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Victor, Karen
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dc.contributor.author |
Barnard, Antoni
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-09-16T14:15:43Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-09-16T14:15:43Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Victor, K., & Barnard, A. (2016). Slaughtering for a living: A hermeneutic phenomenological perspective on the well-being of slaughterhouse employees. Int J Qualitative Stud Health Well-being 2016, 11: 30266 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v11.30266 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1748-2623 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21222 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Slaughterhouses constitute a unique work setting exposing employees to particular physical and psychological health challenges. Research that focuses on the well-being of slaughterhouse employees is limited, and the aim of this study was to explore their well-being by conducting a hermeneutic phenomenological study of specifically the slaughterfloor employees’ work-life experiences. The study was conducted in a South African commercial abattoir setting. Thirteen slaughterfloor employees and two managers of the slaughterfloor section participated in unstructured interviews. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach to data analysis was adopted following the stages of a naı¨ve reading, a structural thematic analysis, and a comprehensive understanding. Data analysis resulted in four process-related themes representing the different stages of becoming a slaughterer, (mal)adjusting to slaughter work, coping with and maintaining the work, and living with the psycho-social consequences of slaughter work. Results facilitate an understanding of how employee well-being manifests in each of these stages of being a slaughterfloor employee. The risk potential of employees suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome was evident throughout the stages of being a slaughterfloor employee and offers a useful diagnostic framework to facilitate employee well-being assistance. Slaughterhouse management should develop a holistic focus addressing employee well-being needs evident in each of the stages of being a slaughter worker and by extending well-being interventions to the broader communities that the slaughterhouse functions in. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
CoAction Publishing |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
11;30266 |
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dc.subject |
slaughterhouse work, slaughterfloor employee, hermeneutic phenomenology, life-world research, post-traumatic stress syndrome, PTSD |
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dc.title |
Slaughtering for a living: A hermeneutic phenomenological perspective on the well-being of slaughterhouse employees |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.description.department |
Industrial and Organisational Psychology |
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