The Psychology of Working Theory (PWT; Duffy, Blustein, Diemer, & Autin, 2016) was recently proposed as an empirically testable approach to understanding the work processes of those for whom work decisions are influenced by contextual factors and who engage in work for reasons other than satisfaction. In the present study of 285 adults, I investigated the relationships between marginalization, economic resources, work volition, career adaptability, and decent work. I found that work volition, career adaptability, and economic resources all uniquely predicted decent work. I also found that greater economic resources and lower marginalization predicted greater work volition. Economic resources and marginalization have a significant negative correlation, and work volition significantly predicted career adaptability. I failed to support the hypotheses that greater marginalization would predict lower decent work experiences when accounting for other variables and that greater economic resources and lower marginalization would predict greater career adaptability. I identified two alternative models for the data. A model with only work volition and career adaptability predicting decent work provided an adequate fit. A model with only work volition predicting career adaptability provided mixed results. This study provides empirical support for the initial propositions of the PWT, provides further evidence for the importance of contextual variables in work experiences, and identifies several key factors that lead individuals to attain a decent work experience.

Submitted by GUILHERME AMELIO MILIAN null (guilhermeamilian@gmail.com) on 2017-03-03T20:00:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Guilherme_Amelio_Milian_2017.pdf: 2905879 bytes, checksum: 32f42c9bc8ac0fe5276cf8a93e4f562a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-03-09T17:27:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 milian_ga_me_arafcl.pdf: 2905879 bytes, checksum: 32f42c9bc8ac0fe5276cf8a93e4f562a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-09T17:27:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 milian_ga_me_arafcl.pdf: 2905879 bytes, checksum: 32f42c9bc8ac0fe5276cf8a93e4f562a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-23 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Desde o findar da década de 1990, a OIT vem fazendo esforços para promover a geração de trabalho decente. Valendo-se de objetivos como promover e cumprir com as normas, princípios e direitos fundamentais no trabalho, criar oportunidades dignas para homens e mulheres, ampliar a proteção social de modo eficaz e fortalecer o tripartismo e o diálogo social. No espectro da expansão de postos de trabalho formal no Brasil nos últimos anos – 10,3 milhões entre 2005 e 2015, segundo dados do CAGED – nada se revela sobre quais condições os trabalhadores se encontram nas atividades econômicas que desempenham. Sobretudo em regiões metropolitanas, onde há pujante geração de riqueza produtiva. Ademais, fora da “nata” do emprego formal, encontram-se trabalhadores em situação precária, o que reforça a necessidade de um indicativo dos ares que envolvem o emprego digno. Dessa maneira, o objetivo geral desta dissertação é verificar a qualidade do trabalho entre as regiões metropolitanas. O termo qualidade está circunscrito ao conceito de trabalho decente da OIT, que apesar de ser amplo, apresenta eixos e dimensões capazes de incluir aspectos de um emprego digno. Este trabalho contempla o desenvolvimento de um índice-síntese de trabalho decente, com metodologia semelhante ao IDH, mas com adaptações necessárias. Utilizaram-se os microdados da PNAD do IBGE dos anos de 2005 e 2014 em nove principais metrópoles de diferentes regiões do país. O índice-síntese de trabalho decente final é composto por três índices calculados de acordo com os pilares do conceito (Emprego, Direitos e Princípios fundamentais no trabalho e Segurança Social + Diálogo Social). Para cada pilar, há uma ou mais dimensões. A composição do índice é dada, obviamente, por um conjunto de indicadores (ou variáveis). Em resumo, em termos práticos, entende-se que o índice-síntese final tem valor qualitativo. O estudo mostrou, comparativamente e dentro das limitações inerentes a qualquer índice, padrões de qualidade (de 0 a 1) do trabalho entre as regiões metropolitanas em dois anos (2005 e 2014). Vale dizer que o padrão de qualidade “alta” do trabalho, diagnosticada pelos resultados do índice em algumas metrópoles, traduz-se em nível de comparação com relação às demais regiões do grupo estudado. Ou seja, obviamente, se reconhece o déficit de trabalho decente nacional, sem eximir a vulnerabilidade ocupacional e precarização do mercado de trabalho. Não houve pretensões de inferir pelos resultados que a qualidade das condições laborais seja elevada. Mas apenas comparar, dentro do recorte geográfico escolhido, em quais metrópoles os indicadores se manifestaram em melhor ou pior situação, traduzida por meio de um índice sintético. Pode-se constatar pelos resultados, que a qualidade do emprego digno, restrita ao conceito de trabalho decente da OIT, se alterou no grupo comparativamente para pior na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (de alta para média) e na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre (de muito alta para alta). O movimento de melhora foi verificado na Região Metropolitana de Curitiba (de média para alta). Finalmente, o índice-síntese calculado revelou qualidade muito baixa nas seguintes metrópoles: Região Metropolitana de Belém, Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza, Região Metropolitana do Recife, Região Metropolitana de Salvador e Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro. / Since the end of the 1990s, the ILO has been making