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    Authenticity as Best-Self: The Experiences of Women in Law Enforcement
    with Antoni Barnard
    Frontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.
    Law enforcement poses a difficult work environment. Employees’ wellbeing is uniquely taxed in coping with daily violent, aggressive and hostile encounters. These challenges are compounded for women, because law enforcement remains to be a male-dominated occupational context. Yet, many women in law enforcement display resilience and succeed in maintaining a satisfying career. This study explores the experience of being authentic from a best-self perspective, for women with successful careers in t…Read more
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    The role of spirituality as a coping mechanism for South African traffic officers
    with Annelize Van Niekerk
    HTS Theological Studies 73 (3): 1-6. 2017.
    Traffic officers are faced with many stressful situations, yet each traffic officer might cope differently with these stressors. Spirituality is regarded as an essential defence in stressful situations. Therefore, this article provides a basic framework guiding traffic officers and practitioners, on how spirituality can be used as a coping mechanism when faced with various work-related stressors. An interpretative, qualitative study was conducted utilising purposive sampling in which 10 traffic …Read more