Background High rates of mental distress, mental illness, and the associated physical effects
of psychological injury experienced by ambulance personnel has been widely reported in …

Background Researchers have become increasingly aware that ambulance personnel may
be at risk of developing work-related health problems. This article systematically explores …

This article focuses on the mechanism by which real or perceived distress of another in turn
distresses us and the process by which we become undistressed. This secondary traumatic …

This article illustrates how work contexts motivate employees to care about making a
positive difference in other people's lives. I introduce a model of relational job design to …

Introduction Medical personnel is an occupational group that is especially prone to
secondary traumatic stress. The factors conditioning its occurrence include organizational …

BACKGROUND: Emergency Nurses are routinely confronted with work related traumatic
events and hectic work conditions. Several studies report a high prevalence of post …

Public service employees often lack opportunities to see the prosocial impact of their jobs—
how their efforts make a difference in other people's lives. Drawing on recent job design …

Although death awareness is pervasive in organizations and can have powerful effects on
employees' experiences and behaviors, scholars have paid little attention to it. We develop a …

Despite research identifying high levels of stress and traumatic stress symptoms among
those in the emergency services, the impact of these symptoms on performance and hence …

Background Emergency healthcare workers, including trainees and individuals in related
occupations are at heightened risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and …