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Paulík K., Novotný J. S., Bláha J., Horváthová P., Mikušová M.

Psychologie a její kontexty

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2014

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vol. 5

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issue 2

3-15

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There is a significant shift of approach to the management of organizations and workers in recent decades. This shift in management philosophy is characterized by converting from traditional, conventional (rather bureaucratic) management models to rather humanistic/existential oriented models. This transition comes partly from the understanding that human resources are the most promising and effective way for organization development, partly from a shift in the understanding of the role of organizations in society. The key point of these approaches has become a "meaning" or "meaningfulness" in relation to the work and organization. The importance of work meaningfulness is not only in its potential to increase the competitiveness of organizations, but especially in its major (mostly positive) impacts on the employee himself and his work (and by that the organization and its performance). Work meaningfulness is strongly connected to the work engagement, which represents the active personal participation in the work process, manifested by vigor, active cooperation, willingness to contribute to the company's success and dedication to work. Work engagement seems to be next important factor affecting work attitudes and achievements of employees. The paper gives an overview of various approaches to work meaningfulness and work engagement, on the basis of which authors propose new model of work meaningfulness with overlap to work engagement. The work meaningfulness is not seen as one-dimensional variable, but consists of complex of interacting factors and processes that define an individual perceived meaning and importance of the work. Meaningful work is influenced by three areas. The first is the organizational culture. This is defined as a specific pattern of values, norms, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions that are often not clearly expressed, but affect the way individuals behave in an organization and how things are done. The second area is the work design (and broadly the design of organization). It contains several variables, such as workload, work extent (e.g. number of various activities), the depth of work (the amount of the reasoning behind the necessary processes and results of work), relationships with others, work flexibility, job sharing etc. The last area represents the individual/employee himself, e.g. his personality, intelligence (including emotional), optimism, sense of mastery, self-efficacy, attitudes etc.

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The significance of the sense of coherence for various coping resources in stress situations used by police officers in on-the-beat service

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Dåderman A., Colli D.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2014

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vol. 27

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issue 1

3-15

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Background: Police officers meet many stressors as part of their occupation. The psychological resource "sense of coherence" (SOC) protects against ill-health, but its impact on coping resources for stress situations has not been studied in the population of police officers. Different approaches to investigate the significance of SOC for different outcomes have been identified in literature, leading to some difficulties in the interpretation and generalization of results. The aim was therefore to explore SOC and the coping resources, and to examine the significance of SOC for various coping resources for stress using different models in a sample of Swedish police officers providing on-the-beat service. Materials and Methods: One hundred and one police officers (age: mean = 33 years, SD = 8; 29 females) were included, and the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (SOC-29) and the Coping Resources Inventory (CRI) were used. The dependent variable in each regression analysis was one of the coping resources: cognitive, social, emotional, spiritual/philosophical, physical, and a global resource. Global SOC-29 and/or its components (comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness) were investigated as independent variables. Results: All CRI and SOC-29 scores except for that of spiritual/philosophical resources were higher than those of reference groups. Manageability was the most important component of SOC for various coping resources in stress situations used by police officers. Conclusion: A deeper study of manageability will give useful information, because this component of SOC is particularly significant in the variation in resources used by police officers to cope with stress. Salutogenesis, the origin of well-being, should be more in focus of future research on workplaces with a high level of occupational stress.

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Zasoby osobiste i społeczne sądowych kuratorów zawodowych na podstawie próby kuratorów zawodowych ze Studiów Podyplomowych UW IPSiR

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Kiliszek E.

Profilaktyka Społeczna i Resocjalizacja

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2016

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vol. 29

35-63

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Praca zawodowych kuratorów sądowych polega na podejmowaniu różnych zadań zarówno wobec podopiecznych, jak i instytucji. Kuratorzy pracują w terenie z podopiecznymi, w sądach wymieniają informacje z sędziami na temat prowadzonych i planowanych wobec podopiecznych działań, w środowisku zewnętrznym współpracują z instytucjami i organizacjami działającymi na rzecz pomocy i resocjalizacji. Wielość zadań i konieczność́ ich koordynowania, podejmowanie trudnych decyzji związanych ze zmianami życia ludzkiego, dotyczących podopiecznych i ich rodzin, trudności i opór przed wdrażaniem zmian - wpływający na efektywność, zagrożenia generowane przez specyfikę zadań, dzielenie konieczności realizowania zaangażowania zewnętrznego z realizacją celów osobistych - to wszystko stawia przed tą grupą zawodową wiele wymagań. Kuratorzy powinni być dobrze wyposażeni wewnętrznie - mieć wysokie poczucie koherencji (zrozumiałości, zaradności, sensowności), stawiać sobie cele w życiu zawodowym i osobistym, mieć poczucie sensu życia, ważna jest też dla ich grupy zawodowej umiejętność radzenia sobie w sytuacjach trudnych. Badanie wymienionych zmiennych w grupie kuratorów zawodowych i ich opis stanowi właśnie przedmiot refleksji przedstawionego artykułu.

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In their work probation officers need to engage in an array of tasks in dealings with their clients and institutional stakeholders. They work in the field with their clients, in the courtroom, to exchange information with judges on pending and planned actions against their clients, and interact with external stakeholders - institutions and organizations which foster assistance and social rehabilitation. The variety of tasks and the need to coordinate them, tough decisions which induce changes in human lives and affect the clients and their families, difficulties and resistance to change, with the ensuing drop of effectiveness, insecurity driven by task specificity, the need to combine the outside involvement with persona goals - all these are major challenges for this professional group. Thus, probation officers need to possess the proper ‘inner equipment’ understood as a high sense of coherence (comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness), the ability to define professional and personal goals and the sense of purpose in life, not to mention the ability to cope in difficult situations. The paper presents and describes the findings from the study of the aforementioned variables among professional probation officers.

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1 Horváthová P.

1 Kiliszek E.

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1 Novotný J. S.

1 Paulík K.

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Psychologické souvislosti pracovní smysluplnosti

The significance of the sense of coherence for various coping resources in stress situations used by police officers in on-the-beat service

Zasoby osobiste i społeczne sądowych kuratorów zawodowych na podstawie próby kuratorów zawodowych ze Studiów Podyplomowych UW IPSiR