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t h e i n c e st u o u s wo r k p lac e
Code of Professional Practice. The explicit definition of the ethical standards,
aspirational values, folk wisdom, procedural directives, and organizational etiquette
that guide decision making in an organization.
Decompression Rituals. Regularly performed actions that signal to us and
others that one part of life (work) is ending and another part of life (personal)
is beginning.
Distress (Authoritarian–Moral Approach). The managerial denial of the
existence of professional distress via the definition of stress-related behaviors
as problems of a worker’s character, values, and motivation to work.
Distress (Clinical Approach). The definition of professional distress as a
personal emotional problem of a worker.
Distress (Cognitive Approach). The definition of professional distress as
emerging from an individual’s irrational and unrealistic beliefs and expectations
regarding a workplace.
Distress (Environmental Approach). The definition of professional distress
as a problem of unhealthy physical and social conditions in a work environment.
Distress (Organizational). A stage of deteriorating organizational health
that occurs when tasks essential to the survival of an organization fail to be
adequately completed due to the stress-related decline in performance of key
organizational members.
Distress (Professional). A deterioration of one’s personal and interpersonal
functioning directly related to continued contact with a high-stress work
environment.
Distress (Systems Approach). The definition of professional distress as
a breakdown in the relationship between a worker and an organization.
Distress (Training Approach). The definition of professional distress as a
problem of skills deficiency—both technical skills and stress-management
skills.
Double-Bind Communications. Contradictory verbal messages communicated
over time to workers by organizational leaders and supervisors with an
accompanying prohibition against seeking any clarification of the incompatible
messages.
Ecology (Organizational). The study of the relationships and interrelationships
among workers and their organizational environments.