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Role Swapping: An Antidote to Professional Burnout
Author(s) -
ROMERO DAN,
PINKNEY JAMES
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1980.tb02026.x
Subject(s) - psychology , negotiation , burnout , professional development , medical education , center (category theory) , public relations , pedagogy , clinical psychology , medicine , sociology , political science , social science , chemistry , crystallography
The personal and professional gains experienced when a counseling practitioner from a university counseling center and a counselor educator at the university traded aspects of their jobs for one semester are discussed. The benefits agencies and departments receive from job swapping are also reviewed. Potential problem areas (e.g., the need for careful negotiation and definition of job descriptions in the trade‐off) are described. We conclude that professional renewal by role swapping for short periods of time gives counselor educators and counseling practitioners personal insight into the ways each spends their time, as well as strengthening the ties between them.