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17 J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare 93 (1990)
Burnout and Job Satisfaction: Their Relationship to Perceived Competence and Work Stress among Undergraduate and Graduate Social Workers

handle is hein.journals/jrlsasw17 and id is 617 raw text is: Burnout and Job Satisfaction: Their Relationship to Perceived Competence and Work Stress Among Undergraduate and Graduate Social Workers DAVID P. HIMLE and SRINIKA JAYARATNE The University of Michigan This study investigated the effects of two types of social work compe- tency on job satisfaction and burnout among undergraduate and gradu- ate social workers. While previous research has suggested that perceived practice competence may increase job satisfaction and reduce burnout, the findings of this study suggest that there is a differential effect be- tween various types of competence on these factors, especially among undergraduate workers. The findings did not support the contention that perceived practice competence was a primary cause of burnout reduction among graduate workers or undergraduate workers, when compared to other occupational stressors. The profession of social worker has been shown to be es- pecially vulnerable to work stress and resulting burnout in a number of significant studies (Freudenberger, 1977; Harrison, 1983; Daley, 1979; Pines & Kafry, 1978; Jayaratne & Chess, 1983). As a remedy to these problems, a number of studies have sug- gested that the key to burnout prevention and remediation is the development of increased practice competency among social workers, and have observed that this has been a neglected area of study (Streepy, 1981; Harrison, 1983; Heller, Price, & Sher, 1983). In response to this concern, Corcoran and Bryce (1983) reported that competency training workshops for social service workers in interpersonal skills were associated with less re- ported burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory. In addition, Farber and Heifetz (1982) reported that a perceived

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