Human Services Workers

This research describes a proposed thesis project. The proposed project will tie the researcher's experience in human services to human resources management. Included in this proposal are abbreviated descriptions of the problem and literature reviews, each of which will be expanded in the actual thesis reporting the results of the proposed research.

The project purpose and problem statement are presented in this section. Additionally, the problem setting, background on the problem, project scope, project significance, and definition of terms are presented in this section.

The purpose of the proposed project will be to develop a proposed solution to the problem of acquiring and retaining competent and dedicated personnel for human services work in the public sector. The character of human services activities in the public sector demands different approaches from those employed in the acquisition and retention of personnel for many private sector jobs.

While the demands placed on the Health and Rehabilitative Services Department of the State of Florida continue to increase, these same demands, together with the stresses associated with the performance of human services work, create barriers to the acquisition and retention of competent personnel to discharge human services responsibilities. It is imperative f

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ed stressors are external to the tasks associated with a job (Ramanathan, 1992, pp. 234239; Roman, 1989, pp. 271285; Crouch, Webb, Buller, and Rollins, 1989, pp. 169193; Sudduth, 1984, pp. 2434; Steel, 1984, pp. 3645; Grimes, 1984, pp. 7687). Contextrelated stressors typically develop as a result flawed organizational structures, ineffective organizational development, the inability of an individual to pursue successfully achievement goals within an organization, or some combination of all three. Taskrelated stressors, as indicated above, are directly related to the specific characteristics of the job itself. These stressors involve role ambiguity, conflicting task demands, work overload or work under load, inadequate resource support, no provision for meaningful participation in decisionmaking, and insecurity, among others. Stressoutcomes associated with occupational stressors (both task and context) tend to vary widely. Workers may simply resort to daydreaming or fantasizing. They may react more actively by creating interpersonal and intraorganizational conflicts. They may get sick, or they may terminate their relationship with the organization. These actions are just a few of literally dozens of stressoutco
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Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page)

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