Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: People's life experiences and backgrounds shape who they are - whether they are young or old, male or female, and across all races, ethnicities and religions. Today's workplace environment represents the largest diversity of generations of any time in history, and with this diversity comes new challenges. These challenges are directly due to the different generations and associated gaps based on different approaches, expectations and perceptions regarding culture and leadership in the workplace. There are generally four different generations employed in today's workplace: Traditionalists (Builders), Baby Boomers (Yuppies), Generation X (Yiffies), and Generation Y (Millennials). According to generation theory, Traditionalists were born between 1930 and 1949, Baby Boomers between 1950 and 1969, Generation X between 1970 and 1989, and Generation Yafter 1990. Although there are very few Traditionalists in contemporary workplaces, there are still some left to consider. More important than understanding the Traditionalists, though, is the need for a better understanding of the fast-growing group of Generation Y employees who are entering the workforce. At Sishen Iron Ore Mine (Sishen) there are also four generations employed, each with different approaches, expectations, perceptions, attitudes, loyalties, frames of reference, views of authority, job strengths, work ethics, relationships, work/life balances and other beliefs. The question that arises is whether the management team of the Engineering Department at Sishen can be more effective and productive through an improved and in-depth understanding of each generation's approaches, expectations and perceptions regarding culture and leadership. The purpose of this research study is to analyse the specific correlation of the different workforce generations in the Engineering Department with the general theoretical knowledge available about each generation by focusing more specifically on approaches, expectations and perceptions. The study also includes some recent research information regarding Generation Y and the related opportunities, challenges and effective ways of managing this generation. By focusing on the research results within the multigenerational workforce and the generation gaps, the possible solutions for managing conflict can improve through a better understanding of each generation. Each generation's typical characteristics are discussed in detail by means of a thorough literature study, with the overall aim of enhancing both team and organisational success. The employees and permanent contractors at the Engineering Department number approximately 1 945. The randomly selected participants in the generations survey were from the pool of permanent employees, excluding the contractors. The information was collected by means of a short questionnaire representing the typical characteristics of each generation. A sample of 250 participants from eight different sections within the department was asked to complete the questionnaire, but unfortunately a response rate of only 34% (85 questionnaires) was recorded. The research showed that the typical characteristics of the Traditionalists and Baby Boomers could be used to represent almost the entire Engineering Department. It also revealed specific influences in the working and social environment, leadership styles, and the mine's culture that affect the different generations regarding their approaches, expectations and perceptions. The report concludes with an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the study, as well as a few key findings and a summary, conclusion, and recommendations. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Alle mense word gevorm deur lewensondervindings en agtergrond wat bepaal wie hulle is - ongeag of hulle oud of jonk, manlik of vroulik is, asook oor alle rasse, etniese groepe en geloofsoortuigings heen. Hedendaagse werksomgewings word gekenmerk deur die grootste generasiediversiteit van alle tye, wat nuwe uitdagings meebring. Die uitdagings is die direkte gevolg van die verskillende generasies en gepaardgaande gapings gebaseer op verskillende benaderings, verwagtinge en persepsies aangaande kultuur en leierskap in die werksplek. Daar is tans oor die algemeen vier verskillende generasies in diens in werksplekke, naamlik Tradisionaliste, Baby Boomers, Generasie X en Generasie Y. Volgens generasieteorie is Tradisionaliste persone gebore tussen 1930 en 1949, terwyl Baby Boomers tussen 1950 en 1969, Generasie X tussen 1970 en 1989 en Generasie Y na 1990 gebore is. Hoewel daar min Tradisionaliste in die werksplek oor is, is daar nog enkeles wat in ag geneem moet word. Van groter belang is egter die behoefte om die vinnig groeiende Generasie Y wat nou tot die werksmag toetree, beter te verstaan. By Sishen Ysterertsmyn (Sishen) is daar ook vier verskillende generasies in diens, elk met verskillende benaderings, verwagtinge, persepsies, houdings, lojaliteite, verwysingsraamwerke, menings