Organisational Behavior- Literature Review
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Literature Review
People do suffer from loss and grief at some point of time. Loss and grief can occur at homes or at workplace but both leave a significant effect on the person. Personal losses may include death of a close one, suicide, divorce, accident etc. Work place loss and grief would take place in case of termination, death of a co- worker, loss of job, loss of role and identity etc. Each person’s response to loss would be different. Where ever the loss would take place it would have an impact on the work environment. The one who has suffered a loss and the other employees too would be affected. Various studies have been carried out to know the about the loss and grief in the work place.
The literature review would help us in understanding loss and grief at work place and I would be mainly focusing on my research topic on how an employer would handle a situation when his employee has suffered a personal loss and at the same time how is the particular employee supposed to behave.
Defining Loss and Grief
Going by the findings of various researchers (Neil Thompson, 2009; John Shep Jeffreys, 95; Kristi A. Dyer, 1996) loss is “the disappearance of something cherished, such as a person, possession or property.” Loss is an experience which can be encountered by anyone irrespective of age, race, sex, nationality, culture or education. The effect of loss is more when it is sudden. According to (Ron Sterling, 2003) there are Primary losses and secondary losses. The primary losses are the loss of one’s health through illness or injury, the loss of one’s role or identity through unemployment and retirement, loss of one’s spouse, children and loss of one’s close friends or associates. The secondary
Literature Review
People do suffer from loss and grief at some point of time. Loss and grief can occur at homes or at workplace but both leave a significant effect on the person. Personal losses may include death of a close one, suicide, divorce, accident etc. Work place loss and grief would take place in case of termination, death of a co- worker, loss of job, loss of role and identity etc. Each person’s response to loss would be different. Where ever the loss would take place it would have an impact on the work environment. The one who has suffered a loss and the other employees too would be affected. Various studies have been carried out to know the about the loss and grief in the work place.
The literature review would help us in understanding loss and grief at work place and I would be mainly focusing on my research topic on how an employer would handle a situation when his employee has suffered a personal loss and at the same time how is the particular employee supposed to behave.
Defining Loss and Grief
Going by the findings of various researchers (Neil Thompson, 2009; John Shep Jeffreys, 95; Kristi A. Dyer, 1996) loss is “the disappearance of something cherished, such as a person, possession or property.” Loss is an experience which can be encountered by anyone irrespective of age, race, sex, nationality, culture or education. The effect of loss is more when it is sudden. According to (Ron Sterling, 2003) there are Primary losses and secondary losses. The primary losses are the loss of one’s health through illness or injury, the loss of one’s role or identity through unemployment and retirement, loss of one’s spouse, children and loss of one’s close friends or associates. The secondary