“It’s not all Puppies and Sunshine”: Veterinary Workers’ Emotional Comfort Zones and Companion Animal Euthanasia
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Abstract
In order to generate knowledge about how workers react to intensely emotional workplace experiences, we conducted 54 interviews with employees at five veterinary clinics, focusing on the task of companion animal euthanasia. Although many veterinary workers struggle to cope with the intense emotions of euthanasia early in their careers, over time they learn about their personal preferences for feeling and expressing emotion during euthanasia. We term these preferences for emotional experience “emotional comfort zones.” These comfort zones vary from worker to worker, with some preferring to be more immersed in the intense emotions of euthanasia and others more detached. Further, workers learn how to regulate their emotions in order to stay within their comfort zones, sometimes aided by aspects of the situation such as routines, but also sometimes hindered by events that can “pull” or “shock” workers into uncomfortably intense, unwanted emotions. We explain how these and other findings contribute to improved understanding of how workers manage intense emotions at work, and present implications for managers and employees.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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