... by management were reported as making the mentors’ work intense. Moreover, although workplace mentoring was found to have the capacity to improve learning, much of that improvement was centred on the mentors’ actions and energies. For some mentors, it was a worthwhile and enriching experience. For others...

... relate to their pedagogy, work practices and the power relations of the group, challenging their identities as academics. This paper examines the learning and development of one work group engaged in innovation and critiques its processes and outcomes in the light of some theories of organisational...

...David W. Davies Most higher education institutions in the UK have managed, until recently, to avoid addressing the issue of work‐based learning, not least because they have only recently begun to seriously consider the workplace as a site of learning. It is agreed that learning itself, rooted...

.... It was a typical weekend. Jimmy’s game on Saturday and church and lounging on Sunday. Now it is Monday and time to get motivated for another work week. What motivates you the most? Boss Well I guess getting things started so they get done on time and then being able to look back on them with pride...

..., violence can often be the result of cumulative traumas. Microtraumas can be psychological as well as biomechanical. Violence in the workplace is often the result of a mental cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) (Lindsey, 1994). Stressful work conditions, inadequate security and unsatisfied customer complaints...

...Louise Bridson What is the true nature of work‐related stress? Can it be clearly defined? Is it really a problem which employers can control and for which they have health and safety responsibilities? Against this background briefly looks at the Health & Safety Executive′s recently published...

...Steven R.H. Beach; Jack K. Martin Questions why an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) professional concerned with applied aspects of workplace intervention should be interested in the findings of basic research concerning non‐work matters. Suggests that this thought may keep some EAP professionals...

...Adrian Carr Organizations, in their structuring and administrative practices,stimulate and promote certain personality traits and attitudes in the individuals who work in them. Focuses on the contention that a“psychostructure” is developed which can be identified but may also be the source...

... is a continuous responsibility for counsellors. Frequently issues are managed rather than resolved. However, in confronting and managing these issues, the values underpinning organizational life can be challenged and, perhaps, changed. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Counselling Ethics Work VOLUME 4 NUMBER...

... which causes AIDS, to highlight confidentiality issues. Makes recommendations for confidentiality policy, giving guidelines for management on information relating to employees′ mental and physical health. © MCB UP Limited 1992 AIDS Confidentiality Counselling Health Work EMPLOYEE...

...Paul Thorne Discusses the nature and evolution of workaholism, and how it differs from other addictions. The characteristics of work to those people who have the opportunity to be workaholics are detailed, and examples are given. Some guidelines are given for counsellors dealing with workaholics...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1990 Counselling Human resource management Stress Work EMPLOYEE COUNSELLING TODAY INSIGHT WORKPLACE COUNSELLING FROM A PERSONNEL PROFESSIONAL'S PERSPECTIVE Mike Donne It should be remembered that the financial loss to the company brought about by noncommitment...