efforts to promote the generation of decent work. Using such objectives as promoting and complying with fundamental labor standards, principles and rights, creating decent opportunities for men and women, enhancing social protection effectively and strengthening tripartism and social dialogue. In the spectrum of the expansion of formal jobs in Brazil in recent years - 10.3 million between 2005 and 2015, according to CAGED data - nothing is revealed about what conditions workers are in their economic activities. Especially in metropolitan regions, where there is a strong generation of productive wealth. In addition, outside the "cream" of formal employment, there are workers in a precarious situation, which reinforces the need for an indication of the air that involves decent employment. In this way, the general objective of this dissertation is to verify the quality of the work among the metropolitan regions. The term quality is confined to the concept of decent work of the ILO, which, although broad, presents axes and dimensions capable of including aspects of decent work. This work contemplates the development of a decent work synthesis index, with methodology similar to the HDI, but with necessary adaptations. The microdata of the IBGE PNAD of the years 2005 and 2014 were used in nine major metropolises of different regions of the country. The final decent work summary index is composed of three indices calculated according to the pillars of the concept (Employment, Rights and Fundamental Principles at Work and Social Security + Social Dialogue). For each pillar, there are one or more dimensions. The composition of the index is, of course, given by a set of indicators (or variables). In summary, in practical terms, it is understood that the final index-synthesis has a qualitative value. The study showed, comparatively and within the limitations inherent in any index, quality standards (from 0 to 1) of work between metropolitan regions in two years (2005 and 2014). It is worth mentioning that the "high" quality standard of work, diagnosed by the results of the index in some metropolises, translates into a level of comparison with the other regions of the studied group. That is, of course, the national decent work deficit is recognized, without exempting the occupational vulnerability and precariousness of the labor market. There was no pretense of inferring from the results that the quality of working conditions is high. But only to compare, within the chosen geographic cut, in which metropolis the indicators were manifested in better or worse situation, translated by means of a synthetic index. It can be seen from the results that the quality of decent employment, restricted to the concept of decent work of the ILO, has changed in the comparatively worse group in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (from high to medium) and in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre ( From very high to high). The improvement movement was verified in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba (from medium to high). Finally, the calculated synthesis index showed very low quality in the following metropolises: Metropolitan Region of Belém, Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza, Metropolitan Region of Recife, Metropolitan Region of Salvador and Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro.

<p>This thesis presents improvements and extensions of a previously presented threat assessment algorithm. The algorithm uses Monte Carlo simulation to find threats in a road scene. It is shown that, by using a wider sample distribution and only apply the most likely samples from the Monte Carlo simulation, for the threat assessment, improved results are obtained. By using this method more realistic paths will be chosen by the simulated vehicles and more complex traffic situations will be adequately handled.</p><p>An improvement of the dynamic model is also suggested, which improves the realism of the Monte Carlo simulations. Using the new dynamic model less false positive and more valid threats are detected.</p><p>A systematic method to choose parameters in a stochastic space, using optimisation, is suggested. More realistic trajectories can be chosen, by applying this method on the parameters that represents the human behaviour, in the threat assessment algorithm.</p><p>A new definition of obstacles in a road scene is suggested, dividing them into two groups, Hard and Soft obstacles. A change to the resampling step, in the Monte Carlo simulation, using the soft and hard obstacles is also suggested.</p>

This thesis presents improvements and extensions of a previously presented threat assessment algorithm. The algorithm uses Monte Carlo simulation to find threats in a road scene. It is shown that, by using a wider sample distribution and only apply the most likely samples from the Monte Carlo simulation, for the threat assessment, improved results are obtained. By using this method more realistic paths will be chosen by the simulated vehicles and more complex traffic situations will be adequately handled. An improvement of the dynamic model is also suggested, which improves the realism of the Monte Carlo simulations. Using the new dynamic model less false positive and more valid threats are detected. A systematic method to choose parameters in a stochastic space, using optimisation, is suggested. More realistic trajectories can be chosen, by applying this method on the parameters that represents the human behaviour, in the threat assessment algorithm. A new definition of obstacles in a road scene is suggested, dividing them into two groups, Hard and Soft obstacles. A change to the resampling step, in the Monte Carlo simulation, using the soft and hard obstacles is also suggested.

