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 of elderly people and its meaning, proved by various researches and within different cultures. It also gives us a sense of direction and it shows activ- ities which are necessary to improve the quality of life and well-being of seniors, that is critical in order to bring changes for the hurtful stereotypes and to put elderliness within the category of a task, not the category of problem. Various studies were conducted, that prove notion of staying active and useful, especially within social circle, that can be a key approach to create positive changes on how every person experiences elderliness.
Philosophical and sociological analysis of the role of the research collec- tives in the process of adaptation of young scientists to research activity is carried out in the article. The features encountered by young scientists in the process of adapting to research are characterized. The factors that have the negative impact on this process are revealed. Recommendations for optimi- zation of the adaptation of young professionals in the scientific collective are elaborated.
In this article, we investigate on the historical and civic foundations, along with emerging potentials of social cooperatives in Greece. Constituting the most innovative actor of social economy in the country, currently introduced institutional forms of social cooperatives enhance an already plural and vibrant field of not-for-profit activity, which was regrettably left to stagnate under political patronage and structural deficiencies. The introduction of Social Entrepreneurial Cooperatives by Law 4019/2011 and the explicit recognition of social economy for the first time, provide for a decisive jumpstart toward a viable structuration of the field. Along with a concise theorization on the concepts of social economy and social enterprise, a (highly practical for non-Greek speaking readers) integrated register of cooperative entities, cooperative legislation and auditing authorities in Greece is annexed.
Creativity studies seem to be a stronghold for individual-based psychological theories. The reasons for this are numerous and complex and, among them, we can identify certain limited or counter-productive ways of conceptualising the social. In this reply to comments I address both the status of the social in creativity studies and the dichotomies that follow from adopting an external view of society and culture. Among them, the separation between creative potential and achievement is particularly problematic, as it constructs a reified, static, and individual notion of potential, reflected in the measurement of divergent thinking. I propose, towards the end, a perspectival model of creativity that radically socialises divergent thinking by placing the social at the core rather than the periphery of creative production. Finally, I suggest that including time into our theory and research holds the key to overcoming many of the false dichotomies that underline creativity studies, at least in psychology. A thoroughly social perspective on creativity might seem like a daring or foolish endeavour but it is, in my view, also the most promising.
This article aims to present the positions of minorities in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990. The analysis concentrates on relations between the various cultural and minorities group. The main outline is the concepts of minority rights and their multi-dimensional development of linguistic minorities and social development. There is a broad description of the social development of Roma in Central and Eastern Europe. Eastern European democracy promoters have made extensive use of their bilateral diplomatic channels to allow democratization laggards in the post-communist space a glimpse of what democracy looks like close to home and to give them encouragement and know-how to move forward with reforms.
So much pressure abounds for supply chains to deliver goods and services in the right quantity, quality, to the right place and at the right time and least cost possible. It is an acceptable fact that supply chain operations, local or global, face numerous unforeseen challenges that expose them to ineffective and inefficient performance. It is evident that organizations that manage environmental, social and economic risks are better positioned to deliver sustainable supply chain operations. The next generation of supply chain management should not be comfortable with the old adage of out-of-sight out-of-mind behaviour as this presents an unacceptable reputational risk level to the sustainability of logistics business operations.
Recent Shakespearean productions, just like current European crises, have highlighted the exclusionary nature of European identity. In defining the scope of this special issue, the aim of this introduction is to shift the study of Shakespeare in/and Europe away from the ideological field of “unity within diversity” and its attendant politics of negotiation and mediation. Instead, it investigates whether re-situating Shakespearean analysis within regimes of exclusionary politics and group conflict attitudes helps to generate dynamic cultural and social understandings. To what effect is Shakespeare’s work invoked in relation with the tensions inherent in European societies? Can such invocations encourage reflections on Europe as a social, political and/or cultural entity? Is it possible to conceptualize Shakespearean drama as offering an effective instrument that connects―or not―the voices of the people of Europe?
The attention of this contribution is paid to the prehistory, history and the present time situation of social pedagogy in our country and abroad. Social pedagogy must now solve numerous problems that have remained unsolved over its more than 150-year-long history. It is about the subject’s elaboration, terminology, clarification of its relation to different sciences, specification of contemporary problems that have priority, and the professiogram of social pedagogues.
In this article we would like to examine the extent for using social media by employees in the area of their self-promoting and in their search of a job. Over 150 respondents completed an online form containing the question about their professional profile on social media and about their skills in self-promotion in this mean of communication. Four research problems were defined. Collected responses were analyzed and results presented. The growing role of social media during an employment process can be confirmed.
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W artykule zaprezentowano wyniki badań dotyczące zasięgu mediów społecznościowych w kwestiach autopromocji i poszukiwania pracy. Zdefiniowane problemy badawcze dotyczyły odpowiedzi na pytania, czy społeczeństwo jest doświadczone w korzystaniu z mediów społecznościowych i czy wykorzystuje je w procesie promocji siebie jako pracownika oraz w procesie poszukiwania pracy. Ponadto zbadano, czy nasze społeczeństwo posiada umiejętności w zakresie promowania siebie w mediach społecznościowych oraz czy Internet dominuje nad klasycznymi sposobami poszukiwania pracy dostępnymi w świecie rzeczywistym.
Network relationships are critical for companies’ internationalisation processesand their importance is documented within research. However, it seems that insufficient attention has been paid to identifying the social variables that stand behind the process of rapid internationalisation. The purpose of this article is to indicate the social factors that shape relationships and their impact on the dynamics of the internationalisation process. To achieve this goal we analyse pertinent literature in order to clarifythe relationships between rapid internationalisation and social variables. These findings allow us to conduct a case study of a small IT company located in Poland covering an eight year period during of its domestic and foreign relationships development. We focus on phases of rapid transformation from a purely local company to highly internationalised organisation. The key contribution of this paper is a detailed assessment of social variables and their role in the acceleration of the internationalisation process.
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Relacje biznesowe mają kluczowe znaczenie dla przebiegu procesu internacjonalizacji, a związek ten stanowi przedmiot licznych badań. Jednakże wciąż istnieje luka poznawcza odnosząca się do wpływu czynników społecznych na przyspieszenie procesu internacjonalizacji. Celem artykułu jest ocena czynników społecznych pod kątem ich oddziaływania na przebieg i tempo procesu internacjonalizacji. Po dokonaniu przeglądu literatury badane zależności zostały opisane na podstawie studium przypadku małej polskiej firmy z branży IT, obejmującego okres ośmiu lat rozwoju od relacji wyłącznie o zasięgu krajowym aż po wysoki poziom umiędzynarodowienia.
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