Browsing by Subject "workplace"

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    Antecedents And Consequences Of Self-Conscious Emotions In The Workplace: Guilt, Shame, And Pride
    (2016-06) Kim, Yeonka
    Most people can readily recall powerful feelings of guilt, shame, or pride associated with specific instances of success and failure at work. Although some studies have examined these self-conscious emotions as they arise in other areas of life, little systematic research has focused on their unique profile in the workplace. This dissertation aims to address this important and overlooked topic with two studies. Study 1 used an open-ended, exploratory response format study to provide an initial framework. Over 300 employed adults provided narrative descriptions of workplace events and reactions associated with guilt, shame, and two types of pride. Three overarching domains of events associated with self-conscious emotions were task performance, social relationships, and morality. The most frequently reported emotional management strategies for both guilt and shame were approach-oriented strategies such as problem-solving and relationship repair. Exerting continuous effort for achievement, savoring, and capitalizing were the most common strategies employees used to maintain pride. Expanding the findings of Study 1, Study 2 investigated the within-person effects of self-conscious emotions on employees’ stress, health, burnout, engagement, organizational citizenship behavior, creative performance, and withdrawal, using an experience sampling study with 151 employed adults. Results of multilevel modeling showed that self-conscious emotions influenced employees’ daily stress, burnout, engagement, creativity, and withdrawal beyond general affective states.
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    Back to Nature for Good: Using Biophilic Design and Attention Restoration Theory to Improve Well-Being and Focus in the Workplace
    (2012-05-30) Green, Judith
    E.O.Wilson's biophilia hypothesis contends that "humans are still powerfully responsive to nature's forms, processes, and patterns." Relying on the strength of this connection, interior spaces can be created to promote physical well-being through the use of design elements that represent nature or aspects of nature. Since even brief exposure to nature has been proven to be beneficial, biophilic design, then, becomes a powerful tool in designing spaces where people work, learn, recuperate and recreate. Attention restoration theory builds on the foundation provided by biophilic design and goes one step further, suggesting that exposure to nature allows rejuvenation of focused attention. Therefore, the workplace is an ideal location for utilizing design principles that incorporate elements of nature.
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    Fertile Grounds in Technical and Professional Communication: Identity, Legitimacy, Power, and Workplace Practice
    (2021-06) Rosselot-Merritt, Jeremy
    This dissertation is about the nature and value of technical and professional communication (TPC) as a field of workplace practice, particularly about how perceptions of TPC among those outside the field can influence the perceived legitimacy of the field more broadly and what implications those perceptions can offer on practical, scholarly, pedagogical and programmatic levels. The dissertation is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 deals with how TPC has been characterized in academic literature over the years and how a disconnect between academic theory and workplace practice has evolved into the present. Chapter 1 also introduces four constructs—competencies, professional identity, legitimacy, and power—that become a basis for a practical model of TPC in this dissertation. Chapter 2 deals with three concepts from other disciplines that are useful in conceptualizing and studying workplaces in TPC scholarship. Next, chapter 3 begins with the practical framework for TPC and then proceeds to discuss a rhetorical basis for studying workplace phenomena in TPC and an empirical study methodology for studying extradisciplinary perceptions (those held by non-TPC professionals) of TPC. That methodology is based upon a modified grounded theory approach using semi-structured interviews and two-cycle qualitative coding. Chapter 4 presents detailed findings from the empirical study. Findings include the results of 31 interviews and eight patterns developed from analysis of interview data. Limitations of the study are discussed. Chapter 5 provides a detailed discussion of implications of empirical findings for practice, research, pedagogy and programs (both praxis-focused and academic research-focused) as well as thoughts for future consideration in scholarship.
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    How To Learn To Stop Worrying And Love Mindfulness:  Wellness in the Workplace
    (2016-09) Chew, Katherine; Rashid, Julie
    According to the American Psychological Association’s 2015 Work and Well-Being Survey, 29% of employed adults indicated that they felt tense or stressed out during the workday, although 62% of employed adults reported that they had the resources to manage the stress in their daily work life (APA 2015). We all know the technological advancements in libraries are changing the way we do our work and that change causes stress. How well individuals are able to cope with these stressors can affect not only their own engagement and job effectiveness, but their interactions with others. What is the role of the organization in supporting wellness in the workplace? How can staff incorporate mindfulness in simple ways into their day-to-day work? Join these presenters as they discuss hands-on exercises and grassroots efforts to support wellness and mindfulness in their departments without spending a lot of time and money on the effort.
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    Workplace Perspectives on Erotic Dancing: A Brief Report on Community-Based Research with Entertainers in Minneapolis Strip Clubs
    (2017-03) Martin, Lauren; Melander, Christina; Taber, Natalie; Syvertson, Cheyenne