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Title: Career success perception and work-related behaviour of employees in geriatric care - a pilot study in a German geriatric care facility.
Authors: Eith, Thilo K. (AUTHOR), Stummer, Harald (AUTHOR), Schusterschitz, Claudia (AUTHOR)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. Mar2011, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p45-52. 8p. 2 Charts, 1 Graph.
Subjects: Elder care, Psychological adaptation, Analysis of variance, Computer software, Experiential learning, Job satisfaction, Job stress, Patient-professional relations, Regression analysis, Scale analysis (Psychology), Sex distribution, Statistics, T-test (Statistics), U-statistics, Work, Data analysis, Empirical research, Psychology
Geographic Terms: Germany
Abstract: Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 45-52 One of the job characteristics of geriatric care is the long-term relationship of the employees to the elderly people they are interacting with. However, these relationships are characterised by the fact that despite of the care provided by the employees, the patients experience physical suffering during the relationship, which often ends with their deaths. Although that is to be expected in this profession, it can be interpreted as personal failure and may be a reason why employees in geriatric care feel exhausted and perceive strain and stress in the job. The objective of this study was to explore the influence of career success perceptions on geriatric care staffs' coping and work-related behaviour. Data were collected in 2008 in a German geriatric care facility using the standardised psychometric questionnaire 'AVEM' (Occupational Stress and Coping Inventory) as well as a previously developed ranking of career success dimensions in geriatric care. The 69 employees, who participated were of various age groups, had different work experience and were working in distinct areas of expertise. The results show that men experience higher success at work and have more career ambitions than women. Differences in age with regard to success perception at work could not be identified. However, there is an influence of the intensity of contact between patient and employees on the perception of career success. Also, a correlation between the career success dimension happiness in the job and work experience could be verified. The current results show no impact of subjective career success dimensions on work-related coping behaviour. At the same time, the results point to differences in the relevance of subjective career success dimensions regarding the demographics of employees in geriatric care. Thus, demographics may be considered as health resources and can have positive health impacts for employees in caring-professions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 45-52 One of the job characteristics of geriatric care is the long-term relationship of the employees to the elderly people they are interacting with. However, these relationships are characterised by the fact that despite of the care provided by the employees, the patients experience physical suffering during the relationship, which often ends with their deaths. Although that is to be expected in this profession, it can be interpreted as personal failure and may be a reason why employees in geriatric care feel exhausted and perceive strain and stress in the job. The objective of this study was to explore the influence of career success perceptions on geriatric care staffs' coping and work-related behaviour. Data were collected in 2008 in a German geriatric care facility using the standardised psychometric questionnaire 'AVEM' (Occupational Stress and Coping Inventory) as well as a previously developed ranking of career success dimensions in geriatric care. The 69 employees, who participated were of various age groups, had different work experience and were working in distinct areas of expertise. The results show that men experience higher success at work and have more career ambitions than women. Differences in age with regard to success perception at work could not be identified. However, there is an influence of the intensity of contact between patient and employees on the perception of career success. Also, a correlation between the career success dimension happiness in the job and work experience could be verified. The current results show no impact of subjective career success dimensions on work-related coping behaviour. At the same time, the results point to differences in the relevance of subjective career success dimensions regarding the demographics of employees in geriatric care. Thus, demographics may be considered as health resources and can have positive health impacts for employees in caring-professions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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