scholarly journals Occupational stress among library personnel in public universities in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Omobola Olufunke Adewoyin ◽  
Maria Ehioghae ◽  
Joseph Olubunmi Olorunsaye
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
South West ◽  
Team Spirit ◽  
Female Counterpart

Occupational stress, which is stress experienced by employees at the workplace, is increasingly becoming a challenge. It is often the case that when employees are confronted with work demands and pressures beyond their knowledge and abilities, stress may be the outcome. Due to their role expectations, paraprofessional and professional librarians are susceptible to occupational stress which could lead to a decreasing commitment to the organization. The study adopted a survey research design to investigate occupational stress among paraprofessional and professional librarians in public universities in South-West, Nigeria. Total enumeration was used to cover all professional and paraprofessional librarians in the study area. Out of the 280 copies of questionnaire administered, 268 (95.7%) were retrieved for analysis. The findings revealed that male library personnel experience more stress in public universities than their female counterpart. Specifically, the precursors to stress among library personnel, with high mean scores, include sourcing of funds for career development (x̅=3.79), the quest for promotion (x̅=3.41), excessive workloads (x̅=3.49), and broken interpersonal relationships with management (x̅=3.09). The study, therefore, recommends equity in the sharing of responsibilities between the male and female genders to partly reduce pressure due to excessive workloads. Also, library personnel should have access to research funds to facility upward mobility in their career. In addition, interpersonal relationship workshops should be regularly conducted for allcadres of staff to promote team spirit.

scholarly journals Psychosocial Stressors among Male and Female Bureaucrats

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayatri Raina ◽  
Shivalika Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
The State ◽  
Psychosocial Stressors ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Health Related

The present research work was designed to study the significance of difference between male and female bureaucrats, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh, in terms of seven sub variables of psychosocial stressors, i.e., strained interpersonal relationship, excessive responsibilities, financial constraints, marriage related stress, health related problems, adverse situations, and perceived threat). The sample comprised of 128 male bureaucrats and 47 female bureaucrats. The data was collected with the help of “ICMR Psychosocial Stress Scale” developed by Srivastava, ICMR Fourth Advisory Committee (1991-92). t-test was carried out to evaluate the significance of difference between male and female bureaucrats on seven sub variables of psychosocial stressors. The results reveal that male bureaucrats have significantly scored higher on strained interpersonal relationships, financial constraints and adverse situations as compared to female bureaucrats. Thus, the present results clearly indicate that the male bureaucrats working in the state of Himachal Pradesh experience higher level of psychosocial stress as compared to female bureaucrats.

Sing Hosanna for the brands: the process of substituting religion with brand

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhigyan Sarkar ◽  
Juhi Gahlot Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Consumer Research ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Relationship ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
First Time ◽  
Brand Satisfaction

Purpose Extant research shows that individual’s relationship with brand can be structurally similar to both interpersonal love relationship and religious relationship. A stream of consumer research states that individual can love a brand like a person loves another person. Another stream of consumer research postulates that individual can perceive brand equivalent to religion, and even substitute religion with brand. Research is scarce connecting these two different paradigms of brand relationship, given that interpersonal relationship is not necessarily as devotional as religious relationship. The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the psychological process through which an individual can substitute his/her religion with brand. The basic theoretical premise of this substitution behaviour is the proposition that brand meanings can be perceived as equivalent to religious meanings. Design/methodology/approach This paper has conducted an integrative review of selected extant research related to individual-brand relationships, interpersonal relationships and religiosity. Findings This paper develops a consumer response hierarchy model showing the inter-related psychological processes through which an individual can substitute his/her religion with brand. The model forms the basis for the discussion of theoretical contributions and managerial implications. Originality/value The value of this conceptual paper lies in developing a process model for the first time in the area of consumer-brand relationship domain explaining the stage-wise psychological processes through which individual can move from mere cognitive brand satisfaction towards perceiving brand as substitute of religion.

