Minimising the Risk of Coach Burnout: From Research to Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Altfeld ◽  
Paul Schaffran ◽  
Jens Kleinert ◽  
Michael Kellmann
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Research To Practice ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Association Management ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Clear Description

Paid coaches have to regularly deal with a range of potential stressors in the workplace. These stressors may include emotional and physical demands caused by the complex nature of coaching work. Many coaches have developed useful strategies to cope with these demands. Nevertheless, unexpected changes within the dynamic environment in which they typically operate (e.g., injury, public scrutiny, social media), problems with members of the board or management, continuous negative performance results, or personal factors may challenge the adequacy of coaches’ coping mechanisms. This inability to cope with these stresses can lead to a state of chronic stress. If that state manifests permanently, it can result in a state of emotional exhaustion, ultimately leading to coach burnout. The aim of this article is to define the burnout phenomenon and to provide a clear description of the triggering factors. Furthermore, ideas are presented to guide how coaches can protect themselves and how officials (club or association management) can reduce coaches’ burnout.

Preventing Asphaltene Deposition by Inhibitor Squeeze Injection: Case Studies from Giant Carbonate Abu Dhabi Fields

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Punnapala ◽  
Dalia Salim Abdullah ◽  
Mark Grutters ◽  
Zaharia Cristea ◽  
Hossam El Din Mohamed El Naggar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Strategy ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Asphaltene Deposition ◽  
Proactive Measures ◽  
Intervention Costs ◽  
Performance Results

Abstract Asphaltene deposition is a notorious flow assurance problem faced by oil companies that causes production loss and large expenses for operators. The complex nature of asphaltenes and limited data available makes it challenging to develop a full field implementation strategy that is economically viable as well. Conducting asphaltene clean-up operations whenever wells get plugged up are the reactive approach to deal with asphaltene issues. However these approaches often result in prolonged well downtime, production losses and high well intervention costs. As part of proactive measures, chemical inhibitors were screened for formation squeeze and field trials conducted to assess their performance. Results from these trials helped to frame the full-field implementation strategy that is promising from a technical-economic standpoint. This paper describes the asphaltene mitigation journey of a major Abu Dhabi oil operator that resulted in multi-million dollar savings.

scholarly journals The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardi Findyartini ◽  
Nadia Greviana ◽  
Azis Muhammad Putera ◽  
Reynardi Larope Sutanto ◽  
Vernonia Yora Saki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Brief Cope

Abstract Background Resilience is an essential aspect of wellbeing that plays a major role in undergraduate medical education. Various personal and social factors are known to affect resilience. Empirical evidence remains limited regarding resilience and the personal factors that affect it among undergraduate medical students in an Asian setting. Therefore, this study aims to identify undergraduate medical students’ level of resilience and its relationships to personal factors in Indonesia. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students in years 1–6. Respondents were asked to complete three validated questionnaires: the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to measure resilience, the Brief-COPE to assess coping mechanisms, and the Big Five Personality Test to measure five personality dimensions. Descriptive and Pearson’s correlation analyses were completed to explore relationships between each variable. Regression analysis was completed to analyze the extent to which coping mechanisms, personality, and academic achievement explained the variation in resilience scores. Results A total of 1040 respondents completed the questionnaires (a 75.42% response rate). Students in both preclinical and clinical stages had quite good levels of resilience and higher scores on adaptive coping mechanisms than on maladaptive coping mechanisms. Adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms, Big Five Personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness), and students’ academic achievement explained 46.9% of students’ resilience scores. Conclusions Although the resilience scores in this study were comparable to resilience scores among undergraduate medical students in other settings, we found that coping mechanisms, personality traits, and academic performance may predict resilience among medical students.

