De nombreuses organisations contemporaines cherchent à développer l’engagement dans letravail de leurs employés en tant que moyen de générer un niveau élevé de performance. Surla base des recherches antérieures sur l’engagement au travail, la présente étude examine larelation entre l’engagement dans le travail d’un échantillon de salariés et ses antécédents etconséquences.Engager les employés peut permettre d’aboutir à la création d’un état d’esprit volontaristechez les employés, susceptible de développer leur motivation. Pour créer un tel état d’esprit,différents modèles sont présentés dans la thèse. Le modèle des demandes et ressources estensuite privilégié. Sur la base de ce modèle, il apparaît que les organisations peuvent agir surl’engagement dans le travail en diminuant les exigences du travail (par exemple, la surchargede travail, l’insécurité de l’emploi, etc.) et en augmentant les ressources d’emploi (parexemple, l’autonomie, le perfectionnement professionnel, etc.). Dans cette recherche, nousavons cherché à vérifier notre hypothèse d’une relation entre l’engagement dans le travail etcertains antécédents et conséquences. Nous concluons que, parmi les antécédents étudiés, lacroissance des ressources personnelles est la plus efficace au niveau de ses conséquences surl’engagement dans le travail et la qualité de vie au travail. / Many contemporary organizations are placing a greater emphasis on their employees’engagement at work as a means of generating higher levels of organization performance.Drawing on previous research on work engagement, the present study investigates therelationship between work engagement and its antecedents and consequences. Engaging theemployees will result in creating a willingness feeling in employees, leading to performing alltheir time and energy on their duties in such a way that they don’t realize the passing of time.To create such feelings within employees, different theories have been presented, amongwhich the job demand-resource is a major instance. Based on this model, organizations makework engagement through decreasing job demands (e.g. work overload, job insecurity, etc.)and increasing job resources (e.g. autonomy, professional development, etc.). In this research,we analyze our hypotheses that work engagement has specific antecedents and consequences.We conclude that, out of its antecedents, growth of personal resource has the most effect onwork engagement, as well as on the quality of work life.

The thesis called "The impact of family policy on labour market efficiency" deals with the relation between family policy and the labour market, specifically with the economic gender inequality and the impact of parenthood on the economic status of families. While analyzing this relation it describes the historical development and the current situation of the labour market in the Czech Republic, with specific attention dedicated to the position of women and the possibilities of harmonizing work and motherhood. The situation in the Czech Republic is not only compared to the Visegrad countries and Germany, but general trends in other EU and OECD countries as well. The thesis clarifies the development of family policy in the Czech Republic and describes the current family-specific policy measures. It looks closely at the area of childcare services, which has strong impact on the position of parents, specifically mothers, in the labour market. In the last part of the thesis, the author evaluates the currently proposed and discussed family policy changes based on the acquired information, and analyses them as far as their impact and relation to the labour market are concerned. The author then provides additional suggestions stemming from both the acquired information and his own experience.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T17:57:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luiz Priori_confromtado.pdf: 2070486 bytes, checksum: d059288a8443e522139d1d9403121997 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-04-04 / This dissertation has as its object of study quality of life and safety at work on building sites and aims to analyze the commitment of civil construction companies who have a system of quality management set up and certificated in accordance with NBR ISO 9001:2000 with safety and quality of life in the work of their employees on building-sites. Specifically, an investigation is made, based on the Policy and Quality Objectives adopted by construction companies who engage in the sector of vertical buildings, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, whatever may be the determining data for this enterprise and the types of objectives which include each of the sectors researched, namely Safety at Work and Quality of Life at Work. The methodology used, based on case studies, initially considered the analysis of the recognizably successful experience of one civil construction company which implemented actions for improving quality of life on its building sites. Thereafter, using the data collected in selected companies, pieces of information were obtained which pointed to features lacking in the objectives of the system of quality management which contemplated the object of this study. Therefore, as a practical suggestion arising from this study, ten actions have been proposed for improving the conditions of life and/or safety of workers on building-sites, set out step-by-step, in such a way as to guide and facilitate their implementation by building firms. / Esta dissertação tem como objeto de estudo a qualidade de vida e segurança do trabalho em canteiros de obra e objetiva analisar o comprometimento de empresas da construção civil que possuem um sistema de gestão da qualidade implantado e certificado de acordo com a NBR ISO 9001:2000, com a segurança e a qualidade de vida no trabalho dos seus funcionários em canteiros de obra. Investiga-se, especificamente, a partir da Política e dos Objetivos da Qualidade adotados por construtoras que atuam no setor de edificações verticais, na Região Metropolitana do Recife, quais os dados determinantes para esse empenho e os tipos de objetivos que contemplam cada um dos setores pesquisados, quais sejam, a Segurança do Trabalho e a Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho. A metodologia utilizada, baseada em estudos de casos, inicialmente contemplou a análise da experiência reconhecidamente bem sucedida, de uma empresa da construção civil que implantou ações de melhoria da qualidade de vida em seus canteiros de obra. Em seguida, a partir dos dados coletados em empresas selecionadas, obtiveram-se informações que apontaram para carências de objetivos do sistema de gestão da qualidade que contemplassem o objeto de estudo. Neste sentido, como sugestão prática deste trabalho, foram propostas dez ações de melhoria das condições de vida e/ou segurança dos trabalhadores em canteiros de obra, conduzidas passo a passo, de modo a direcionar e facilitar a sua implantação por empresas construtoras.

