QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE PARTICIPANTES DE PROGRAMAS DE ECONOMIA SOLID��RIA

Este estudo buscou estudar qualidade de vida em indiv��duos que trabalhavam em cooperativas com a filosofia da Economia Solid��ria. Mais especificamente procurou: levantar o perfil s��cio econ��mico cultural e demogr��fico de indiv��duos adultos integrantes de programas de Economia Solid��ria; avaliar a qualidade de vida desses indiv��duos integrantes de programas; descrever a compreens��o desses trabalhadores sobre o conceito de qualidade de vida. Participaram desse estudo 69 pessoas, trabalhadores de tr��s cooperativas distintas de catadores de lixo recicl��vel. Foi aplicado um question��rio elaborado especialmente para esse estudo contendo dados de identifica����o dos participantes, com o prop��sito de fazer um levantamento relativo aos dados s��cioecon��micos, culturais e demogr��ficos e, nesse question��rio foi agregado o crit��rio de classifica����o de renda e classe social da Associa����o Brasileira dos Institutos de Pesquisa - ABIPEME e utilizou-se a Escala de Qualidade de vida Whoqol Bref . Verificou-se, que os trabalhadores apresentaram um bom n��vel de qualidade de vida. Em rela����o aos dados s��cio-econ��micos culturais, observou-se um predom��nio da presen��a de mulheres, solteiras ou com parceiros, mas com filhos. Com rela����o aos dom��nios que comp��em Qualidade de Vida, houve uma correla����o significativa entre os dom��nios f��sico e psicol��gico e tamb��m uma correla����o entre os dom��nios: psicol��gico e de rela����es sociais. Por outro lado, o dom��nio meio ambiente foi o que apresentou um ��ndice menor de qualidade de vida em rela����o aos demais. Levanta-se a hip��tese de que o fato dos cooperados estarem insatisfeitos com seus ganhos, por os considerarem insuficientes, acrescido de suas condi����es de moradia serem prec��rias, al��m da maioria ser oriunda de um sistema econ��mico competitivo e individualista e n��o terem ainda a devida adapta����o que esse novo sistema exige, interferiram no dom��nio meio ambiente de forma negativa..(AU)

Skill formation in Britain and Germany: Recent developments in the context of traditional differences. CES Germany & Europe Working Papers, No.06.1, 2006

This paper proposes a comparison of skill formation in Germany and Britain over the last decades. Taking historical trends into account, the two cases can be regarded as representing different types of skill production regimes. Institu-tional features include a relatively low degree of standardization of training and a larger amount of on-the-job training in Britain. In Germany, post-compulsory training has been conducted predominantly within the dual system of vocational training, underlining the vocational specificity of a large part of the labor market. As a consequence, international differences in individual skill investments, transitions from school to work and other life-course patterns can be observed. At least in Britain, however, the situation seems to have changed considerably during the 1990s. The paper argues that the divergence in more recent developments can still be understood as an expression of historical path-dependency given the traditional connections between the post-compulsory training system and the broader societal context in which it is embedded. These concern, in particular, links with the system of general and academic education as the basis for ��� and also a possible competitor with ��� vocational training; links with the labor market as they are indicated by specific skill requirements and returns to qualifications; and, links with the order of social stratification in the form of the selective acquisition and the social consequences of these qualifications. The links manifest themselves as typical individual-level consequences and decisions. Founded on the basis of these distinctions, the aim of this paper is to investigate the preceding conditions for recent developments in the qualification systems of Britain and Germany, which have adapted to specific challenges during the last decades.

Elementi della storia de' sommi pontefici : da San Pietro sina al felicemente regnante Pio Papa VII. ed alla Santita' Sua dedicati per l'uso de' giovani studiosi /

Novaes completed the work through the life of Pius VI; it was continued by Vita del sommo pontifice Pio VII / E. Pistolesi.

Labor problems : a text book /

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QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE PARTICIPANTES DE PROGRAMAS DE ECONOMIA SOLID��RIA