Exploring Interpersonal Relationship of Female Patients with Persistent Depressive Disorder: A Qualitative Study with a Phenomenological Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Asadollahi ◽  
Hamid Taher Neshat Doost ◽  
Mohammad Reza Abedi ◽  
Hamid Afshar Zanjani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Chronic Problem ◽  
Persistent Depressive Disorder

Background: Persistent depressive disorder (PDD) is a chronic problem that is more prevalent among women than men. Various studies have revealed that these people experience many problems in their interpersonal relationships, which increase their suffering. Objectives: The present study was done to identify how people suffering from PDD experience interpersonal relationships that often seem troubled and broken. Methods: A phenomenological approach was adopted for this qualitative study. For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with 21 individuals with PDD, focusing on exploring their experience and suffering in interpersonal relationships. All interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the transcripts were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological descriptive method. Results: In general, five main themes and 16 sub-themes emerged. The main themes were: (1) Feeling empty of love and compassion; (2) feeling ignored; (3) ignoring others’ needs, conditions, and suffering; (4) feeling of being annoying to others; and (5) feeling confused and helpless in relationships. Conclusions: It seems that all five themes convey the message that these individuals demonstrate less skill in feeling compassion and receiving it from others. Therefore, it appears that long-term compassion-based interventions can effectively reduce the interpersonal suffering of these individuals. It should be noted that although these themes have commonalities in different cultural contexts, the culture can influence the content and intensity of these feelings.

Naval Service Cohort Study of Occupational Stress: Background to the research and a review of the latest findings

2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30
Author(s):  
R S Bridger
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Time Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Made In ◽  
Naval Service

AbstractThe Naval Service has been actively involved in research on occupational stress for almost 10 years. Three cross-sectional studies have been completed during this time period. It has been shown that the prevalence rate of psychological strain amongst personnel is relatively constant at 31-34%. Several smaller studies, of personnel at sea and of the availability of support services have also been completed. In general, the research has shown that the prevalence rate of strain is higher in the NS than in the general population and is comparable to that found in similar uniformed service organisations, such as the Police.Recognising the limitations of crosssectional research methods, the decision was made, in 2006, to follow a cohort of personnel over a 6-year period in order to gain better understanding of the processes by which work demands impact on psychological health and to determine whether psychological ill-health has an adverse impact on factors such as premature voluntary retirement and medical downgrading.The paper presents the history of the research and some of the work in progress.‘Disease is a pathological process that, at least in theory, is amenable to objective, external verification. Illness, on the other hand, is by definition, a subjective state’. D. Coggan 2006(1).

Staying ‘stoked’: Surfing, ageing and post-youth identities

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Wheaton
Keyword(s):  
Middle Age ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
South West ◽  
Barriers And Challenges ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
Equipment Performance

Surfing has consistently been framed as a youth focused, male-dominated sport and culture. Despite surfing’s ageing demographic, neither the ways in which age impacts on surfing identities and mobilities, nor older surfer’s experiences and subjectivities, has been given scholarly attention. In this paper, I discuss research exploring the experiences and identities of middle-aged and older recreational male and female surfers in the south and south-west of England. The research illustrates that participation in surfing as a sport and lifestyle remains highly significant for some men and women through middle-age and into retirement. I consider the cultural barriers and challenges in dealing with a loss in physical performance through ageing, such as adaptations to their equipment, performance, and style, and the implications for how individuals negotiate bodily capital, space and identity. Nonetheless, older surfers also embrace different ways of being a surfer which challenge some of the more exclusionary aspects of surfing identities. Theoretically the paper develops an intersectional approach to sporting identity that explicitly recognises and accounts for the contribution of age to social identity. The research also contributes to the growing literature on physically active ‘post-youth’ leisure lifestyles, illustrating how shifting definitions of ageing have given ‘rise to new expectations, priorities and understandings’ of sporting lifestyles amongst those in middle age, and beyond.

scholarly journals The Impact of Secure Attachment on Interpersonal Relationship: A Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oladiti Olawale
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Family Crisis ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive

