Room for improvement : the management and support of relief and development workers.

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TextSeries: Network paper ; 10Publication details: London : Overseas Development Institute, 1995Description: 101 pDDC classification:

363.348 21

Subject: Presents the findings and recommendations from an investigation into the support and management provided to relief and development workers. The survey found that selection processes of relief workers are often casual, there are considerable unmet needs in terms of predeparture preparation, problems and dissatisfaction with management at the relief site are major complaints, poor security is a major stressor for workers, time and space need to be set aside for workers on their return to discuss the emotional impact of an assignment, and short-term contracts can be problematic for field workers

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.348 ROO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900038482

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Presents the findings and recommendations from an investigation into the support and management provided to relief and development workers. The survey found that selection processes of relief workers are often casual, there are considerable unmet needs in terms of predeparture preparation, problems and dissatisfaction with management at the relief site are major complaints, poor security is a major stressor for workers, time and space need to be set aside for workers on their return to discuss the emotional impact of an assignment, and short-term contracts can be problematic for field workers

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