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Article: Sustaining engagement through work in postdisaster relief and reconstruction
Title | Sustaining engagement through work in postdisaster relief and reconstruction |
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Authors | |
Keywords | bereavement/grief burnout China Chinese culture content analysis emotion work emotions health and well-being interviews power/empowerment resilience semistructured workplace |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=176 |
Citation | Qualitative Health Research, 2011, v. 21 n. 4, p. 465-476 How to Cite? |
Abstract | After the devastating 2008 earthquake in China, grass-roots government officials were the main local force in postquake relief and reconstruction. Like other survivors, many officials were severely bereaved. Their psychological well-being was at stake. We conducted 25 semistructured interviews to investigate sources of stress at work and their coping experiences. We coded interviews using the content analysis method. Misunderstandings and assaults from survivors, prolonged heavy workload, and grief and bereavement were major sources of stress at work. Finding meaning in the work, emotion regulation, and goal and time management were main coping strategies. The challenge and importance of the work, combined with support and recognition at work, fostered an empowering work environment. Few interviewees reported fatigue, whereas the majority displayed dedication to work, indicating a status of work engagement more than burnout among grass-roots officials. Implications of a meaning-oriented empowerment approach to stress management for disaster relief forces are drawn. © 2011 The Author(s). |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/133699 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.224 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wang, XL | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Shi, ZB | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Ng, SM | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, B | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, CLW | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-24T02:15:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-24T02:15:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Qualitative Health Research, 2011, v. 21 n. 4, p. 465-476 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1049-7323 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/133699 | - |
dc.description.abstract | After the devastating 2008 earthquake in China, grass-roots government officials were the main local force in postquake relief and reconstruction. Like other survivors, many officials were severely bereaved. Their psychological well-being was at stake. We conducted 25 semistructured interviews to investigate sources of stress at work and their coping experiences. We coded interviews using the content analysis method. Misunderstandings and assaults from survivors, prolonged heavy workload, and grief and bereavement were major sources of stress at work. Finding meaning in the work, emotion regulation, and goal and time management were main coping strategies. The challenge and importance of the work, combined with support and recognition at work, fostered an empowering work environment. Few interviewees reported fatigue, whereas the majority displayed dedication to work, indicating a status of work engagement more than burnout among grass-roots officials. Implications of a meaning-oriented empowerment approach to stress management for disaster relief forces are drawn. © 2011 The Author(s). | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=176 | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Qualitative Health Research | en_HK |
dc.rights | Qualitative Health Research. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc. | - |
dc.subject | bereavement/grief | en_HK |
dc.subject | burnout | en_HK |
dc.subject | China | en_HK |
dc.subject | Chinese culture | en_HK |
dc.subject | content analysis | en_HK |
dc.subject | emotion work | en_HK |
dc.subject | emotions | en_HK |
dc.subject | health and well-being | en_HK |
dc.subject | interviews | en_HK |
dc.subject | power/empowerment | en_HK |
dc.subject | resilience | en_HK |
dc.subject | semistructured | en_HK |
dc.subject | workplace | en_HK |
dc.title | Sustaining engagement through work in postdisaster relief and reconstruction | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1049-7323&volume=21&issue=4&spage=465&epage=476&date=2011&atitle=Sustaining+engagement+through+work+in+postdisaster+relief+and+reconstruction | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wang, XL: wangxl@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Ng, SM: ngsiuman@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, CLW: cecichan@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Wang, XL=rp00877 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Ng, SM=rp00611 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, CLW=rp00579 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1049732310386049 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 20966347 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79953086980 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 185401 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953086980&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 21 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 465 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 476 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1552-7557 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000288651900003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wang, XL=36859773100 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Shi, ZB=35097821100 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ng, SM=7403358478 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wang, B=37082253000 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Chan, CLW=35274549700 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1049-7323 | - |