership styles. Using data from the 2007 Korean Minister Survey, this study develops five types of institutional leadership (visionary, persuasive, resilient, coalition network, and maintaining) derived from an exploratory factor analysis and tests their association with ministers` performance. It suggests that visionary leadership and persuasive leadership are the primary determinants of Korean ministers` performance, and their effects are greater for ministers without presidential support. Resilient leadership and coalition network leadership are also significantly associated with ministers` performance, but maintaining leadership has little effect on it. Moderating effects on the relationship between leadership type and performance include presidential support and the presence of a performance crisis. Further research is needed to develop different measures for ministerial performance from different sources in order to avoid the common method bias.

Peace

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Cowger
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This entry discusses the relationship of war and peace to social work practice. The historic and current mandate for social workers to work for peace is presented. The inevitable tie of war to everyday social work practice is described, and the relationship between social justice and peace is illustrated.

Social work in the face of emerging technologies: A technological acceptance study in 13 countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110416
Author(s):  
Evaristo Barrera-Algarín ◽  
José Luís Sarasola-Sánchez-Serrano ◽  
Alberto Sarasola-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Face ◽  
Clear Identification ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

Significant technological advances have taken place in recent years, especially in ICT, which are rapidly transforming the different professions, including social work. We want to verify the degree of technological acceptance of social workers at the international level and how the relationship between professional practice and the use of new technological possibilities is established. For this purpose we applied a specialized questionnaire and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) scale, to 1144 social workers from 13 countries. A high degree of technological acceptance is detected; a clear identification between professional practice, the use of technological advances, and their connection with NASW standards.

The Contraction of Social Work

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-140
Author(s):  
LaTonya J. Trotter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Organizational Problems ◽  
The Doors

This chapter describes the contraction of social work as intrinsic to understanding the story of nursing's expansion. The Forest Grove Elder Services' mandate of coordination and comprehensive management seemed like the perfect setting to showcase social work's expertise. Moreover, the Grove was mandated to hire social workers—a rarity in outpatient health care. Despite its having all the right organizational conditions, the doors of legitimacy never seemed to open for social work. Exploring how this occurred provides an opportunity to consider the relationship between nursing's professional gains and social work's losses. The chapter then shows how the logics and structural conditions that legitimate nursing's expansion are related to those that justified social work's contraction. Physician absence is undoubtedly a necessary condition for nursing's expansion; however, it is not a sufficient one. One must also understand how the NPs' incorporation of social and organizational problems into the clinic came to make more sense than having them resolved within social work.

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