This article develops the historical process of the formation of the concept of decent work, its basic guidelines and as its content has been altered by the increasing globalization of the market and the globalization of labor rights. Finally, after analyzing the notion of decent work from different perspectives, the author focus on the cumulative perspective and develop its content. / El presente artículo desarrolla el procedimiento histórico de la formación del concepto de trabajo decente, sus lineamientos básicos y como su contenido se ha ido alterando por la creciente globalización del mercado y la universalización de los derechos laborales. Finalmente, después de haber analizado la noción de trabajo decente desde diferentes perspectivas, el autor se centrara en la perspectiva cumulativa y desarrollará su contenido.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / There is a deficit in the housing sector in Brazil that affects both urban and rural area in the country. To reverse this unfavorable scenario, the federal government created in 2009 the Rural Housing Program (PNHR) that is part of a social policy that promotes access to housing to applicants for housing in rural areas and socioeconomic vulnerability condition. The rural housing deficit in the run-up to implementation of PNHR in 2008 was 916,478 housing units, after five years of operation of the Program, in 2014, 122,013 housing units were built in Brazil. This paper presents a study of the implementation of the Rural Housing Program in Cachoeira do Sul / RS, describing the historical aspects of housing in Brazil, the role of social actors in the construction of this policy, as well as major advances, barriers and results obtained from the advent of PNHR in the city. / Há um déficit no setor habitacional no Brasil que atinge tanto a zona urbana como a zona rural no país. Para reverter este cenário desfavorável, o governo federal criou em 2009 o Programa de Habitação Rural (PNHR) que faz parte de uma política social que propicia o acesso à moradia aos demandantes por habitação da zona rural e em condição de vulnerabilidade socioeconômica. O déficit habitacional rural no que antecedeu a implementação do PNHR, em 2008, era de 916.478 unidades habitacionais, passados cincos anos da operacionalização do Programa, em 2014, 122.013 unidades habitacionais foram construídas no Brasil. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo da operacionalização do Programa de Habitação Rural em Cachoeira do Sul/RS, descrevendo os aspectos históricos da habitação no Brasil, a atuação dos atores sociais na construção desta política, bem como, os principais avanços, entraves e resultados obtidos com o advento do PNHR no município.