Este estudo buscou estudar qualidade de vida em indiv��duos que trabalhavam em cooperativas com a filosofia da Economia Solid��ria. Mais especificamente procurou: levantar o perfil s��cio econ��mico cultural e demogr��fico de indiv��duos adultos integrantes de programas de Economia Solid��ria; avaliar a qualidade de vida desses indiv��duos integrantes de programas; descrever a compreens��o desses trabalhadores sobre o conceito de qualidade de vida. Participaram desse estudo 69 pessoas, trabalhadores de tr��s cooperativas distintas de catadores de lixo recicl��vel. Foi aplicado um question��rio elaborado especialmente para esse estudo contendo dados de identifica����o dos participantes, com o prop��sito de fazer um levantamento relativo aos dados s��cioecon��micos, culturais e demogr��ficos e, nesse question��rio foi agregado o crit��rio de classifica����o de renda e classe social da Associa����o Brasileira dos Institutos de Pesquisa - ABIPEME e utilizou-se a Escala de Qualidade de vida Whoqol Bref . Verificou-se, que os trabalhadores apresentaram um bom n��vel de qualidade de vida. Em rela����o aos dados s��cio-econ��micos culturais, observou-se um predom��nio da presen��a de mulheres, solteiras ou com parceiros, mas com filhos. Com rela����o aos dom��nios que comp��em Qualidade de Vida, houve uma correla����o significativa entre os dom��nios f��sico e psicol��gico e tamb��m uma correla����o entre os dom��nios: psicol��gico e de rela����es sociais. Por outro lado, o dom��nio meio ambiente foi o que apresentou um ��ndice menor de qualidade de vida em rela����o aos demais. Levanta-se a hip��tese de que o fato dos cooperados estarem insatisfeitos com seus ganhos, por os considerarem insuficientes, acrescido de suas condi����es de moradia serem prec��rias, al��m da maioria ser oriunda de um sistema econ��mico competitivo e individualista e n��o terem ainda a devida adapta����o que esse novo sistema exige, interferiram no dom��nio meio ambiente de forma negativa..(AU)

Magyarorsz��gi ���munkav��llal��-bar��t��� (employee friendly) szervezetek ��� Val��s��g vagy ut��pia (avagy mit tanulhatunk t��l��k?) = The Hungarian employee friendly organizations: reality or Utopia (or what can we learn from them?)

A szerz��k felt��r�� kutat��sukban munkav��llal��-bar��t szervezeti megold��sokat kerestek ��s vizsg��ltak multiparadigmikus (Primecz, 2008) megk��zel��t��ssel, kritikai ��s funkcionalista szemsz��gb��l. Munkav��llal��bar��t szervezeti gyakorlatnak tekintett��k azokat a szervezeti kult��r��ban gy��kerez�� szervezeti kereteket ��s gyakorlatokat, amelyek nagym��rt��kben t��mogatj��k a munkav��llal��kat a munka ��s mag��n��let egyens��ly��nak el��r��s��ben ��s megtart��s��ban (Toarniczky et al., 2011). Eredm��nyeik szerint a munkav��llal��-bar��t gyakorlatokat akkor ��rt��kelik legjobban a szervezeti tagok, ha a k��zvetlen vezet�� ��s koll��g��k j��l ��rtik a t��mogatand�� munkav��llal�� helyzet��t ��s rugalmasan ford��tj��k le a h��tk��znapokra a HR-rendszereket. Ezzel egy��tt t��bb fesz��lts��g keletkezik a szervezetben a munkav��llal��-bar��t gyakorlatokban, amelyekre figyelni lehetne, an��lk��l, hogy a kialak��tott gyakorlatokat felsz��moln��k. _____ The authors in their research investigated employee friendly practices, which they defined as frameworks and practices rooted in organisational culture that gives maximum support for employees trying to reach and keep balance between work and private life (Toarniczky et al., 2011) through multiparadigm research (Primecz, 2008). They conducted exploratory research (interviews, focus groups, document-analysis, and questionnaire) at ten Hungarian-based organizations, and they investigated employee friendly work practices through functionalist and critical lenses. Their results shows that employee friendly practices work well, when the immediate boss and colleagues understand the need of organization al member, who are supported, and HR procedures are translated flexibly. At the same time tension within the organization al subgroups always present, and this should be handled by the organization without cancelling employee friendly practices.

An evaluation of child welfare inservice training: The relative effectiveness of substance abuse content in improving worker knowledge and attitudes

Given the seriousness of substance abuse as a child welfare problem, the purpose of this study was to examine the relative effectiveness of an inservice training curriculum for child welfare workers. The training was designed to improve worker knowledge and attitudes in working with substance abusing families. Seventy (70) child welfare workers from public and private agencies in two south Florida counties participated in a pretest/posttest control group design that also trained and retested the control group. The literature review supports that the general preparedness of child welfare workers for the issues presented by substance abusing families is in question. Confounding this problem is a lack of understanding of substance abuse dynamics, worker biases, and predispositions. The two research hypotheses focused on whether inservice training could increase worker knowledge and improve worker attitudes in working with this population. Training delivery was in the form of a five-day inservice focusing on an array of substance abuse knowledge and attitudinal topics. Separate knowledge and attitude instruments were developed for the research and were administered, before and after training, to a purposive sample of participants that were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The data analysis supported the research hypotheses but raised a question. Specifically, the experimental group demonstrated significant improvement in posttest scores on both instruments after receiving the training; whereas the control group, with training withheld, also demonstrated a significant improvement at posttest, but only on the knowledge instrument. Although the question was unanswered, when examined at a more critical significance level, only the experimental group remained significant. The hypotheses were reconfirmed when, after training and retesting, the control group also displayed significant improvement on both instruments. The findings support the conclusion that this substance abuse inservice was effective in improving worker knowledge and attitudes regarding working with substance abusing families. As an implication for social work practice, it suggests that similar inservice training can be a viable training resource when formal substance abuse training is unavailable. Additional research is suggested regarding to what degree increased substance abuse knowledge and improved worker attitudes correlate with improved practice.

