Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh To Get Through It or Cry Forever

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Lisa N. Landram, Bridgewater College Christian A. Vaccaro

Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework

Laugh To Get Through It or Cry Forever

Lisa N. Landram, Bridgewater College, Christian A. Vaccaro

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
06 June 2024

Sociology: work & labour; Child welfare; Social work

Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh to Get Through It or Cry Forever explores how gallows humor is used among child welfare caseworkers and what the use of humor, and gallows humor, reveals about how employees experience stress and manage their emotions. Caseworkers utilize humor as a method to manage the dilemmas they face in their employment. Humor provides a way for employees to cope with stress and the negative emotions they experience due to these dilemmas. The questions answered within the book are: 1) How do Office of Children, Youth and Families employees (intake department and treatment department) experience humor and gallows humor, and what does that reveal about how they are managing stress and emotions related to their employment? 2) What are the negative and positive effects of the use of gallows humor among individuals, groups, and the organization? 3) Are there any similarities and/or differences in how the intake department and treatment department employees utilize gallows humor? The answers to these questions provide an overall picture of how humor is managed by the individual child welfare caseworker, among groups, and at the organizational level. The authors then provide recommendations for organizational leaders to fully harness the power of humor and minimize the negative components.

By: Lisa N. Landram Bridgewater College, Christian A. Vaccaro
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781666904369
ISBN 10: 1666904368
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 06 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lisa N. Landram is a journalist specializing in Public Safety at the Daily News-Record in Virginia. She is also field director of the Master of Science in Psychology program and adjunct professor at Bridgewater College. Christian Vaccaro is professor of sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews for Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh To Get Through It or Cry Forever

This volume by Landram and Vaccaro investigates the use of dark humor among employees of the Office of Children, Youth and Family (CYF), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. They conducted 35 interviews with CYF employees in both the client intake and client treatment units at geographically dispersed locations. Interview questions included types of gallows humor--e.g., pranks, inside jokes, and memes, among others--and considered differences in how employees in the intake and treatment units used humor. The authors also note employees' opinions on the effectiveness of humor in managing stressful workplace situations. They collected information on the negative and positive effects of humor and its use in CYF organizational policies. Their book illustrates the uses and importance of humor in enabling employees in high-stress and dangerous occupations to thrive and contribute to organizational effectiveness. Humor has the potential to be a valuable stress reduction tool and to assist in creating a productive work environment. This study is suitable for students and faculty in the social sciences and policymakers working in social service organizations. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals. -- ""Choice Reviews""