Nos primórdios da civilização, o trabalho era a atividade ligada à pesca, à caça, à coleta de frutos e à plantação de alimentos destinados ao sustento do homem na vida em comunidade. A partir do desenvolvimento do capitalismo industrial, houve a divisão social e técnica do trabalho que transformou este ato, inicialmente tão natural, numa engrenagem do processo de produção e o ser humano passou a ser um apêndice das máquinas sujeito a precárias condições de trabalho. Tal sociedade de consumo conferiu aos trabalhadores o mesmo valor que se atribui às máquinas e aos instrumentos de produção, esvaziando sua dignidade humana. Nesse contexto, a pesquisa analisou - de modo comparativo e crítico - se os direitos humanos trabalhistas e o trabalho digno estão sendo implementados no Mercado Comum do Sul (MERCOSUL), enquanto processo de integração regional que envolve países possuidores de realidades socioeconômicas diferenciadas, destacando-se, no estudo, o Brasil, a Argentina, o Paraguai e o Uruguai. Como Hannah Arendt apregoou no final de \"A Condição Humana\", na sociedade capitalista houve a vitória do animal laborans sobre o homo faber com o triunfo do consumo sobre o uso e do metabolismo sobre a durabilidade das coisas, havendo a mitigação da dignidade do trabalhador. Porém, o trabalho humano possui características peculiares, devendo ser considerado com critérios que extrapolam os aspectos puramente econômicos. Segundo Felice Battaglia, na \"Filosofia do Trabalho\", o trabalho é uma realidade poliédrica captada parcialmente pelas diferentes Ciências (Física, Biologia, Economia etc.), mas o trabalho do homem deve estar em consonância com os limites impostos pela sua própria dignidade. Então, o trabalho humano não pode ser tratado na condição de mercadoria ou insumo de produção como o capitalismo impõe, pois ele se apresenta como um valor necessário para a existência digna do trabalhador. Não basta a concessão de um trabalho ao ser humano, é imprescindível a garantia e a concretização da concepção de trabalho digno que respeita a pessoa humana em sua integralidade físico-psíquica como ser único e insubstituível. No caso do MERCOSUL, a tutela jurídica do trabalho digno e dos direitos humanos trabalhistas nas ordens jurídicas internas dos países integrantes do bloco, bem como em tratados internacionais por eles ratificados não garantirá, por si só, sua efetivação no mundo do trabalho. É imperiosa a existência de efetivo \"querer político\" dos governantes dos Estados-membros para a concretização do trabalho digno no MERCOSUL rumo a uma integração regional mais solidária para os povos latino-americanos. / In the dawn of civilization, human activity was linked to fishing, hunting, collecting fruits and the planting of food, all that intended for the sustenance in community life. As the industrial capitalism developed, a social and technical division of labor emerged and transformed this act, initially so natural, in a gear of the production process. Therefore, the human being has become an appendage of the machines, subject to substandard working conditions. Such consumer society has given workers the same value attributed to the machines and the instruments of production, emptying them of their human dignity. In this context, this research has analyzed - in a comparative and critical way - if labor human rights and a decent work are being implemented in the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) as a process of regional integration that involves differentiated socioeconomic realities of countries, most notably, in this study, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. As Hannah Arendt proclaimed at the end of her work \"The Human Condition\", in capitalist society there was the victory of the animal laborans over the homo faber, and the triumph of the consumption over the use as well as the metabolism over the durability of things, leading to the mitigation of the dignity of the workers. However, the human labor has peculiar characteristics, and should be considered with criteria that go beyond the purely economic aspects. According to Felice Battaglia in his \"Philosophy of Work\", the work is a polyhedral reality partially captured by different sciences (Physics, Biology, Economics, etc.), but the human labor must be in line with the limits imposed by his own dignity. So, it cannot be treated as goods or production input as capitalism imposes, because it presents itself as a required value for a worthy existence of the worker. It is not enough to grant labor to human beings; it is indispensable to guarantee the design and implementation of decent work, which respects the human person in its psychic-physical entirety as an unique and irreplaceable being. In the case of MERCOSUR, the legal protection of decent work and labor human rights in internal legal orders of the Member Countries, as well as in international treaties ratified by them, will not, by itself, ensure its effectuation in the world of work. It is vital for the existence of an effective \"political demanding\" of the rulers\' Member States for the implementation of a decent work in the MERCOSUR regional integration towards greater solidarity to the peoples of Latin America.