The possible selves method in evaluating youth development interventions: The use of Integrated Qualitative /Quantitative Data Analytic Strategies (IQ -DAS)

This study investigated the feasibility of using qualitative methods to provide empirical documentation of the long-term qualitative change in the life course trajectories of ���at risk��� youth in a school based positive youth development program (the Changing Lives Program���CLP). This work draws from life course theory for a developmental framework and from recent advances in the use of qualitative methods in general and a grounded theory approach in particular. Grounded theory provided a methodological framework for conceptualizing the use of qualitative methods for assessing qualitative life change. The study investigated the feasibility of using the Possible Selves Questionnaire-Qualitative Extension (PSQ-QE) for evaluating the impact of the program on qualitative change in participants' life trajectory relative to a non-intervention control group. Integrated Qualitative/Quantitative Data Analytic Strategies (IQ-DAS) that we have been developing a part of our program of research provided the data analytic framework for the study. ^ Change was evaluated in 85 at risk high school students in CLP high school counseling groups over three assessment periods (pre, post, and follow-up), and a non-intervention control group of 23 students over two assessment periods (pre and post). Intervention gains and maintenance and the extent to which these patterns of change were moderated by gender and ethnicity were evaluated using a mixed design Repeated Measures Multivariate Analysis of Variance (RMANOVA) in which Time (pre, post) was the within (repeated) factor and Condition, Gender, and Ethnicity the between group factors. The trends for the direction of qualitative change were positive from pre to post and maintained at the year-end follow-up. More important, the 3-way interaction for Time x Gender x Ethnicity was significant, Roy's �� =. 205, F(2, 37) = 3.80, p <.032, indicating that the overall pattern of positive change was significantly moderated by gender and ethnicity. Thus, the findings also provided preliminary evidence for a positive impact of the youth development program on long-term change in life course trajectory, and were suggestive with respect to the issue of amenability to treatment, i.e., the identification of subgroups of individuals in a target population who are likely to be the most amenable or responsive to a treatment. ^

Terra de charneca erma e de saudade: a constru����o simb��lica do Alentejo portugu��s na obra de Florbela Espanca (1916-1930)

In this work, we investigate the symbolic construction of a particular spatiality, starting from the theoretical assumption that spaces are subjective constructions guided by different cultures, feelings and rationales, but mostly spaces are human constructs driven by social relations, as a result of the material investment and symbol that reflects the needs of a particular society at a given time of historical development. Accordingly, we analyze the construction and symbolic imagery of the central region of Portugal, the Alentejo, from the literary production (1916 ��� 1930) the English poet Florbela Espanca D'Alma Conception Espanca. Thus, we propose to analyze the florbelian work not only from its internal relations, but also external, emphasizing the link between history, space and literature. Thus, we propose to inquire about the symbolic dimension ��� the meanings of images and representations ��� which prompted one of the most controversial Portuguese poets of the early twentieth to look into the poetic construction of space Alentejo century, questioning not only the senses brokered by speech literary Florbela Espanca to invent your Alentejo, adorned with memories, pain and longing, but investigate how the socio-cultural environment influenced your work, in your life and ways to feel and live the Alentejo. To better understand how the poet means the Alentejo spatiality, throughout this work we question three categories of space in the work of Florbela Espanca: the region, the countryside and the landscape of the Alentejo. Thus, this research falls within the field of cultural history in the medical we will work with the entire literary output Florbela Espanca, letters, diaries, photos and biographical and literary criticism, by establishing the time frame of 1916 ��� beginning of intellectual activity Florbela Spank ��� the 1930 ��� publication of Blossom Heath (posthumous) and the suicide of the poet. Therefore, a constant symbolic exercise of words crossed by more subjective feelings of the subject, all the time our work will be guided by the question of what would be the Alentejo for the poet, who senses and meanings across this spatiality that marked so sovereignly happiest memories and sad life Florbela Espanca.

