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Our paper offers a reflection of the current situation in tertiary education in Slovakia. Based on the background of a short historical journey through university education in Slovakia after 1989, it looks into and names the critical factors which have long been influencing the situation in this social environment. On basis of the comparison of researches related to employability of university graduates,...
The aim of this article is analysis of the problem of unemployment in contemporary self-governments on the example of city of Częstochowa. Local government unit management is a long and composed process, which requires knowledge and involvement. Cities are compared to the organization very often, it has both advantages and disadvantages. Unemployment is an important problem which remains unresolved...
The study analyses changes taking place in the rural population’s economic activity during the functioning of Poland within the EU structures. The subject of research work was the processes of transformation in employment and unemployment of the total rural population and by: associations with farms, sectors, type of employment. Analysis has been based on general statistical data, results of the IAFE-NRI...
During the last years, there has been visible growth in the professional activity of women in Polish enterprises. In the Polish market, specialists in several given areas are needed, and there are more and more highly educated and qualified women entering the workforce. In the article, the main focus is on showing the differences in the employment possibilities of men and women in Polish enterprises...
The article focuses on the subject of training qualified staff and profiling of vocational training fields. As researchers note, there is currently no doubt that for the effectiveness of the vocational training system to be as high as possible, it is necessary to bring the vocational school closer to the world of work, the labour market and businesses to school. In the 21st century, an employee must...
The article presents the results of surveys focusing on the impact of digitalization on the labor market. The conducted research and analyzes show that breaking the mental barriers to digitalization in order to strengthen its acceptance may play a decisive role in creating development within the labor market. As evidenced by numerous sources cited in the text, the pursuit of development, in the phase...
The authors of the article, based on literature studies, notes a current significant increase in the role and importance of professional preparation of employees, which is closely related to the rate of civilizational progress, including the extremely dynamically developing automation of numerous industrial and non-industrial areas. In this light, it seems that breaking the mental barriers to the...
This article focuses on presenting the opinion of Generation Z, in terms of attributes of uniformed services as employers on the Polish labour market. The article was prepared on the basis of the results of empirical research carried out by means of a diagnostic survey method using the questionnaire technique, and was conducted in January 2019 on a sample of 100 people.
The paper presents results of the nationwide questionnaire survey of trade unions on the five leading megatrends: automation, decarbonisation, demography, digitisation, globalization. The aim was to investigate and complete analysis of the labour market participants' competences and the attitudes to the key problems of the contemporary world.
The aim of the article is to present and discuss the results of pilot studies conducted among students of three faculties of Silesian University of Technology: Faculty of Organization and Management; Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The paper presents a thesis assuming that temporary work is a frequently chosen form of employment among...
The issues of the labor market in Poland in recent years have been the subject of interest of many researchers. The occurring changes necessitate the verification of previously used theories for its interpretation. The purpose of the article is an attempt to capture the problems of general interpretation of the labor market, which does not reflect the diversity of behaviors in its space resulting...
The main subject for consideration concentrates on the social innovation defined as a tool to support the change related to Industry 4.0. It seems obvious that the Fourth Industrial Revolution transforms social life, the Internet of things (IoT), cloud data, big data, autonomous robots, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, etc., which are listed as basic elements of Industry 4.0. It also transforms...
Purpose: the main purpose of the article is to justify need for interdisciplinary professional training of employees for challenges related to the growing importance of dynamically developing automation, which is closely related to the pace of civilization development. Design/methodology/approach: the theses presented in the article have been verified using: literature review, critical literature...
Purpose: the main purpose of the article is to justify the need for rational inclusion in the scientific and economic policy of scientific assessments and analyzes of the effects of demographic changes on labor resources and Poland’s educational system. Design/methodology: theses presented in the article have been verified using literature review, critical literature analysis, documentary analysis,...
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to analyze social welfare system in Poland. Design/methodology/approach: Critical literature analysis. Analysis of international literature from main databases and Polish literature and legal acts connecting with researched topic. Findings: At the municipal level, the unit providing social assistance nearest to the citizen is the municipal or municipal social assistance...
Purpose: The aim of this publication is to present the methods currently in force in Poland for determining the amount of social benefits. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative and quantitative secondary data analysis. Data were collected from governmental organization reports and analyzed using Excel. Findings: It can be stated that the social assistance system in Poland benefits from statistics...
Purpose: The aim of this article is to show what factors contribute to women’s reluctance to work part-time and to what extent. Part-time employment is a characteristic feature of the labour market in many Western European countries. In Poland, this form of employment is much less popular, also among women whom it mainly concerns, even though from the employer’s point of view part-time employment...
Objective: The purpose of this article is to justify the need for interdisciplinary research on demographic change due to the need to prepare for the challenges arising from many public policies, such as family, labour market, education and social security. The identified challenges and areas imply a broad reflection, which should focus on a holistic approach to active social policy and the labour...
Purpose: the main goal of this article is to determine whether demographic changes threaten the development of the labor market and education system. Methodology: theses and research questions were verified by means of a group interview, carried out with a target group of experts representing nurses and midwives in their trade union organizations. The basic recording technique for the interview was...
Purpose: The main purpose of the article is to justify the need for interdisciplinary professional training of employees for challenges related to the growing importance of dynamically developing digitalization, which is closely related to the development of civilization. Design/methodology/approach: The theses presented in the article have been verified using: literature review, critical literature...
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