- Title
- The development of 'expert-ness': Rural practitioners and role boundaries
- Creator
- Gregory, Raeleene; Green, Rosemary; McLaren, Suzanne
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/36683
- Identifier
- vital:375
- Identifier
- ISSN:1833-3060
- Abstract
- Health and welfare practitioners have reported challenges in their personal and professional lives brought about by the realities of dual and multiple relationships in small communities. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative grounded theory study of 70 such practitioners living and working in rural Victoria. Australia, with regard to the development of worker expertise in dealing with personal and professional role boundary issues. The research findings suggested that this group of rural health and welfare practitioners dealt with personal and professional boundary issues through a process of sensitive decision-making and strategic behaviour that became increasingly intuitive over time. Participants oftern adopted elastic and fluid boundaries using their personal experience and local knowledge to inform their professional judgement. These findings have implications for practitioners, for employers, and for educators.; C1
- Publisher
- Ballarat University of Ballarat
- Relation
- Rural Social Work and Community Practice Vol. 12, no. 2 (2007), p. 16-21
- Rights
- Copyright Rural Social Work and Community Practice
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1607 Social Work; Rural; Health; Welfare; Practitioners; Boundaries
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