Usual medical treatments or levonorgestrel-IUS for women with heavy menstrual bleeding:long-term randomised pragmatic trial in primary care

Background: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common, chronic problem affecting women and health services. However, long-term evidence on treatment in primary care is lacking. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of commencing the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) or usual medical treatments for women presenting with HMB in general practice. Design and setting: A pragmatic, multicentre, parallel, open-label, long term, randomised controlled trial in 63 primary care practices across the English Midlands. Method: In total, 571 women aged 25���50 years, with HMB were randomised to LNG-IUS or usual medical treatment (tranexamic/mefenamic acid, combined oestrogen���progestogen, or progesterone alone). The primary outcome was the patient reported Menorrhagia Multi-Attribute Scale (MMAS, measuring effect of HMB on practical difficulties, social life, psychological and physical health, and work and family life; scores from 0 to 100). Secondary outcomes included surgical intervention (endometrial ablation/hysterectomy), general quality of life, sexual activity, and safety. Results: At 5 years post-randomisation, 424 (74%) women provided data. While the difference between LNG-IUS and usual treatment groups was not significant (3.9 points; 95% confidence interval = ���0.6 to 8.3; P = 0.09), MMAS scores improved significantly in both groups from baseline (mean increase, 44.9 and 43.4 points, respectively; P<0.001 for both comparisons). Rates of surgical intervention were low in both groups (surgery-free survival was 80% and 77%; hazard ratio 0.90; 95% CI = 0.62 to 1.31; P = 0.6). There was no difference in generic quality of life, sexual activity scores, or serious adverse events. Conclusion: Large improvements in symptom relief across both groups show treatment for HMB can be successfully initiated with long-term benefit and with only modest need for surgery.

Caring for the Celtic cubs: Discursive constructions of mothers and mothering in the Irish childcare debate

Drawing on an understanding of the public sphere as a multiplicity of communicative and discursive spaces this paper examines the constructions of mothers, mothering and motherhood which emerged in recent debates about childcare in Ireland. Preliminary analysis of these discursive constructions suggest that they are often based on rhetoric, informed by stereotypical assumptions and rooted in frames of reference which mitigate against the emergence of alternative ways of understanding the issues of mothering and childcare. It will be argued that the reductionist and divisive nature of the childcare debate which ensued prior to the 2005 budget, stymied childcare policy development at a time when its unprecedented prominence on the political agenda and the strength of public finances could have underpinned a shift in policy approach. The paper concludes with an exploration of the ways in which feminist scholarship can challenge the Irish model of childcare policy, which continues to be premised on an understanding of childcare and the reconciliation of work and family life as the privatised responsibility of individual women.

Of Marx and Makers: an Historical Perspective on Generative Justice

In Marxist frameworks ���distributive justice��� depends on extracting value through a centralized state. Many new social movements���peer to peer economy, maker activism, community agriculture, queer ecology, etc.���take the opposite approach, keeping value in its unalienated form and allowing it to freely circulate from the bottom up. Unlike Marxism, there is no general theory for bottom-up, unalienated value circulation. This paper examines the concept of ���generative justice��� through an historical contrast between Marx���s writings and the indigenous cultures that he drew upon. Marx erroneously concluded that while indigenous cultures had unalienated forms of production, only centralized value extraction could allow the productivity needed for a high quality of life. To the contrary, indigenous cultures now provide a robust model for the ���gift economy��� that underpins open source technological production, agroecology, and restorative approaches to civil rights. Expanding Marx���s concept of unalienated labor value to include unalienated ecological (nonhuman) value, as well as the domain of freedom in speech, sexual orientation, spirituality and other forms of ���expressive��� value, we arrive at an historically informed perspective for generative justice.��

