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- 23481: Definition Of Job Burn Out
- ... of feelings and two way communication." (p.1234), significantly reduced the likelihood of burn out in their staff. Interestingly they also found that supervisors who allowed their staff low levels of autonomy increased the staff's risk of burn out. This relates to the definition of burn out made at the beginning of this essay. The less able an employee feels to change the workplace situation that is causing them stress ... they need to do the job as well as they would like. Hopefully this process will avert burn out and the job dissatisfaction and other unfavorable consequences it results in. References Cordes, C. L., & Dougherty T. W. (1993). A review and an integration of research on job burn out. Academy of Management Review, 18, 621 - 656. Wolpin, J., Burke, R., J. & Greenglass, E., R. (1991). Is job satisfaction an antecedent or ... psychological burn out? Human relations, 44, 193 - 207. Eastberg, M. C., Williamson, M., Gorsuch, R. & Ridley, R. (1994). Social support, personality, and burn out in nurses. Journal of Applied Psychology, 22, 1233 - 1250. Lee, R. T. & Ashforth, B. E. (1996). A meta-analytic examination of the correlates of the three dimensions of job burn out. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 123 - 133. Schaufeli, W. B. & Buunk, B. P. (1996). Professional ...
- 23482: Oxygen
- ... human beings would not be able to live. Oxygen is probably the single most important element in the world as we know it. With out Oxygen we would not breath, have water, eat plants. Oxygen's Electron configuration is 1S2 + 2S2 + 2P4, it's electron dot symbol is: . Gaseous oxygen can be condensed to a pale blue liquid that is strongly magnetic. Pale blue solid oxygen is produced by compressing the liquid. The atomic weight of oxygen is 15 ... the world, he started screaming at a passing ship. The added oxygen to his blood caused his face to turn dark purple. The captain of the ship saw the man, waived to him, and didn't pick him up. I guess it was because he was "Marooned."
- 23483: Hate on the Net
- ... for them. The problem with this issue is that everyone wants to have it both ways. Everyone wants to maintain the free exchange of ideas, but they want to remove the ideas that they dont agree with or find offensive. Nat Hentoffs essay Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee sites numerous examples of groups or individuals trying to suppress the speech of others, while claiming they have the right to do this under the First Amendment. Their must be consistency. The truth is that there arent any words out there that have ever physically harmed anyone. Freedom of speech rests on the principle that in an of themselves words can never be a bad thing, and as long as we ...
- 23484: Gandhi: A Man with Virtues
- ... came from the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Christ and Henry David Thoreau, a 19th century American writer, also inspired Gandhi. In 1914 the government of the Union of South Africa made important concessions to Gandhi's demands. They included recognition of Indian marriages and abolition of the poll tax for them. When his work is South Africa was complete he returned to India. Following World War I, Gandhi launched his movement of passive resistance to Great Britain. In 1919, the British Parliament passed the Rowlatt Acts, giving authorities the rights to use emergency powers to deal with revolutionary activities, Gandhi's method of passive resistance spread throughout India gaining millions of followers. A demonstration of the Rowlatt Act occurred when passive resistance was subjected to British forces who then massacred Indians at Amritsar. In 1920 when the British government didn't make amends, Gandhi created an organized group of noncooperation. Indians in public office resigned, government agencies were boycotted, and Indian children were withdrawn from government schools. Indian streets were covered with Indians who would ...
- 23485: Creative Writing: Werewolf
- Creative Writing: Werewolf Gregory Lycaon shivered as a slow chill crept across the room. He could feel his muscles tensing; he clenched his fists and shut his eyes so tightly they hurt--please, don't let me remember. Gregory slowly opened his eyes and glanced out the window at the thankfully black, moonless sky. He tentatively uncurled his fists and began to examine his hands. The long, thin fingers, which ... a matter of seconds he is on top of her lashing at her stomach, unleashing a torrent of fearsome strength. With an uncontrollable rage, he fastens his incisors, again and again, into the frenzied victim's flesh, tearing at it like the savage beast he is. After the moon waned, Gregory was left with memories of that horrendous night. The wild beast was no longer in him but he knew it ... what he would become again as soon as the moon was full again. And that thought nearly drove him crazy. Was there any way to stop the madness? He thought about committing suicide but couldn't bring himself to do it. He could not continue to live like this. Was there a way out?
