title: The process of decision-making by stressed social workers: to stay or leave the workplace.
abstract: This paper considers the perception of stress and its impact on social workers, their relationships and decision-making. It begins with an exploration of stress, perception and how perception is utilized to understand stress experiences. It continues with exploration of decision-making processes. Finally it explores themes relating to decision-making based on case study findings of social workers who experienced stress and explores the outcomes of decision-making in relation to the workplace and how this might impact on retention.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Social Sciences, University of Wales, Newport, UK. lana.morris@newport.ac.uk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D012947:Social Work; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace