Resilience in humanitarian aid workers
Understanding processes of development
Resilience describes factors that promote wellbeing in individuals undergoing stressful life conditions. The majority of investigations conducted on coping mechanisms have focused on policemen, soldiers, and health care. Only recently has attention towards workplace adversity in humanitarian aid workers become the focus of attention. While some aid workers leave their organisations because of issues associated with workplace adversity many are likely to remain. This raises the issue of why some people are able to thrive despite challenging career choices, while others do not. In this book three protective categories applicable to populations…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Crichton, Nicola / Albery, Ian
- ISBN: 978-3-8454-1611-3
- EAN: 9783845416113
- Produktnummer: 37826052
- Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 376 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D2.3 cm 578 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 578
Über den Autor
Amanda Comoretto is a psychology researcher who trained at London South Bank University (UK). She has worked in both the United States and Spain. Her research interests lie in the areas of stress, coping and resilience development in youth and adult populations.
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