- 23486: Chocolate Chip Cookies
- ... UP! Well, I like them too. The story of the Chocolate chip cookie is really an interesting one. In fact, did you know that the invention itself was really an accident? Nope, well, I didn't think so. Let me tell you a little about it. Have you ever wondered how the chocolate chip cookie came to be? Have you ever wondered who brought this American tradition into our homes? Do ... know how they became so popular? Well, it all started one day with a young lady named Ruth Wakefield. One day she was making some cookies for her guests. They were called Butter Drop Do's. This cookie required semisweet chocolate pieces to be melted in the batter. Well she was in a hurry, she had beds to make and drapes to clean so, instead of melting the chocolate pieces in ... 7 billion cookies are eaten annually that means 19,200 thousand cookies a day. That explains why 50% of cookies in American homes are chocolate chip. As you can see this invention of the 1930's had a powerful effect on the cookie industry. Whit the hopes you learned something about how it came to be, who invented it and the popularity of the chocolate chip cookie, I leave you ...
- 23487: The Matrix
- ... would make our lives easier and less taxing on our bodies. In the movie the machines have taken control of the humans and rule over them by hiding from them the real world. In today's society machines have begun a hostile take over of the lives of humans. Ironic, is it not, that in the movie, and in our lives today, machines have become rulers over the humans who made ... devise a way to detain the humans so that they could extract that energy. The machines created a computer program called "The Matrix." In the movie this marvel displays the digital image of a human's mental self along with that of other humans and a mock up of the world as it was at the highest point in human history. While some humans were detained in the matrix to be ... happen if machines began to make their own commands and would not allow even the slightest input from humans. Our lives would soon be governed by what the machines told us to do. You wouldn't be able to cash a check at the bank or put gas in your car. These machines would soon learn how to command those used to assemble other machines and they would begin churning ...
- 23488: Cry The Beloved Country
- ... arthur jarvis had never been killed, james jarvis would never have been educated by his sons writings, and stephen kumalo. When we first meet james jarvis, he knows little of his sons life. He doesn't know his son "was on a kind of a mission"(p. 140), And this is why when harrison says,"...we're scared stiff at the moment in johannesburg."( p. 140) James is sort of surprised ... Jarvis is not just giving gifts in memory of his son, or just to give, but giving those who need help ways to help themselves. When james gave the money to the club, he didn't just decide to give it to them, but knew that if he gave it, the club would use it to improve the countrys' condition. In all of his donations, james uses this subtle method to ... learn of the problems in south africa through their sons, and after the realization, they both try to do something to improve the social, and racial differences which plague johannesburg. Cry the beloved country i s a book meant to teach the ways racial views can affect people in different ways. The representation shows how these south african problems "educated" james jarvis, and turned him into a compassionate, and understanding ...
- 23489: Psycho Film Review
- ... shots in the film are not just to give a good view of all the action. They are done the way they are to make us seem like we are poking around where we shouldn't be. This movie also had some excellent editing. In the quick shower scene alone there were over 90 cuts. Many of the actors in Psycho were actors from his weekly television show. He (Hitchcock) did this to save both time and money. The acting in this movie was well done, but my opinion is that some of Marion's expressions and the appearence that something is wrong were just too aparent. The movie is mainly about a girl who decides to take a little money, gets killed, and her family and friends try to ... the plot goes, though. After the introduction of Norman, we realize that something is wrong inside his head. This develops through the end where we find out what is really wrong with him. This isn't really a side plot, just a developing issue. This is an excellent movie from all points of review. In all aspects, Hitchcock does an excellent job of making his actors work and fit in ...
- 23490: Ozone
- ... O- O-O=O It is a bluish, explosive gas at room temperature, and has a boiling point of -119°C. It has a melting point of -193°C, and is a blue liquid. It's critical temperature and pressure are -12.1°C and 53.8 atm, respectively. It has a pleasant odor in concentrations of less than 2 ppm, and is irritating and injurious in higher concentrations. The density ... during my elementary school year, I personally felt the effects of ozone; the tightness of the chest, wheezing, and labored breathing on certain hot, humid days. Days would be labeled "smog days", and children wouldn't be able to play outside during recess, the air was so polluted. Heavy exercise can drive ozone deeper into the respiratory system, and interferes with lung operation, and children growing up in smog-polluted areas ... a year. Evidence points towards the fact that ozone is severely damaging forest in the eastern United States, and ozone is responsible for the reduced growth rate of commercial yellow pines in the southeast U.S. Organisms such as lichens, and ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling, are also affected. Ozone can also damage materials, such as causing cracking of plastics and rubber, and decomposition and fading of fibers and ...
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