Cette recherche s'organise autour de deux champs conceptuels. La première thématique s'articule, au niveau théorique et empirique, autour du rôle de l'entreprise dans le défi de la conciliation vie travail - vie famille des travailleurs.La seconde thématique garde comme axe de réflexion le rôle de l’entreprise en matière de conciliation en faveur de ses travailleurs mais plus uniquement au niveau de l’interface vie au travail – vie privée. Il s’agit ici d’un niveau plus global, celui de la conciliation vie au travail – vie de citoyen. Cette seconde thématique sera également traitée théoriquement et empiriquement en se structurant autour du concept de la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises. / Doctorat en Sciences Psychologiques et de l'éducation / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

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The purpose of the current study was to clarify the importance of social relationships in the retention of social workers in Child Welfare agencies. Data had been gathered by the California Social Work Education Center, University of California Berkeley, in a 2-year state funded study, titled "Retention of California's Child Welfare Workers".

Författare: Julia Elfström & Therese Kaneklev Handledare: Olle Duhlin Examinator: Hans Wessblad Kurs: Företagsekonomi III - Organisation, examensarbete (kandidat) 15 hp, 2FE78E  Titel: Heltid med livskvalité som insats  Forskningsfråga: Vilka utmaningar behöver överkommas för att medarbetare inom vården ska få bättre inställning till heltidsarbete?  Syfte: Syftet med studien är att identifiera svårigheter medarbetare inom vården upplever påverkar inställningen till heltidsarbete, vi vill således bidra med kunskap för framtida beslutsunderlag i Heltidsresans arbete att göra heltid till norm inom kommunal och regional vård.  Metod: Genomförandet av studien har skett genom en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med en in-duktiv ansats. Studiens empiriska material har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med tio arbetstagare som arbetar inom vården.  Slutsatser: I studien har vi hittat tre utmaningar som behöver överkommas för att medarbetare inom vården ska få bättre inställning till heltidsarbete: att skapa trygghet när flexibla arbetsformer tillämpas, att förebygga ohälsa genom hälsofrämjande åtgärder och att organisera för att möjliggöra balans mellan arbete, återhämtning och fritidsrelaterade behov. / Title: Full time at the expense of quality of life  Research question: What challenges need to be overcome in order for employees in healthcare to have a better attitude towards full-time work?  Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify difficulties that employees in healthcare experience affect the approach towards full-time work, we with that want to contribute with knowledge for future decision-making for Heltidsresan that aim to make full-time the norm in municipal and regional healthcare.  Method: This study is conducted based on a qualitative research and inductive approach. The empirical material has been collected through semi-structured interviews with 10 employees working in healthcare.  Conclusion: In the study, we found three challenges that need to be overcome to make the attitude towards full-time work more positive: to create security when flexible working methods are applied, to prevent ill-health through health promotion measures and to organize to enable balance between work, recovery and leisure-related needs.

