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Author:   Nancy McCormack (Queen’s University) ,  Catherine Cotter (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
Publisher:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781843347347

ISBN 10:   1843347342
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

About the authors Chapter 1: What is burnout? Abstract: Introduction What is burnout? Conclusion Chapter 2: Factors contributing to burnout Abstract: Introduction Individual and socio-demographic factors Environmental and organizational factors Conclusion Chapter 3: Burnout and information professionals: how we got this way Abstract: Introduction Sources of workplace stress Conclusion Chapter 4: Are information professionals burned out?: Research and opinion Abstract: Introduction Research and opinion Conclusion Chapter 5: How burnout is measured in the workplace Abstract: Introduction Burnout survey instruments Conclusion Chapter 6: Burnout: the legal perspective Abstract: Introduction Burnout, stress, or post-traumatic stress? Power imbalance between employees and employers Canada United States United Kingdom Conclusion Chapter 7: Gender, burnout and work-related stress Abstract: Introduction Gender, burnout and work–related stress Conclusion Chapter 8: Symptom recognition and preventing burnout Abstract: Introduction What the employee can do: burnout prevention in six job domains What the employer can do: burnout prevention in six job domains Conclusion Chapter 9: Managing and overcoming burnout Abstract: Introduction Conclusion: the joy of burnout Index

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...a fascinating and much-needed book...thoroughly recommended to both library staff who feel they may be on the way to burnout or already there, and to library managers who need to understand what the condition is, how to prevent it and how to deal with it... --Australian Library Journal,Vol 63, No 4

...a fascinating and much-needed book...thoroughly recommended to both library staff who feel they may be on the way to burnout or already there, and to library managers who need to understand what the condition is, how to prevent it and how to deal with it... --Australian Library Journal,Vol 63, No 4

Author Information

Nancy McCormack is a librarian and Associate Professor of Law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. She teaches legal research to upper year and graduate students in the Law Faculty. Nancy has co-authored The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research and Updating Statutes and Regulations for All Canadian Jurisdictions. Catherine Cotter is the Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of New Brunswick Law Library, and is a member of the Law Society of Manitoba. She teaches legal research to all first year students in the Faculty of Law and offers an advanced legal research course to upper year law students. Catherine has co-authored the Canadian Law Dictionary and the Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research.

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