Gr��nsdragning mellan arbete &amp; fritid : N��rvaro i sin fr��nvaro

V��rt syfte med denna studie ��r att ��mna beskriva vilken betydelse det gr��nsl��sa arbetet f��r f��r chefsrollen, utifr��n de f��r��ndringar som sker i dagens arbetsliv samt hur gr��nsdragningen mellan arbete och fritid hanteras. Vi valde att utf��ra v��r studie i form av kvalitativa intervjuer, d��r vi intervjuade sex medarbetare inom en offentlig organisation i Dalarna, Sverige. Det resultat vi erh��ll analyserades utifr��n tidigare forskning och teorier. Resultaten i v��r studie visar att cheferna direkt eller indirekt p��verkas av f��r��ndringar som sker i arbetslivet och att det ��ven ��r n��got som p��verkar hur cheferna hanterar gr��nsdragningen mellan arbete och fritid. Studiens resultat visar vidare att cheferna menar att dessa f��r��ndringar bidrar till att f��r��ndra deras s��tt att agera i chefsrollen och att det st��ller andra krav p�� deras kompetenser. Resultatet visar ocks�� att kraven i arbetet m��ste vara rimliga, f��r att skapa balans mellan arbets- och privatliv och att det i f��rsta hand inte ��r de kvantitativa faktorerna i f��rh��llande till arbetet som skapar en upplevelse av gr��nsl��shet. Med kvantitativa faktorer menar vi de faktorer som traditionellt beskrivs som mer konkreta faktorer i arbetet, exempelvis arbetets utformning, arbetstiden, tillg��ngligheten eller antalet arbetsuppgifter att utf��ra. Ist��llet belyser resultatet att en emotionell k��nsla av stress kan uppst�� i relation till den egna upplevelsen av en k��nslig situation i arbetet eller n��r den egna kompetensen inte r��cker till i arbetsutf��randet och att det kan skapa en otydlig gr��ns mellan arbetstid och fritid.

Qualidade de vida no trabalho da Emater-RN: valida����o de um instrumento s��ntese de pesquisa e diagn��stico

The theoretical recital of the present study it is initiated of the evidence that the work occupies an important space in the man s life in way that the majority of the people works and passes great part of its time inside organizati ons. However, it is verified that the relation between man and work is becoming increasingly disagreement a time that the employees had started to complain work s routines, stress, not use all their potential and inadequate work s conditions. It can be observed by the way of Dejours (1994) studies. Thus, as contribution for the quality of work life s (QWL) studies the research developed here objectified to characterize the public employees quality of work life at EMATER -RN taking as reference an instrumen t of research synthesized from the typical academic literature of the subject. The synthesis of an ampler instrument is a necessity not taken care to the literature that treats on the subject but already perceived by some studies like Moraes et al (1990); Rodrigues (1989); Siqueira & Coleta (1989); Moraes et al (1992); Carvalho & Souza (2003); El -Aouar & Souza (2003) and Mour��o, Kilimnick & Fernandes (2005); Adorno, Marques & Borges (2005) amongst others. These studies point out weak points of the existing models in the QWL s literature, as well as they recommend the elaboration of a model more flexible, that contemplates Brazilian cultural characteristics, and that contemplates the entire variable studied in the main existing models. For reach this objectiv e the adopted methodology was characterized as a case study with collected data in qualitative and quantitative way. Questionnaires and comments had been used as sources of evidences. These evidences had been tabulated through of statistical package SPSS ( Statistical Package for Social Science), in which the main technique of multivariate analysis used were the factorial analysis. As for the gotten results, it was verified the grouping of the quality of work life s indicators in 11 factors which are: Work s execution, Individual accomplishment, Work s equity, Relation individual and organization, Work s organization, Adequacy of the remuneration, Relation between head and subordinate, Effectiveness of the communication and the learning, Relation between work and personal life, Participation and Effectiveness of the work processes. Whatever to the characterization of the EMATER -RN s quality of work life it was clearly that to the measure that the satisfaction s evaluation with the QWL in the organization walks to intrinsic factors for extrinsic factors this level of satisfaction goes diminishing what points to the importance to improve these extrinsic factors in the institution. In summary it is possible to conclude that the organization studied has offered a significant set of referring variable to the quality of work life of the individual

Conciliaci��n y corresponsabilidad entre la vida laboral y familiar : aspectos relevantes de su regulaci��n y an��lisis de la Directiva 2010/18/UE

En los ��ltimos a��os, la conciliaci��n de la vida laboral y familiar ha constituido un motor de impulso para el desarrollo normativo y la creaci��n de pol��ticas en esta materia, desde las que se fomenta la igualaci��n de los roles sociales entre hombres y mujeres. En este art��culo se realiza un estudio general acerca de la evoluci��n de conciliaci��n de la vida laboral, familiar y personal, haciendo referencia a las principales disposiciones normativas adoptadas en la materia en el ��mbito internacional y en el marco de la Uni��n Europea, para luego centrarse en el an��lisis de esta instituci��n en el ordenamiento jur��dico espa��ol. Asumir una orientaci��n moderna en materia de conciliaci��n de la vida familiar y laboral exige desarrollar e implementar pol��ticas integrales de promoci��n de la corresponsabilidad, una de cuyas m��s recientes manifestaciones ha sido la adopci��n de la Directiva 2010/18/UE, de 8 de marzo de 2010, por la que se aprueba el Acuerdo marco revisado sobre el permiso parental, celebrado por Business Europe, la UEAPME, el CEEP y la CES.