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Caring For Caregivers: Mentoring And Its Effects On Affective And Behavioral Outcomes, Pamela Farago
Caring For Caregivers: Mentoring And Its Effects On Affective And Behavioral Outcomes, Pamela Farago
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Long hours, in addition to a heavy workload, lack of control over the environment, and inadequate recognition are some factors that have been described as contributing to healthcare workers developing burnout (Ahlin, Ericson-Lidman, Norberg, & Strandberg, 2015), decreasing their job performance, and ultimately leading them to leave their jobs. It is critically important that preventive methods of buffering burnout are studied in this context, and mentoring may be one such method. Drawing on bodies of research related to motivation and stress, this study examined a mentoring intervention using a healthcare population who had engaged in an 8-month mentoring program. This …
Twentieth-Century Thoroughbred Training Landscapes Of Aiken And Camden, South Carolina, Mary C. Fesak
Twentieth-Century Thoroughbred Training Landscapes Of Aiken And Camden, South Carolina, Mary C. Fesak
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During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, wealthy northerners developed the South Carolina towns of Aiken and Camden into important winter resorts. South Carolina’s mild winters and accessibility by rail attracted Gilded Age elites to Aiken and Camden’s Winter Colonies. As part of their recreational social activities, the wealthy winter residents developed golf courses, polo clubs, and fox hunts. Vacationing thoroughbred racehorse owners realized that the mild winter climate was ideal for training, leading them to establish training facilities and tracks during the early-to-mid twentieth century. These training facilities cemented the towns’ statuses as important winter training centers, leading important figures …