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DAILY WORK STRESSORS, COPING STRATEGIES AND BURNOUT AMONG HUMANITARIAN WORKERS AROUND KAMPALA

The study focused on the relationship between daily work stressors, burnout and coping strategies amongst humanitarian workers around Kampala. The study sought to examine the relationship between daily work stressors, burnout and coping strategies amongst humanitarian workers around Kampala. The study had three objectives including Examining the relationship between daily work stressors and coping strategies, daily work stressors and burnout and coping strategies among humanitarian workers. The researchers employed cross a correlation study design. The largest number of respondents were females constituting 56.9%, most study participants were between 29-30 years of age constituting 45.1%, majority of the study participants were Christians representing 88.2%, most of the participants were married and single both constituting 49.0%, majority of the participants studied up to the university level constituting 60.8% and the largest number of participants had 3-5 prior assignments constituting 29.4%.The results indicate that there is no significant relationship between daily work stressors and coping strategies, there is a significant relationship between daily work stressors and burnout and that there is a significant relationship between coping strategies and burnout. Therefore, there is need for more research on humanitarian workers especially on daily work stressors, burnout and coping strategies of humanitarian workers in Uganda. A correlation study design was used in the study. It will help establish the relationship between daily work stressors, burn out and coping strategies among humanitarian workers in Uganda. The study population included both male and female humanitarian workers currently employed and active in the field for the past 6 months. The study sample comprised 51 humanitarian workers from various NGOs in Kampala.

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Author: praise atwine, kanyunyuzi alice
Contributed by: asbat digital library
Institution: makerere university
Level: university
Sublevel: under-graduate
Type: dissertations