scholarly journals Moderating Effect of Environmental Dynamism on the Relationship between a Firm’s Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financial Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayhan Tajeddini ◽  
Stephen Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Financial Firm ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance has been the focus of numerous empirical studies over the past decade. The conclusions and findings reported are diverse and often conflicting. One possible explanation for mixed findings is that past studies do not take into account the dynamic nature of the industry environment. Using a sample of 192 Swiss firms from several different industries, this study examines the direct effect of entrepreneurial orientation on financial firm performance along with the moderating effect of a dynamic environment on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Results of this study suggest that for firms competing in a highly dynamic environment, the positive effect of an entrepreneurial orientation on financial performance is enhanced.

scholarly journals Mental health experiences of healthcare professionals during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay J. Cook ◽  
Tasneem Hassem ◽  
Sumaya Laher ◽  
Tarique Variava ◽  
Enid Schutte
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Brief Cope

Orientation: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to fundamental changes in the workplace for many, particularly healthcare workers.Research purpose: This study explored healthcare workers’ (ophthalmologists, nurses and support staff) experiences of anxiety, depression, burnout, resilience and coping strategies during lockdown Levels 2 and 3 in an Ophthalmic consulting practice and hospital in South Africa.Motivation for the study: The increased workplace stress and vulnerability associated with working during the COVID-19 pandemic introduced an unprecedented level of risk for healthcare workers. Factors contributing to psychological distress must be identified and appropriately mitigated, to prevent dire human and economic costs.Research approach/design and method: A survey was sent out at two separate times to a convenience sample of 31 and 15 healthcare workers respectively. The survey consisted of a demographics section, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Burnout Measure short-version, Brief Cope Inventory, Connor Davidson Resilience Inventory and six open-ended questions investigating personal health and support experiences during COVID-19. Descriptive analyses and thematic analysis were used for data analysis.Main findings: The sample of healthcare workers experienced some degree of psychological distress, including anxiety, burnout and a lack of social support on both surveys. However, these symptoms were alleviated by personal factors, including positive coping mechanisms, high resilience and organisational support.Practical/managerial implications: Healthcare facilities should consider in-house structures focusing on building resilience and positive coping mechanisms, whilst ensuring that workplace conditions are optimal for staff members.Contribution/value-add: This study provides some insight into both the risk and protective factors experienced by health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Exploring Law's Manifestations in Private/Public Places

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sarah Jill Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Grounded Theory Research ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
The Future ◽  
Theory Research

The importance of 'place' for mental and physical wellbeing is well-documented. Yet profound social, economic, and technological changes increasingly challenge those who regulate, own, fund, develop, manage, operationalise, and/or use places. This generates tensions between competing stakeholder interests and potentially affects the continued existence of different places. I present my research against a backdrop of combined cross-disciplinary concepts that include: space and place, legal geography, temporality, legal pluralism and governance. I examine gaps in the literature around the interactions between regulatory forces and exhibited behaviours, and their potential influence on the future existence of particular places. The overarching aim of the research programme is to explore law's manifestations in private/public places. To achieve this, I developed a grounded theory research strategy. I also implemented multiple methods, including law in action, doctrinal and empirical approaches, to generate robust findings and minimise methods bias. My collection of seven publications demonstrates an overarching theme of place-sustainability. The research programme makes a four-fold contribution. First, it adopts a specific combination of perspectives and methods for investigating: perceived manifestations of law; the law's quest to achieve a balance of stakeholder interests; relationships between place-related regulatory forces and exhibited behaviours; inter-stakeholder tensions; and, their combined influence on the future existence of places. Second, it demonstrates how a multi-disciplinary approach can be used to generate new understandings of place-sustainability within the context of a particular range of private/public places. Third, it evidences the complex nature of place-sustainability, particularly around: the enduring prioritisation of property ownership and occupation, the tensions between competing stakeholder interests, and the general inefficacy of a black-letter approach. Fourth, it details recommendations for combining legislative development, collaborative working, and supporting structural and cultural change to ease inter-stakeholder tensions and support place-sustainability within the context of a dynamic environment.

scholarly journals Models versus Datasets: Reducing Bias through Building a Comprehensive IDS Benchmark

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Rasheed Ahmad ◽  
Izzat Alsmadi ◽  
Wasim Alhamdani ◽  
Lo’ai Tawalbeh
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Intrusion Detection Systems ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Benchmark Datasets ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Results

Today, deep learning approaches are widely used to build Intrusion Detection Systems for securing IoT environments. However, the models’ hidden and complex nature raises various concerns, such as trusting the model output and understanding why the model made certain decisions. Researchers generally publish their proposed model’s settings and performance results based on a specific dataset and a classification model but do not report the proposed model’s output and findings. Similarly, many researchers suggest an IDS solution by focusing only on a single benchmark dataset and classifier. Such solutions are prone to generating inaccurate and biased results. This paper overcomes these limitations in previous work by analyzing various benchmark datasets and various individual and hybrid deep learning classifiers towards finding the best IDS solution for IoT that is efficient, lightweight, and comprehensive in detecting network anomalies. We also showed the model’s localized predictions and analyzed the top contributing features impacting the global performance of deep learning models. This paper aims to extract the aggregate knowledge from various datasets and classifiers and analyze the commonalities to avoid any possible bias in results and increase the trust and transparency of deep learning models. We believe this paper’s findings will help future researchers build a comprehensive IDS based on well-performing classifiers and utilize the aggregated knowledge and the minimum set of significantly contributing features.

Three-Dimensional reconstruction of isolated centrosomes by automated electron tomography

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 310-311
Author(s):  
M.B. Braunfeld ◽  
M. Moritz ◽  
B.M. Alberts ◽  
J.W. Sedat ◽  
D.A. Agard
Keyword(s):  
Electron Tomography ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Microtubule Organizing Center ◽  
Nucleation Sites ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Organizing Center ◽  
Resolution Model

In animal cells, the centrosome functions as the primary microtubule organizing center (MTOC). As such the centrosome plays a vital role in determining a cell's shape, migration, and perhaps most importantly, its division. Despite the obvious importance of this organelle little is known about centrosomal regulation, duplication, or how it nucleates microtubules. Furthermore, no high resolution model for centrosomal structure exists.We have used automated electron tomography, and reconstruction techniques in an attempt to better understand the complex nature of the centrosome. Additionally we hope to identify nucleation sites for microtubule growth.Centrosomes were isolated from early Drosophila embryos. Briefly, after large organelles and debris from homogenized embryos were pelleted, the resulting supernatant was separated on a sucrose velocity gradient. Fractions were collected and assayed for centrosome-mediated microtubule -nucleating activity by incubating with fluorescently-labeled tubulin subunits. The resulting microtubule asters were then spun onto coverslips and viewed by fluorescence microscopy.

Shared Responsibilities for Full Participation in Society: Planning Further Integration of the ICF Into AAC

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 83-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Blake Huer ◽  
Travis T. Threats
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Community Support ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Full Participation

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) 2001 International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) has as one of its central tenets the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. It acknowledges the need for medical and rehabilitation intervention in its biopscychosocial framework. However, the WHO realizes that society must do its part to facilitate this full participation and empowerment. Persons with complex communication needs (PWCCN) often need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in order to express themselves. However, in order to access and successfully use AAC, PWCCN need access to the necessary AAC devices and services, as well as a willing society to interact with them as full contributing members of society. The factors outside of a person's specific physical and/or cognitive functional limitations are addressed in the ICF via the Personal and Environmental Factors. Personal Factors include the individual's personality traits, lifestyle, experiences, social/educational/professional background, race, gender, and age. Environmental Factors include community support systems, social service agencies, governments, social networks, and those persons that interact with the PWCCN. This article addresses the sociopolitical influences on PWCCN and their functioning from a human rights perspective. The necessary introspective role of speech-language pathologists in this process is explored.

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