Syftet med denna studie var att bidra med fördjupad förståelse för vilka friskfaktorer som är avgörande för långtidsfriskhet ur ett medarbetarperspektiv. Detta genom att studera vad medarbetare inom sociala sektorn i Borlänge kommun upplever bidrar till välbefinnande och friskhet på arbetsplatsen. Vidare ämnade denna studie ge förslag på hur arbetet med friskfaktorer inom Borlänge kommun kan utvecklas. För att på bästa sätt kunna besvara syftet valdes en kvalitativ metod där tillvägagångssättet för insamling av empiri var semistrukturerade intervjuer med långtidsfriska medarbetare från verksamhetsområdet personlig assistans.  Resultatet visar att begreppen stödjande ledarskap, god kommunikation, delaktighet i beslutsfattande, balans mellan arbetsliv och privatliv samt ett positivt arbetsklimat är faktorer som tenderar att ge positiva effekter för hälsa då de finns på arbetsplatsen. Ytterligare faktorer som kunde identifieras var trygghet till följd av lång erfarenhet samt arbetsmoral kopplat till lojalitet. Erfarenheten beskrivs som ett hjälpmedel att hantera olika situationer som kan tänkas uppstå i arbetssituationen samt som stressreducerande eftersom det skapar en tydlighet kring vilka förväntningar som finns i arbetet och mellan kollegorna. Hög arbetsmoral till följd av lojalitet verkar bottna i en vilja att bidra till en medmänniskas nytta genom att vara en viktig resurs i dennes liv.   Denna studie visar betydelsen av ett stödjande ledarskap för förtroendet och tilliten dels mellan chef och medarbetare, dels medarbetare emellan, vilket i förlängningen även påverkar möjligheten till delaktighet samt tryggheten i den egna arbetssituationen. Slutligen visar studiens resultat att friskfaktorer under vissa omständigheter kan bidra med nya möjligheter till främjande arbetsmiljöarbete. / The purpose of this study was to contribute to a deeper understanding of factors that are crucial for long-term well-being and health from an employee perspective. This by studying what employees in the social sector in Borlänge municipality experience contributes to well-being and health in the workplace. Furthermore, this study intended to give suggestions on how the work with health factors in Borlänge municipality can be developed. To best answer the purpose, a qualitative method was chosen in which the approach for collecting empirical data was semi-structured interviews with long-term healthy employees from the area of personal assistance. The results showed that factors such as supportive leadership, participation, autonomy, positive work climate and work-life balance were common in the respondents work situation, which are factors that has shown to have a positive effect on employees' health. Furthermore, the respondents' long-term well-being and health could also be explained by additional health factors that were identified in their work environment. The respondents described that security due to long work experience and work ethic linked to loyalty were factors that contributed to their well-being. The experience is described as a means of handling various situations that may arise in the work situation as well as stress reducing as it creates a clarity about what expectations are in the work and between colleagues. High work ethic due to loyalty seems to be rooted in a desire to contribute to the benefit of another human by being an important resource in his or her life. All in all, the results show that the foundation for successful environment work with health factors requires security and trust partly between the manager and employees and partly between the employees. Finally, the study's results show that, in certain circumstances, health factors may contribute to new opportunities for promoting work environment work.

