Inside the competences evaluation, the stress tolerance of students. An empirical study based on conservation of resources theory

Competence development is considered a preventive strategy of burnout. At an organizational context some competences could be linked as precursors or consequences. In self-assessment of competence development, students perceive stress tolerance as a priority competence to ameliorate. Moreover employers and recruitment consultants agree that this is a new authentic challenge for organizations. The main reasons of this result are debated, this study should consider the importance of competence development from a holistic point of view. In addition it considers the exploration of the relationship between stress tolerance and competence development, according to Conservation Resources (COR) theory (Hobfoll 1988, 1989, 1998, 2004) where the resource loss is considered the principal component in the stress process

Els Últims propietaris rurals gironins [Ressenya del llibre Els últims hereus. Història oral dels propietaris rurals gironins, 1930-2000, d'Enric Saguer (coord.)]

L'Associació d'Història Rural de les Comarques Gironines ens ofereix una monografia elaborada per un gran nombre de participants i col•laboradors que utilitzen, amb rigor, un mètode d'investigació encara poc utilitzat. El volum d'investigadors converteix aquest treball en una obra singular i interessant per a la recerca històrica