“Harmonisation”of Work Environment

Helping professions

• high emotional demands
• confrontation with human suffering
• “detached concern”
• personality is the essential working tool
• Imbalance in the helping relationship: focus on clients‘ problems, lack of treatment co-operation

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Economic trends

• increasing pressure to perform
• frequent and rapid changes
• increasing insecurity
• reduced “half-life” of knowledge and skills
• individualisation
• competition