Essays about: "interpersonal psychology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words interpersonal psychology.

  1. 1. Municipal Nature Education Centers Fostering Place Attachment - A Case Study : – A Case Study

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Rachel Turner; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Humans have always shown a great capacity for attachment to each other, and to places. Place attachment has been defined and used in environmental psychology, but not in education. As outdoor and sustainability education becomes more popular, a look into this phenomenon and its implications for children is increasingly interesting. READ MORE

  2. 2. Chugging along, going with the flow, collegiality and chaos: A micro-political essay on interpersonal troubles within care situations in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Tova Lundquist; [2022]
    Keywords : Challenging behavior; troubling interactions; micropolitics; conflict sociology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A lot of time and care have been put into exploring and explaining the power relations between nurses and nursing assistants, the emotional investment appropriate in care work, different views on leisure time for staff in this context (Warming, 2019; Habel, 2021; Jervis, 2002; Crocker, 2019). Less work has been done in exploring the complex relationships care workers have with their patients and how staff navigate troubling situations that arise in these relationships as well as how staff feel when these troubling situations occur. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Myth of Separate Worlds: A Quantitative Examination of the Relationship Between Organizational Attachment and Work-Nonwork Interaction

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Nichole Francisca; Katharina Seinsche; [2019]
    Keywords : organizational attachment; organizational anxiety; organizational avoidance; work-nonwork interaction; work-nonwork conflict; work-nonwork enrichment; work centrality;

    Abstract : Aim: The increasing importance of employee retention and talent acquisition have necessitated the need for a deeper understanding of employee psychology influencing these factors. As such, the current study examines the relationship between individual organizational attachment and work-nonwork conflict and work-nonwork enrichment. READ MORE

  4. 4. Assistant Nurses Work Engagement; The role of Emotional Labor, Empathy, and Psychosocial Conditions

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Antonia Mukka; [2016]
    Keywords : work engagement emotional labor empathy psychosocial environment assistant nurses; arbetsengagemang emotionellt lönearbete empati psykosocial arbetsmiljö undersköterskor;

    Abstract : From a positive psychology perspective, the aim of the present study was to explore work engagement and the role of individual factors (emotional labor and empathy), and psychosocial work conditions among assistant nurses employed in municipal elderly care. This is a highly relevant topic, since healthcare workers, particularly in elderly care, has been given a lot of attention because of sick-leave and dissatisfaction regarding their job situation. READ MORE

  5. 5. Attractive Audit - Investigating attractiveness and height as determinants for auditor fees and compensation in a Swedish setting

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Helen Sjöberg; Rasmus Westholm; [2015]
    Keywords : Auditor; Audit fee; Auditor compensation; Attractiveness; Height;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate if auditors' individual characteristics; attractiveness and height, act as determinants for fee generation and compensation in the audit industry. The study is motivated by the observed institutional shift from a technical logic to business logic in audit industry, which leads to increased importance of personal qualifications such as interpersonal skills for auditors to be successful. READ MORE