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Emotional intelligence: occupational stress and burnout among the academic librarians
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P Saravanan
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Lekshmipuram college of Arts and Science
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Neyyoor 629802 Tamil Nadu |
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Project Duration
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Two Year |
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2005 |
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2007 |
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Stress and burnout are now recognized as a serious problem
among the work force in general and among the human service
professions in particular. Whatever be the causes, stress and burnout
influence the performance of the individual as well as the performance of
the organization. Librarianship has many aspects in common with other
human service professions. As a human service profession, academic
librarians are experiencing stress and burnout from moderate to high level.
Emotional intelligence negatively influences the perceived stress and
burnout. Emotional intelligence has been defined as “the ability to monitor
one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them,
and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actionsâ€Â. The
present study analyses the occupational stress and burnout among the
academic librarians in the context of emotional intelligence, causes of
stress and burnout and the stress management strategies adopted by
them. The study reveals that academic librarians experience stress and
burnout and its symptoms at moderate level. The analysis also reveals
that majority of the academic librarians have low Emotional Intelligence
and which negatively correlates with occupational stress and burnout.
Work overload, repetitive and monotonous nature of work, role ambiguity
and new technology are the major causes of stress and burnout among
the librarians and they are following the traditional methods to relieve the
perceived stress and burnout.
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Library science |
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UGC Minor Research Project |
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Funding Department
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University Grants Commission |
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UGC |
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Hyderabad - 500001,Andhra Pradesh |
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Completed |
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