Social work
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Although social undermining is a commonly experienced stressor in human services workplaces, it has received little study in contemporary models of social work stress and burnout. Furthermore, African Americans currently make up nearly 25 percent of self-identified social workers in the United States, yet most literature on personnel relationships in human services does not reference this group. ⋯ The presence of social support, however, did not diminish the impact of undermining. The authors discuss several practice and training implications of these findings.