Attachment has been defined as the psychological bond between a growing child and a caregiver. It is a relationship that develops over a period of time between a child and the caregiver, or any other significant person in the life of a child. It is characterized by intimacy, warmth, and continuity thus eventually becoming the hallmark of all other relationships in the life of a human being. Research has shown that when children experienced secure attachment during their early stages of development in life, they are likely to develop capabilities in exploring the world of interpersonal relationships. Some of the factors that contribute to the diminishing of attachment between children and their caregivers include modernism and post-modernism, family crisis, disability in the life of the mother, death of the caregiver and the scourge of debilitating sicknesses and diseases which incapacitate caregivers. And so it is not uncommon to find individuals who experienced insecure attachment in their childhood having difficulties in their interpersonal relationship as adults. Some of the manifestations of interpersonal relationship difficulty and insecure attachment include low self-esteem, anxiety, inability to trust others, unwillingness to receive help from others, dependence syndrome, aggression, and feeling unloved, among others. However, with timely and appropriate psychological interventions, some of these challenges can be overcome although more research is encouraged in the area of attachment especially in Asia and Africa.

scholarly journals Understanding the Choices of Terms of Address: A Sociolinguistic Study of Malay Cultural Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Nor Shahila Mansor ◽  
Normaliza Abd Rahim ◽  
Roslina Mamat ◽  
Hazlina Abdul Halim
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Address Terms

This paper investigates the choices of second person terms of address in the Malay culture. It examines the different patterns of address terms used in a range of communicative situations by interlocutors coming from diverse social backgrounds. The data for this study was obtained from two Malay dramas Ijab & Qabul (The solemnization of marriage) and Tiga Hari Menanti Mati (Three Days Until Death). These dramas were selected because they reflect in the usage of terms of address in an authentic social context of the Malay culture and represent various interpersonal relationships in a range of situations. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Forty-eight different second person terms of address were recorded and analysed in specific contexts based on the framework for classifying address terms established by Kroger, Wood and Kim (1984). The findings suggest that sociolinguistic elements such as interlocutors, contexts, determinants of interpersonal relationship, and intentions were determining factors influencing the choice of second person terms of address in the Malay culture. These findings have implications on the understanding of current trends in choosing the terms of address among Malay speakers.

scholarly journals INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AS A FACTOR OF JOB SATISAFACTION

STED JOURNAL ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Branka Zolak Poljašević ◽  
Dragana Došenović ◽  
Marija Todorović
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Independent Variable

Job satisfaction is positive emotional state, which is result of evaluation of some work experience. It is a multidisciplinary phenomenon, which is influenced by multiple internal and external factors. In this paper, employee satisfaction or job satisfaction was observed as a dependent variable, while interpersonal relationships are defined as influencing factor, i.e. independent variable. Interpersonal relationships imply establishment of social relations and connections between individuals at work. Interpersonal relationships can be defined as the subjective experience of employee in interaction or connection with another person (colleagues or superiors). Factors such as gender, age, education, work experience and job position are included in the analysis as control variables. Main hypothesis in this paper states that positive interpersonal relationships have impact on employee satisfaction. The independent variable is divided into three segments, namely: communication and work climate, relationship with superiors and relationship with colleagues. Each segment of interpersonal relationships was separately tested in relation to the dependent variable. The base of this paper is an empirical research conducted in 2019. Based on the survey questionnaire, data from 143 employees in the surveyed company were collected. Data processing was performed on the basis of statistical software for social sciences-SPSS. Descriptive and correlation analysis were applied in the data analysis. All hypotheses tested were confirmed. Testing the hypotheses confirm that there is a statistically significant relationship between observed variables and that there is a moderate positive correlation, which implies that interpersonal relationship is a factor of job satisfaction. Main limitation of this research relates to the observation of relationship between variables in a single business entity. However, the coverage of all employees in the conducted research and the high response rate of employees (82%) provide a good basis for data analysis and giving some general conclusions. Detailed description of research methodology enables its repetition in other organizations.

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