TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Stuck in the middle: the emotional labours of case managers in the personal injury compensation system
JO  - Work
A1  - Newnam, Sharon
A1  - Petersen, Alan
A1  - Keleher, Helen
A1  - Collie, Alex
A1  - Vogel, Adam
A1  - McClure, Roderick John
SP  - 347
EP  - 357
VL  - 55
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Case managers within injury compensation systems are confronted with various emotional demands. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: Employing the concept of emotional labour, this paper explores distinctive aspects of these demands. <br><br>METHODS: The findings are drawn from focus groups with 21 Australian case managers. <br><br>RESULTS: Case managers work was characterised by extra-role commitments, emotional control, stress and balancing tensions arising from differing stakeholder expectations about outcomes related to compensation and return to work. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: By examining the experiences of case managers, the findings add to the literature on the emotional labour of front line service workers, especially with respect to the demands involved in managing the conflicting demands of work.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1051-9815
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-162406
ID  - ref1
ER  -