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The aim of this article is to show the role of matured nurses’ professional satisfaction in the context of ageing society. Additionally, it determines factors which help to retain experienced nurses’ staff. The nurse profession is one of the ageing ones, and ageing in this profession is faster than in average population. The research using the Multi-dimensional Over 50 Workers’ Questionnaire was conducted...
The aim of the article is to show antecedents of well-being of elderly pepole, correlates of quality of life: the notion of happiness and life satisfaction within Polish realities. The work shows two major approach- es in how elderliness is perceived by social sciences, positive and negative way, and presents its sources and consequences. The article concentrates on factors influencing well-being...
The problem of old age is considered in terms of health, social, economic shortages and of building adequate security systems. Socio-economic and technological-cultural changes and extending the period of activity makes today's 50-60-year-olds, the generation whose life will be achieved in conditions different than previous generations, and activities undertaken will have a different character. The...
In this article the well-being is a sum of partial subjective satisfactions: satisfaction with life, satisfaction with sexual life, and mental health. Social activity and physical activity are playing important role in well-being in elderly. The aim of this article is to understand how those spheres of human activity are shaping subjective well-being in women after 50 and to reveal the mediating role...
The article assemble a review of studies regarding the fuctionning of a human in aging phase.In term of development, old age is an important stage of life. Acknowledging the psychological aspects of aging process and different forms of aging adaptation enhence the general knowledge about human. Modern research about aging are concentrating on psychical resources of mature human, showing not only its...
The sense of security is one of the basic human needs being taken in consideration while evaluating physical environment. For instance, the choice of place of residence is determined by its perception as a safe area where peace and shelter can be found. Security is also one of the key elements affecting the assessment of the quality of life. Such a significant perception of security as autotelic value...
The paper presents a specific picture of older employees’ experience of mobbing in the workplace. It is showed in a context of a wider working population in Poland and referred to other international find- ings. The results presented in the paper base on data from a group of employees aged over 45 (N=127), which was withdrawn from a bigger sample of Polish employees working in various organizations...
The paper focuses on issues of work motivation and work ethic believes presented by members of orga- nizations. Ryan Deci’s Self Determination Theory (2000) and Weber’s work ethic concept (2011) serve as a theoretical basis for the explanation of work attitudes. The aim of our research is to present how the generational affiliation differentiate work ethic and work motivation in three groups of employees...
The processes of undergoing in aging socjety mean also aging of workers. The figure of more and more elderly people employed will be reflected in a modified organizational culture. Organizational culture defined as a set of a pattern of shared basic assumptions learned by a group as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration (...) A product of joint learning (E.Schein)...
Whistleblowing, defined as disclosure by organization members of illegal, immoral or illegitimate prac- tices, which occur in the organization, is nowadays important subject of research, taking into account its impact on the functioning of the companies. Presented study is one of the first ones to raise this issue in the context of the Polish organizations. The aim of this study was to verify the...
The objective of this paper is to present an overview of the literature on conflicts between adult siblings concerning caregiving to elderly parents. Aging process of parents involves a lot of new issues, decisions and can bring the best or the worst in sibling relationships. Potential sources of conflicts may emerge from the lack of clarity in families as to who and to what extent is supposed to...
Activization of older adults and creating the elderly supporting systems are the main assumption of contemporary senior strategies. These tendencies are present in design of the elderly friendly space, which is also regarded to be the supporting factor for seniors. From this point of view the institutional environment has significant role in elderly people health and well-being. The article presents...
This article focuses on alternative ways of a residence for the elderly, with particular emphasis on the concept of intergenerational houses in the context of existing opportunities in Poland. The issue of intergenerational houses juxtaposed with considerations about aging in general and the consequences for the phenomena described by various disciplines of social and humanities sciences.
The study deals with the issues of organisation, work conditions, and personnel policy in Polish com- panies. The aspect of intergenerational differences is included. Due to appear in the labor market de- mographic changes in analyses a survey to diagnose varied components of organisational practice was used. The study was conducted in a group of 395 persons – 233 women and 162 men – aged 20-64. The...
The aim of the article is to present a concept of research - related to urban renewal directions of urban spaces and an aging population in the context of three basic activity in human life, such as: work, edu- cation, leisure time. Urban space should respond to the needs of a diverse socjety, that limited in this re- search project for the elderly, and the aging society should function effectively,...
In the last century and at the beginning of the current one, we could clearly observe complexity and increasing dynamics of changes in the labor market. It results in the transformations in the area of professional biographies and in models of careers. Among many effects of globalization, both positive and negative, the attention of the researchers is more and more often focused on the transformation...
The paper focuses on issues of the influence regulation in organizational teams. Lewin's Field Theory (1951) and Kozusznik's deinfluentization (DEI) concept (Kożusznik, 1996, 2005) serve as a theoretical basis for the explanation of influence regulation. The aim of our research is to present how the gener- ational affiliation differentiate the perception of the influence in the organizational teams...
This article is an image of old age issues presented by adolescents and people in late adulthood. The definition of image of old age is based on existing in today's society negative stereotypes. The study involved a representative sample of 385 people, including 179 adolescents and 206 seniors. It has been shown tendencies to a more negative, stereotypical perception of old age by adolescents. They...
The study investigates attitudes toward elderly people in group of high school and university students (N=288). The Attitudes Toward Old Persons Scale by Kogan was applied, showing neutral attitudes toward elderly. Authors analyze differences between students educational level and sex. Factor analyses and cluster analyses models indicated three patterns of attitudes and showed three typical profile...
A discrepancy between emotional reactions of old people and their depiction may be noticed in literature. Stereotypically, old age connotes worse functioning and negative feelings. On the other side many studies suggest that negative affect may decrease with age. In the study the part of emotional knowledge of two generations was compared. 66 young adults and 61 old people complet- ed a questionnaire...
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