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Despite multicultural advances in the field, the counselling profession is arguably failing to meet the needs of men who endorse traditional masculine social ideology. This editorial provides the perspective of two practitioners who have worked extensively with traditionally socialized men, including Canadian military men who are thought to strongly exemplify prototypical male ideology. The limitations of a strictly "feminine nurturance"-based counsellor training model are presented. Further, suggestions for effectively engaging men in therapy, based upon 14 years of clinical experience with a military population, are presented. ; En dépit des progrès multiculturels enregistrés dans le domaine, la profession du counseling ne parvient probablement pas à répondre aux besoins des hommes qui endossent l'idéologie sociale de la masculinité traditionnelle. Cet éditorial présente la perspective de deux praticiens qui ont beaucoup travaillé auprès d'hommes traditionnellement socialisés, y compris des militaires canadiens qui sont vus comme prototypes exemplaires de l'idéologie masculine. On y présente également les limites inhérentes à un modèle de formation en counseling strictement fondé sur une approche « nurturance féminine ». Enfin, on y suggère des façons efficaces de susciter l'engagement des hommes à l'égard de la thérapie, en se fondant sur 14 années d'expérience clinique auprès de la population militaire.

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how technology overload (system feature, information, and communication overload) influences salespeople's role stress (role conflict and role ambiguity), effort to use technology and performance. This research examines whether these relationships are linear or quadratic. It also examines the moderating effect of salespeople's technology self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachSalespeople at a national company providing services to small and medium companies were surveyed via an online instrument to measure key constructs and control variables. Over 200 usable responses resulted; structural equation model was used to analyze the data.FindingsResults show that dimensions of technology overload had linear and/or quadratic relationships with role stress, effort to use technology and performance. Salesperson's technology self-efficacy moderated the relationship between technology overload, effort to use the technology and performance.Practical implicationsThe benefits from new technology are not always linear. Managers should regulate the timing of technology improvements, as well as the availability of information, communication and system features, to reduce role stress and enhance efforts to use technologies.Originality/valueDrawing on the job demand and resource model, this research demonstrates that technology used as a job resource will aid the salesperson and company; however, when technology overload exists, it becomes a job demand with the potential to enhance role stress and decrease salesperson performance.

A re-entry program for peacekeeping soldiers is described. This program was developed to assist with military personnel's transition back into Canadian society by aiding with their personal and career re-adjustment. Group-based life review and therapeutic enactment counselling interventions are used to identify critical incidents and facilitate the resolution of stress-related reactions soldiers have experienced after a peacekeeping mission. The principle guiding the development of this program is the belief that free from the distraction of these stress reactions and accompanying personal difficulties, soldiers are better able to concentrate on career-building activities. An overview of the program is presented along with a case study to exemplify how the program is applied in practice. ; Cet article décrit un programme de réinsertion sociale destiné aux soldats du maintien de la paix. Ce programme a été mis sur pied pour venir en aide au personnel militaire réintégrant la société canadienne en mettant l'emphase sur le développement personnel et l'orientation professionnelle. La thérapie de groupe et des mises en situation sont employées pour faire un bilan de vie et pour identifier les incidents critiques, ceci afin de faciliter la résorption des réactions au stress éprouvées par les soldats suite aux opérations de maintien de la paix. Le principe directeur de ce programme est le suivant : les soldats sont davantage capables de se concentrer sur les activités de promotion de carrière lorsque les réactions au stress et les difficultés personnelles s'y rattachant n'empêchent plus leur concentration. Une vue d'ensemble de ce programme est présentée ainsi qu'une étude de cas afin de démontrer de quelle façon le programme est appliqué dans la pratique.

This article was prepared before the announcement of the devaluation of sterling on 18 November 1967In August 1965, an article in this Review considered the problem of the short-term forecasting of imports into this country. It argued that some aggregate relationship was probably necessary, for forecasting total imports of goods and services, mainly because stockbuilding appeared to have an important and distinctive influence on imports. The import content of stockbuilding seemed to be much higher than the import content of other forms of expenditure. It was not possible to distinguish the separate influence of stockbuilding on different categories of imports—food, basic materials, fuel, and so on.

Previous research demonstrates the dysfunctional consequences of high levels of role stressors (role ambiguity and role conflict) in boundary-spanning positions. These consequences include higher levels of burnout and lower levels of satisfaction and performance. Although marketing researchers have investigated external mechanisms for coping with role stressors, research to date has not investigated the inherent capability of boundary spanners to cope with role stressors. This research examines optimism as an internal characteristic that facilitates coping with role stressors in boundary-spanning positions. The research findings reveal that optimists are able to anticipate and respond proactively to stressors, resulting in less burnout and higher levels of performance and satisfaction.

Under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change all Parties have to report on carbon emissions and removals from the forestry sector. Each Party can use its own approach and country specific data for this. Independently, large-scale models exist (e.g. EFISCEN and G4M as used in this study) that assess emissions and removals from this sector by applying a unified approach to each country, still often based on country specific data. Differences exist between the national reported values and the calculations from the large scale models. This study compares these models with national reporting efforts for 24 EU countries for the period 2000–2008, and identifies the most likely causes for differences. There are no directly identifiable single input parameters that could be targeted to fully close the gap between country and model estimates. We found that the method applied by the country (i.e. stock-difference or gain-loss) contributes significantly to differences for EFISCEN and was the best explaining variable for G4M, although for the latter it was not significant. Other variables (biomass expansion factors, harvest volumes and the way harvest losses are treated) were not found to provide a conclusive explanation for the differences between the model estimations and the country submissions in an over-all.