En France, 30 années d’une GRH « âgiste » se manifestant par le recours systématique aux dispositifs de préretraites comme instrument de régulation des effectifs organisationnels sont- depuis les années 2000- à l’origine de la montée aux agendas politiques, économiques et sociaux d’une réflexion portant sur l’allongement de la durée de vie au travail comme « ultime levier » de pérennisation du financement des systèmes de retraites. Ainsi, la « gestion des seniors au travail » passant d’une logique d’éviction à une tendance de réintégration suscite- outre le questionnement d’une GRH exclusivement dédiée à cette part méconnue de la population- une remise en perspective des conditions de travail, de la gestion des carrières et des parcours professionnels à tous les âges. Dès lors, les fonctions RH des entreprises se voient-elles contraintes de passer de la compréhension de ces processus socio-organisationnels à la conception des changements à opérer. De cette toile de fond de réformes macro et micro-sociales, notre Thèse trouve-t’elle son origine par le biais d’une convention CIFRE au sein de l’entreprise GrDF (filiale du groupe GDF-SUEZ) dont le processus empirique débute par une enquête exploratoire (entretiens semi-directifs) dont l’analyse de contenu (Nvivo08) des discours recueillis, puis transcrits, a permis la construction de notre seconde étape de recherche-action autour de la conception du projet « Gestion durable des parcours professionnels », puis du management de la transformation qui en découle : - Les entretiens exploratoires, s’inscrivant dans le champ de « la gestion des seniors au travail », mettent en relief des représentations organisationnelles majoritairement positives quant à cette catégorie de population d’une part faisant émerger- pour le cas de GrDF- la problématique de fond d’une transformation équitable et durable des « parcours professionnels pour tous » d’autre part. - La recherche-action, ayant quant à elle une finalité pragmatiste d’« appui à la conception de la transformation », dévoile des parties prenantes aux logiques d’action divergentes dont le manager de projet doit- à chaque instant- fédérer le compromis pour une conduite du changement efficace. Ceci aboutissant, pour le cas en présence, à la mise en oeuvre d’un processus de mobilité interne piloté par une technostructure spécifiquement dédiée à la gestion des trajectoires professionnelles et à l’appui au management opérationnel. Tant pour le cadre théorique de la « Gestion des seniors au travail » que pour celui du « Management de projets » ; nos apports empiriques mettent en relief les logiques d’action individuelles qui sous-tendent la complexité d’une situation de gestion en proposant, aux communautés scientifiques et managériales, une conception réflexive et située du management de la transformation à un cas concret d’entreprise. Néanmoins, le caractère « monographique » et « monothématique » de notre travail de recherche en constituant sa principale limite, ce dernier- ayant vocation à conceptualiser le(s) fondement(s) d’une GRH écologiste- est appelé à être ultérieurement remis en perspectives à d’autres organisations francophones, notamment sur des problématiques de « développement personnel en situation de projet RH ». / Pas de résumé en angais

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Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Also available in print.

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The continued growth of the nation’s older adult population will bring many societal challenges. One of these challenges deals with meeting this population’s basic needs. Among the most crucial basic needs in older adulthood is proper nutrition, which is heavily impacted by one’s ability to access adequate amounts of healthy foods. Extensive research has been conducted on low food access among diverse populations, but opportunities remain to expand upon this research by concentrating on the food access challenges facing the older adult population. The current study had a twoold purpose. First, this study aimed to serve a basic academic purpose by integrating key elements of theories related to environmental gerontology and ecological models of aging and human development to explain the relationship between summary-level conditions and the food environments of older adults, particularly as they were related to food access in nonmetropolitan counties. Second, this study aimed to serve an applied-evaluative purpose by utilizing the results of the quantitative analysis to serve as an initial needs assessment that identified the characteristics of nonmetropolitan counties that were associated with higher levels of senior low food access. It was argued that the ability to identify counties facing high levels of senior low food access would aid in the development of interventions to help address this social problem. To this end, this study’s concluding sections proposed an initial logic model, which outlined an intervention designed to address low food access among older adults residing in nonmetropolitan counties. Support was found for several of the research hypotheses, with results indicating that a county’s proportion of minority residents and status as a high outmigration county were the two strongest predictors of a county’s status as a senior low food access county. Based on these results, an intervention was proposed that concentrated on educating older adults on the importance of nutrition in older age and facilitating more convenient access to food outlets for older adults in nonmetropolitan counties. Practical implications for this study and suggestions for future research related to this topic also were discussed.

This study explores the meanings and understandings of home of seniors experiencing homelessness and the supports and services these individuals need in their homes as they age. Guided by interpretive social sciences and critical gerontology this study engaged with 7 homeless seniors living in a seniors’ shelter in the City of Toronto. Using arts-based research methodology, this study had 7 seniors make collages to represent their vision and understandings of ‘home’. In addition, participants were asked what specific support and services they would need in their homes in order to support their overall health and wellbeing. Based on individual art session recordings and collages, thematic analysis was used to identify key themes in order to understand what home means, and what supports and services are required for homeless seniors. For these participants home is a unique physical space with nuanced meanings and provides unique elements that a shelter cannot. In addition, these participants identified specific in-home and community supports they would require in their homes. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW)

This study examines the personal migration preferences of Utah high school seniors in 1980 and their relationship to perceived parental preferences, family status, length of residence, religion, sex, and type of residence. A focal area of the thesis is an examination of the consistency between personal preferences and preferences of parents as perceived by the youth. The primary data used for this study came from a sample survey of 1980 high school seniors who were selected using a stratified sampling technique. Cross-tabulations were used with chi square to test for significance of association. The results of this study suggest that parental preferences play an important part in influencing the decision-making process of youth contemplating migration. The research suggests that the plans of metropolitan youth are more consistent with the perceived preferences of their parents than are those of nonmetropolitan youth. The research also suggests that the plans of LDS (Mormon) youth are more consistent with their parents perceived preference as compared to the plans of non-LDS youth. With respect to personal preferences, Utah youth living in nonmetropolitan areas prefer to migrate more often than metropolitan youth. Research also shows that males, LDS youth, youth from intact families and long-term residents all prefer to stay more often in their present place of residence when compared to females, non-LDS youth, youth from broken families and short-term residents.