Les organisations publiques engagées dans une démarche qualité font face à la difficile conciliation des logiques bureaucratiques et managériales. Les collectivités territoriales n’échappent pas à ce phénomène. Les managers territoriaux s’y trouvent confrontés alors même qu’ils se trouvent aujourd’hui face à des exigences d’efficience à la fois de la part de l’Etat et des usagers. Ce contexte ajouté à celui de la spécificité organisationnelle et culturelle des collectivités territoriales en démarche Qualiville, met en tension la socialisation organisationnelle des fonctionnaires territoriaux concernés.Ainsi le rôle et les caractéristiques du management sont questionnés au travers d’une recherche tant théorique qu’empirique s’appuyant notamment sur l'étude de cas approfondie d'une collectivité dont l'ensemble des services a obtenu la certification. / Public organizations involved in a quality approach face the difficult conciliation of bureaucratic and managerial logics. Local governments especially municipalities, are not immune to this phenomenon. Territorial managers are confronted to this challenge while they now have to deal with requirements of efficiency both from the States and from the citizens. This context added to that of the organizational and cultural specificity of territorial of local authorities in the Qualiville process, puts a strain on the organizational socialization of territorial officials. Thusthe role and characteristics of management are questioned through both theorical and empirical research, based in particular on the in-depth case study of a municipality whose services have been certified.

The purpose of this qualitative master thesis is to investigate the cultural activity experiencesof employees and their meaning for well-being and work satisfaction. The method used inthis study was thematic analysis. The data collection was conducted through eightsemi-structured interviews with employees in a municipal department that participated incultural activities organized by their employer as a part of their ordinary work tasks. In theresult three main themes emerged with appurtenant sub-themes: The experience of increasedsocial interaction in the workplace (Promoting fellowship and cohesion in the workplace,New and deepened relationships with colleagues, and Conversations and discussions withcolleagues), The experience of a changed view of the workplace (Feeling appreciated by theemployer, The experience that cultural activities benefit the workplace, and The experience ofhow the cultural activities have been arranged), and The experience that cultural activitieslead to benefits for the individual (Something out of the ordinary and Enriching for theindividual). The main themes, together with their sub-themes, describe how the culturalactivities have been perceived to have affected social relations, increased well-being in theworkplace and enriched the individuals. The results are largely in line with previous researchand can be linked to established theories. All together, from what has emerged in the resultsand previous research the conclusion can be drawn that cultural activities could be used inwork-life to promote the individuals well-being and job satisfaction. / Syftet med föreliggande kvalitativa studie är att undersöka anställdas upplevelser avkulturaktiviteter som arrangerats av arbetsgivaren och deras eventuella betydelse förvälbefinnande och arbetstillfredsställelse. Metoden som användes i studien var tematiskanalys. Datainsamlingen skedde genom åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer med anställda vid enkommunförvaltning som haft deltagande i kulturaktiviteter organiserade av arbetsgivarensom en del av sina arbetsuppgifter. I resultatet utkristalliserades tre huvudteman medtillhörande underteman: Upplevelsen av en ökad social interaktion på arbetsplatsen(Främjande av gemenskap och sammanhållning på arbetsplatsen, Nya och fördjupaderelationer med kollegor, och Samtal och diskussion med kollegor), Upplevelsen av enförändrad syn på arbetsplatsen (Att känna sig uppskattad av arbetsgivaren, Upplevelsen avatt kulturaktiviteterna gynnar arbetsplatsen, och Upplevelsen av hur kulturaktiviteterna harorganiserats), och Upplevelsen av att kulturaktiviteterna leder till fördelar för individen(Någonting utöver det vanliga för individen, och Berikande för individen). Huvudtemanabeskriver tillsammans med sina underteman hur kulturaktiviteterna upplevs ha påverkatsociala relationer, ökat trivseln på arbetsplatsen samt varit utvecklande för medarbetarna somindivider. Resultatet går till stor del i linje med tidigare forskning och kan kopplas tilletablerade psykologiska teorier. Sammantaget dras slutsatsen utifrån vad som framkommit iresultatet och tidigare forskning att kulturaktiviteter skulle kunna användas inom arbetslivetför att främja individens välbefinnande och trivsel på arbetet.