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Work Stress and Professional Quality of Life in Disability Support Workers: The Mediating Role of Psychological Flexibility
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Melissa A. Holding; Lynne Parkinson; Davina Taylor – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: This study aimed to explore perceived work stress and its association with burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction and the mediating effect of psychological flexibility on these relationships. Method: Two hundred and fifty-one disability support workers across Australia reported on work stress, psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Stress Variables, Quality of Working Life
The Program Risks of Work-Integrated Learning: A Study of Australian University Lawyers
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Cameron, Craig; Freudenberg, Brett; Giddings, Jeff; Klopper, Christopher – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a risky business in higher education. The strategic opportunities that WIL presents for universities cannot be achieved without taking on unavoidable legal risks. University lawyers are involved with managing the legal risks as part of their internal delivery of legal services to universities. It is important to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Risk Assessment, Higher Education
Teacher Assistant Support and Deployment in Mainstream Schools
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Butt, Rosemary – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Models of support for students with disability and learning difficulties in mainstream classes in Australia rely extensively on teacher assistants (TAs). Current models, however, inadvertently perpetuate low expectations because providing TA support can be one of the most restrictive supports offered in a school [Giangreco, M. F. 2010a.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Learning Problems, Inclusion
Diversity to Inclusion: Expanding Workplace Capability Thinking around Aboriginal Career Progression
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Morris, Kaye – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
Optimally all individuals should contribute fully to the collective spirit and human capital within the workplace, supporting and enabling the development of a mature workforce. Human resource policies endeavour to address diversity and inclusion in the workplace through a variety of methodologies including training and professional development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Work Environment, Human Resources
Employment Procedures and Practices Challenge Teacher Assistants in Mainstream Schools
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Butt, Rosemary – School Leadership & Management, 2016
Reliance on teacher assistants (TAs) in mainstream schools to support students with disability and learning difficulties is an increasing trend in Australia. In 2011, over 80,000 TAs were employed costing approximately $3billion per annum [DEEWR. 2012. Job Outlook. Accessed June 2013. http://joboutlook.gov.au/default.aspx]. This paper reports on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Aides, Personnel Management, Work Environment
Factors Associated with Burnout in Workers in Residential Facilities for People with an Intellectual Disability.
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Shaddock, A. J.; Hill, M.; van Limbeek, C. A. H. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
A study of 173 Australian residential workers found significant associations between burnout and some demographic variables such as practice of religion and with time and effort expended on the job. Low burnout scores were associated with some features of the work situation such as job satisfaction and with relationship status. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Burnout, Coping, Disabilities, Employee Attitudes