Flexible forms of employment in view of unemployment problems in middle age

Małgorzata Dobrowolska

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Dobrowolska, Małgorzata. Flexible forms of employment in view of unemployment problems in middle age. Red. . Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2011, 187 s. ISBN 978-83-233-3090-5

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SN 978-83-233-3090-5

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employment, unemployment, human development, job satisfaction, flexible forms of employment

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Flexible forms of employment have been presented in the book as one of key instruments in fighting unemployment. Although negative voices are raised about objective treatment of an employee, the lack of social secu...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-233-3090-5

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2011

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187

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1. Introduction7
2. The psychology of human development in late adulthood9
2.1. Changes in psycho-physical development9
2.2. Changes in psycho-social development12
3. Work and unemployment in an ageing society19
3.1. The role of work in human life20
3.2. Employment and careers of late adulthood25
3.3. Success and failure in the fl exible labour market30
4. Diagnosis of the situation of the unemployed over fi fty – the analysis of the research fi ndings33
4.1. Reasons of the 50+ for searching for a job36
4.1.1. The role of social support in unemployment40
4.1.2. The contents of psychological contract characterising the unemployed 50+55
4.2. Potential professional activity of the 50+ in fl exible forms of employment63
4.2.1. Satisfaction of the job in people over 5077
4.2.2. Psychological costs of the unemployed over 5089
4.2.3. Perception of personal assets by the unemployed 50+93
4.2.4. Psychological dimension of fl exibility in people over 5095
4.2.5. Attitudes towards work of people over fi fty102
4.2.6. Assertiveness as a basic social competence of people over 50105
4.2.7. The sense of self-effi cacy in people 50+117
5. Presentation of the results of selected psychological measures121
5.1. Psychological costs and demographic variables121
5.2. Perception of self-effi cacy and demographic variables124
5.3. Personal fl exibility and demographic variables128
5.4. Attitudes towards work and demographic variables131
5.5. Assertive skills and demographic variables136
5.6. Job satisfaction and demographic variables139
5.7. Relation between personal fl exibility and psychological costs143
5.8. Relation between personal fl exibility and perception of self-effi cacy147
5.9. Relation between personal fl exibility and a skill of assertive behaviour151
5.10. Relation between personal fl exibility and job satisfaction154
5.11. Relation between the perception of self-effi cacy and assertive skills158
6. Practical implications for preparing a strategy of solving social problems of professional integration of people in late adulthood163
7. Conclusion169
Bibliography171
Abstract (Polish)183
Abstract (English)185

2.Thepsychologyofhumandevelopmentinlateadulthood

er.Thehighestincreaseinthemorbidityrateandthemostvisibledecrease

inpsychologicalwell-beingisnotedinthosebetween40and55(Warret

al.,1988).Constitutingapartofmen’sprofessionallife,thelossofwork

intheearlierperiodofprofessionallifeisinterpretedasapartoftrial-and-

errormethodofsearchingforwork.However,inthestabilisationperiodit

isseenasapersonalfailureandthelossofsecurity.Ithappensoftenthat

youngpeoplewhodonothavefamiliesandfamily-relatedcosts,simply

returntofamilyhome,whichimposeslowerpsychologicalcostsonthem.

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Theroleofsocialsupport.Stressconnectedwithunemploymentaswell

aswithotherfactorscanbealleviatedthankstothesupportfromrelatives

and/orpeoplewhoareclosetous(Vinokur,vanRyn,1993).Ironically

enough,thelossofemploymentresultsinthedeteriorationofthemarital

relationship,whichistheprimarysourceofsupportformen.

Tosumup,therearemanytasks,whichareundertakenandaccomplished

inadulthood.Theseactivitiesconcentrateonhelpingchildren,preparingforthe

ageingofparentsanddevelopingsocialattitudes,whileonesimultaneouslyno-

ticesphysiologicalchangesandadjuststothem.Stableemploymentisveryim-

portantforpeopleinmidlife,becauseitnotonlyallowsthemtosatisfybasic

economicneeds,butalsotodevelophobbies.

The40thyearisthemiddleoflife,whichcan,butnotnecessarilyhasto

bringaboutacrisis.Akeyreﬂectioninthisperiodisfocusedonachievements

comparedtoopportunitiesfromtheviewpointofeliminatinganydiscrepancies

betweenthem.Dependingonpreviousexperiences,after40therecomeseither

oneofthemostcreativeperiodsoflifeorasigniﬁcantdecreaseinactivityand

limitations.Thisiswhytheperceptionofthesecondhalfoflifeiscrucialforthe

experiencedqualityoflife.Processesinﬂuencingthepsycheinmidlifeareeither

theacceptanceofchangesorthelackofacceptanceandtheactivationofdefence

mechanisms,whichaccordingtothelevelofmaturitytaketheformofdisclaimer,

rationalisationordenial(Freud,1982).

AccordingtoSzewczuk(1962),itisaperiodofprogressiveexpansionatthe

peak,whichisconstitutedbychangesintheattitudetowardsoneselfandone’s

health,towardsfamilyandwork.Ifthestabilisationhadbeenachievedinpro-

fessionallife,onedevelopsinterests,engagesincreativeactivitiesandenriches

thespirituallife.Onlyaftertheperiodofadulthoodcomesatimeforregressive

expansionthatisageing.

Havingresearchedthephasesofprofessionallife,Szafer(1968)indicates

thatinearlyperiodsofprofessionalcareerweareguidedbyouterimpulses,

whileinlaterperiodsmuchmorebyinnerimpulseswhichresultfromcreativity

andambitions.

Inlateadulthoodworkisoneofthemainhumanactivities;thereforeanalysed

fromautotelicorinstrumentalviewpoint,itconstitutesthevalueinitself.Thanks

toworkourpersonalityisshaped;itallowsustomeetnewpeople,constitutesthe

afﬁliationtothesocietyandcertainenvironment.Atworkweareabletorelease

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