Organisational learning about depression in the workplace: a community of practice of silence and avoidance

Ajal — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:39:05 +0000

Author/s: Lisa Davies Edition: Volume 46, Number 1, April 2006 Summary: The economic and social impact of depression on the Australian workforce (Hickie 2002; Hawthorne, Cheok, Goldney and Fisher 2003) is only recently being acknowledged. In 2004 I undertook semi-structured interviews with people with human resource responsibilities in the deregulated sector of information technology in …

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Workplace learning: depression as an ‘undiscussable’ topic in eight information and communications technology organisations in South Australia

Ajal — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:47:38 +0000

Author/s: Lisa Davies Edition: Volume 48, Number 2, July 2008 Summary: More than 800,000 Australians every year are affected by depression. Despite evidence that depression is manageable, that people can be successfully treated in individually appropriate ways and that earlier identification and treatment are associated with more rapid recovery, depression appears to be poorly recognised …

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depression – Australian Journal of Adult Learning

Organisational learning about depression in the workplace: a community of practice of silence and avoidance

Workplace learning: depression as an ‘undiscussable’ topic in eight information and communications technology organisations in South Australia