Job stress-social support buffering effects across gender, education and occupational groups in a municipal workforce: implications for EAP's and further research

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Job stress is a serious workplace problem that has behavioral, psychological and physiological aspects. Some of its symptoms are depression, headaches, insomnia, stomach trouble and general dissatisfaction. However, forms of social support extended by peers, management and the work environment may alleviate job stress. Social support mechanisms may take the forms of emotional, informational, instrumental and appraisal initiatives. The results of a mailing survey of municipal employees reveal that supervisors' and colleagues' support is important in relieving workplace tension and conflict.

Research, Job stress, Employee assistance programs, Peer counseling

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Learning organizations and mentoring: two ways to link learning and workforce development

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The learning organization concept can be used to enhance the workforce of the public sector. This concept's emphasis on organizational learning and its focus on the need for organizational adjustment to change are welcome developments in the field of public administration. The power of the concept can be strengthened if it is coupled with the concept of organizational mentoring, which is known to facilitate productivity enhancement. Taken together, the learning organization and organizational mentoring concepts can be used to redesign public sector training programs

Social aspects, Analysis, Human resource management, Employee training, Mentors, Mentoring, Public institutions

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Gender inequality in organizations: resolving the dilemmas

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Men remain firmly entrenched in upper-level positions in both private and public organizations even as recent public sector studies dispute the widely-held belief that women have made significant inroads into positions traditionally reserved for men. To resolve this problem, administrative theory and personnel practices should be reformulated to place women at an equal footing with their male counterparts in the workplace.

Evaluation, Sex discrimination

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