Orientador: Carlos Salas Paez / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T19:42:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarvieII_C.Kelvin_M.pdf: 1548505 bytes, checksum: f02a39978cef7e48fedac258dc8ad07c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Libéria, como muitas economias em desenvolvimento têm se esforçado para incentivar o investimento em uma tentativa de facilitar o crescimento econômico e a criação de emprego. Este tem sido reforçada pelos esforços do governo para atrair investidores através de políticas favoráveis ao investimento. O desempenho recente da economia da Libéria tem sido um pouco prejudicada pela taxa de aumento da informalidade e do subemprego. Políticas voltadas estritamente para alcançar a estabilidade macroeconômica e ao crescimento do emprego acelerado sem consideração aos problemas da qualidade do emprego criado. Esta situação é, provavelmente, um reflexo do fato de que o ímpeto de crescimento na Libéria é alcançado inadequadas ou não está direcionado para as atividades de trabalho intensivo. Setores com alta taxa de absorção de trabalho: como a manufatura, turismo, agricultura e exportações de mercadorias não têm atraído o investimento necessário para aumentar o crescimento e desempenho do emprego. A economia da Libéria, portanto, requer uma revisão profunda das atuais políticas nacionais de desenvolvimento para gerar crescimento que iria melhorar as condições de vida da população. Promover a criação de emprego e renda para a realização de suas metas de redução da pobreza, é uma tarefa inadiável. Para que o crescimento do emprego possa ser realizado, este texto propõe várias iniciativas destinadas a reforçar o emprego / Abstract: Liberia like many developing economies have endeavored to encourage investment in a bid to facilitate economic growth and job creation. This has been enhanced by the government's efforts to attract investors through many favorable investment policies. The fairly decent growth performance of the Liberian economy has been somewhat dented by the increasing rate of informality and underemployment. Policies narrowly focused on achieving macroeconomic stability and accelerated growth without adequate employment consideration and facilitation. This situation is probably a reflection of the fact that the growth impetus achieved in Liberia is either inadequate or does not come from investment directed into the labour intensive activities. Sectors with high labour absorption rate such as manufacturing, tourism, merchandize agriculture and exports have not attracted the necessary investment to enhance growth and employment performance. The Liberian economy therefore requires a thorough review of the current national development policies to generate growth that would promote job creation and improve incomes for the realization of its poverty reduction goals. For employment-friendly growth to be realized, this paper attempts to propose various initiatives aimed at enhancing employment / Mestrado / Economia Social e do Trabalho / Mestre em Desenvolvimento Econômico

Thesis advisor: David L. Blustein / The U.S. has witnessed growing inequality, decreasing wages, and increasing instability in work over the past several decades (Krugman, 2012; Stiglitz, 2015). Moreover, evidence demonstrating work’s impact on well-being is expansive, as is its role in upward mobility and maintaining systemic oppression (Blustein, 2006; 2008; Swanson, 2012). Despite this breadth of research, studies rarely attend to community factors that shape opportunity for accessing work. As such, the present study sought to better understand relationships among individuals’ economic resources and work-related psychological constructs, in conjunction with community economic conditions and access to decent work. The present study utilized latent structural equation modeling to test several hypothesized tenets of the Psychology of Working Theory (Duffy et al., 2016) involving the latent constructs of social class, work volition, decent work and life satisfaction, in a sample of 816 working adults. Modeling contained both a composite decent work (DW) factor and its five discrete components of DW: safe working conditions, adequate compensation, access to healthcare, adequate rest and free time, and a match of organizational and social/family values (Duffy et al., 2017). Moderation analyses relied on matching individual participant data to their county-specific opportunity data, such as poverty, unemployment, and Preschool enrollment rates. Results indicated that social class indirectly predicted DW through work volition and that DW subsequently predicted life satisfaction. When examining distinct DW components in tandem with a global construct, social class predicted the healthcare and rest/time off components of DW, which further attests to the unique variance in these components. Findings underscore the powerful role economic resources play in securing DW and shaping people’s work conditions, in addition to the clear impact of DW on overall well-being. Analyses did not yield significant moderation effects for economic conditions and community opportunity in hypothesized pathways. Implications for research, practice and policy, as well as study limitations are presented. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2021. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The thesis deals with selected global problems and their inclusion in civic education with a focus on the topic of fast fashion. The theoretical part presents the phenomenon of fast fashion and its negative impacts on the environment and human health, approaches issues in the world of work and violations of human rights and freedoms. These global issues are considered in the context of educational areas, cross-cutting themes and also as part of the global education. The second part of the work is a concept of a didactic project of lessons with the theme of fast fashion inspired by the educational program of the ARPOK organization. The aim of the work is to increase awareness of the issues arising from fast fashion and the realization that the individual can influence the world by their actions and vice versa, how the current world affects the life of the individual. KEYWORDS fast fashion, slow fashion, greenwashing, environment, decent wages