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Psychological stressors are on the rise in today’s work systems. Work psychologists are trained to analyze and evaluate such stressors and to derive effective interventions to promote healthy working conditions. However, the general working conditions for work psychologists in Austria are deficient. The present study investigates how precarious employment manifests in work psychologists and identifies its impact on the individual level. N = 122 work psychologists participated in an online study. An insecure and undefined occupational profile was found to be associated with an increased experience of role ambiguity, which, in turn, impaired psychological well-being. These results highlight the importance of a clearly defined occupational profile for work psychologists. We discuss viable approaches to improve working conditions for work psychologists in Austria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a report from a November 21-22, 2014 conference in Essen, Germany on ambiguity and the social order of the Middle Ages hosted by the Brackweder Arbeitskreis für Mittelalterforschung Middle Ages research society. Topics of presentations delivered included the role of ethnicity in migrations to and from Lucca, Italy in the eighth to tenth centuries, an analysis of Scandinavian names in the records of the Benedictine abbey in Reichenau, Germany, and the role of gender differences and ambiguous sexuality in determining social roles in Bologna, Italy.

The article reports on a conference on ambiguity in medieval civilization, held in Greifswald, Germany, from April 11-13, 2013. Topics of discussion included the concept of ambiguity in medieval Arab rhetoric, ambiguity in medieval literature such as the epic "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach, and minnesang.