oor gesag, werksverwante sterkpunte, werk-etiek, verhoudings, lewensbalanse asook ander oortuigings. Die vraag wat ontstaan, is of die bestuurspan van die Ingenieurswese Departement by Sishenmyn meer effektief en produktief kan wees deur hul kennis en begrip van elke generasie se benaderings, verwagtinge en persepsies ten opsigte van kultuur en leierskap te verbeter. Die doel van die studie is om te ontleed of daar 'n spesifieke ooreenstemming is tussen die verskillende generasies by die Ingenieurswese Departement en die algemene teoretiese inligting beskikbaar oor elke generasie deur meer spesifiek op benaderings, verwagtinge en persepsies te fokus. Die studie sluit ook onlangse navorsingsinligting aangaande Generasie Y in, met die gepaardgaande geleenthede, uitdagings en effektiewe maniere om die generasie te bestuur. Deur te fokus op die navorsingsresultate binne die multigenerasie-werksmag en die ooreenstemmende gapings, kan daar moontlik oplossings ontstaan om te help met konflikbestuur wat op 'n beter begrip van die generasies gegrond is. Elke generasie se tipiese eienskappe word in diepte bespreek deur middel van 'n deeglike literatuurstudie, met die oorhoofse doel om span- sowel as organisasiesukses te verhoog. Die totale aantal werknemers, insluitend permanente kontrakteurs, van die Ingenieurswese Departement is ongeveer 1 945. Die deelnemers aan die generasieopname is lukraak gekies, maar die kontrakteurs is uitgesluit. Die inligting is ingesamel met behulp van 'n kort vraelys wat die tipiese eienskappe van elke generasie verteenwoordig. Uit 'n steekproef van 250 deelnemers uit agt verskillende seksies binne die departement wat gevra is om die vraelys te voltooi, is 'n betreklik swak responskoers van 34% (85 vraelyste) behaal. Die navorsing het bevind dat die tipiese eienskappe van die Tradisionaliste en Baby Boomers tans gebruik kan word om feitlik die hele department te verteenwoordig. Dit toon verder ook dat daar spesifieke invloede in die werks- en sosiale omgewing, leierskapstyle en die myn se kultuur is wat die verskillende generasies se denkpatrone rondom benaderings, verwagtinge en persepsies vorm. Die navorsingsverslag word afgesluit met 'n bepaling van die sterk- en swakpunte van die studie, 'n paar kernbevindings en 'n opsomming, gevolgtrekking en aanbevelings.

Social and demographic changes have a tremendous effect on the care for older people to the effect that caring for older people might have become a rare commodity. Increased life expectancy during the past century has prolonged the period in which older people need care and has made family care giving an increasingly recurrent activity for adult children. After the demolition of the apartheid area in South Africa, most research focused on previously disadvantaged groups, namely Black and Brown people which resulted in a research gap regarding older White people. Little is known about older White people’s experiences of care in South Africa, as older White people are viewed as the minority group who were not previously disadvantaged. However, older White people’s vulnerability is increasing because poverty is currently escalating amongst older White South African people as a result of early retirement and retrenchment because of employment equity and the conversion goal of Black Economic Empowerment. The aim of this study was to explore older White people’s experiences of giving care to and receiving care from their children. A qualitative research approach with an explorative and descriptive nature was utilized for this study as the research question was aimed at understanding a subjective phenomenon. This research design allows the participants to give meaning to their own experiences. A case study design was followed during this research study in order to provide an in-depth description of older White people’s experience of care. The specific population for this study consisted of all White people older than 60 years, co-residing with their adult children and living in the Midvaal area of the Vaal Triangle, Gauteng. Data were collected through journaling and semi-structured interviews, with 10 older White people. Interviews were conducted on a one-on-one basis at the office of the researcher or at the houses of the participants. This ensured the preservation of the participants’ relationship with their children. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. Data were reduced through thematic data analysis and emerging themes and categories were identified. The principles and strategies for enhancing the trustworthiness of the data were done through crystallization and neutrality. The results indicated that older White people’s experience of care can be summarized by means of physical, emotional and financial care. Most of the participants in this study were still physically independent from their children and they could attend to their own physical care. Emotional care was identified by the participants as the ultimate indicator of caring and this component contributed profoundly to their psychological well-being. The financial care component highlighted that older White people’s vulnerability is increasing and that poverty is more prevalent in older White people than what is reflected in current research. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Valdanha, E. D. (2013). Anorexia nervosa e transmissão psíquica transgeracional: Histórias de vida de pacientes, mães e avós. Dissertação de Mestrado, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. Os transtornos alimentares (TAs) configuram graves perturbações no comportamento alimentar, que são tema de destaque na literatura científica nacional e internacional. Um dos tipos de TA que mais tem despertado o interesse de leigos e da comunidade científica é a anorexia nervosa (AN), caracterizada por uma recusa da pessoa acometida em manter o peso mínimo adequado para a saúde, além de temor intenso de ganhar peso e distorção significativa da imagem corporal. Estudos mostram que as relações familiares podem atuar como agentes mediadores no surgimento e manutenção da AN, especialmente a configuração vincular mãefilha. Considerando-se que esse vínculo é essencial para o desenvolvimento emocional e que a transmissão psíquica é um operador da dinâmica dos relacionamentos familiares, o presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar a transmissão psíquica em três gerações de famílias que tinham um de seus membros acometidos pela AN, buscando identificar os conteúdos transmitidos transgeracionalmente e suas possíveis relações com o desenvolvimento da AN. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa. Participaram da pesquisa seis famílias, compostas por pacientes diagnosticados com AN, suas respectivas mães e avós maternas. Os pacientes eram vinculados ao Grupo de Assistência em Transtornos Alimentares - GRATA do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMRP-USP). Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados roteiros de entrevista semiestruturada. As entrevistas foram audiogravadas, mediante consentimento dos participantes, e transcritas na íntegra. O material foi submetido à análise de conteúdo temática, o que permitiu extrair as unidades de significado, que emergiram após leitura exaustiva dos relatos. Os dados foram interpretados com apoio do referencial teórico psicanalítico, mais especificamente da transmissão psíquica transgeracional. Foram construídas categorias temáticas relacionadas aos temas: \"fatos marcantes da infância\", \"fatos marcantes de adolescência\", \"relacionamento com os pais\", \"desenvolvimento afetivo-sexual e as relações amorosas\", \"religiosidade\", \"relação mãe-filha(o)\", \"as vivências do corpo e a alimentação\", \"os cuidados maternos percebidos e transmitidos\", \"transmissão da feminilidade\" e \"anorexia nervosa\". Foram identificados padrões distorcidos nos modos como as mães exercem os cuidados maternos, marcados por conflitos e ambivalência afetiva. Os resultados sugerem que vinculações familiares distorcidas são transmitidas como herança psíquica, caracterizando transmissão transgeracional. Essa ausência de elaboração de conteúdos psíquicos, que são transmitidos sucessivamente de geração a geração sem sofrerem transformações, pode ser um importante mediador na gênese e manutenção do transtorno do comportamento alimentar, na medida em que fortalece a perpetuação de vínculos problemáticos, que criam obstruções no processo de amadurecimento emocional da filha. Espera-se que os resultados possam auxiliar os profissionais de saúde a se sensibilizarem para as questões familiares que incidem sobre a AN, contribuindo para o aperfeiçoamento de estratégias (interventivas e preventivas) de cuidado emocional que incluam a família como unidade de tratamento. / Valdanha, E.D. (2013). Anorexia nervosa and transgenerational psychic transmission: Life histories of patients, mothers and grandmothers (Master\'s degree), Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. Eating disorders (ED) constitute serious disturbances in eating behavior, which are prominent issue in national and international scientific literature. An ED that has mostly attracted the interest of either non-academic or academic community is anorexia nervosa (AN), characterized by a refusal to maintain the minimum weight adequate for health, intense fear of gaining weight and significant distortion of body image. Studies show that familial relations can act as mediating agents in the emergence and maintenance of AN, especially the motherchild relation. Considering this bond as essential to emotional development, and that psychic transmission is an operator of the dynamics within familial relations, the goal of this study was to investigate the psychic transmission in three generations of families which had one member affected by AN, aiming to identify the contents transmitted transgenerationally and their possible relations to the development of AN. This is a descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Participants were six families, consisted of patients diagnosed with AN along with their mothers and grandmothers. Patients were assisted by the Group of Assistance on Eating Disorders (GRATA), from the Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto´s School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (HC-FMRP -USP).The instrument used for data collection were semi-structured interview scripts. Interviews were audio recorded, with participants´ consent, and transcribed in full. The material was subjected to thematic content analysis, which enabled to extract the categories of analysis, which emerged after a thorough reading of the transcribed interviews. The data were interpreted with the support of psychoanalysis theoretical framework, more specifically by psychic transgenerational transmission. Thematic categories were raised related to the following topics: \"milestones of childhood\", \"milestones of adolescence\", \"parental relationship\", \"affective-sexual development and love relationships\", \"religiosity\", \"mother-child relationship\", \"experiences of the body and nutrition\", \"perceived and transmitted maternal care\", \" transmission of femininity\" and \"anorexia nervosa\". Distorted patterns were identified in the ways mothers exert maternal care, marked by conflicts and affective ambivalence. Results suggest that distorted family bonds are transmitted as psychic inheritance, featuring transgenerational transmission. This lack of elaboration of psychic contents, which are successively transmitted from generation to generation without transformations, may be an important mediator in the genesis and maintenance of eating disorder, since it strengthens the perpetuation of problematical bonds which create obstructions in child´s process of emotional maturation. It is expected that the results may support health professionals to raise awareness for familial issues that exert influence on AN, contributing to the improvement of assistance strategies (interventional and preventive) for emotional care which includes the family as the unit of treatment.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:47:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DIVINA DE FATIMA DOS SANTOS.pdf: 1549718 bytes, checksum: 53bc0e887521a0d04b8b43bef68c9fce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-21 / The dissertation is a study about the content of letters used as a means of communication between the elderly and children, analyzing the type of interaction experienced between them and identifying the meanings of this exchange. This is a qualitative study based on interviews with elderly and on data collected from letters written by students of adult education (Education for Youths and Adults) with ages ranging from 18 to 72 years in literacy process and the regular education children aged between 8 and 10 years who attended one of the units of the network SESI-SP - Social Service Industry of São Paulo. The exchange of letters between these students occurred during the years 2008 and 2009. The matters covered in the letters started several discussions, and to facilitate understanding, in this study they are presented in the form of topics such as religion, dreams, the right words, the world of work and retirement, the otherness, the pictographic communication, the communication by symbols and the exchange of glances, all equally compelling, because they caused reflections by both the children and the elderly. The analysis of the data makes it possible to determine the characteristics of the subjects involved and indicates that the exchange of letters promotes interaction among students, as well as the process of changing attitudes and building ethical values that are very important in school, family and social life of both the elderly and the participating children. The changes through these experiences can provide or facilitate a healthier coexistence between different generations within the school and the various social spaces of everyday life. These findings indicate the importance of interdisciplinary studies with focus on the question of the relationship between generations / A dissertação constitui-se num estudo sobre o conteúdo de cartas, utilizadas como forma de comunicação entre idosos e crianças, visando verificar a forma de interação vivenciada entre eles e a identificar os significados desta troca. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa baseada em entrevistas com idosos e nos dados coletados das cartas escritas por estudantes do curso da EJA (Educação de Jovens e Adultos) com idades variando entre 18 e 72 anos em fase de alfabetização e pelas crianças do ensino regular com idades entre 8 e 10 anos que frequentam uma das unidades da rede SESI-SP - Serviço Social da Indústria de São Paulo. A troca de cartas entre os estudantes ocorreu no período de 2008 e 2009. Os assuntos abordados nas cartas deram abertura para inúmeras discussões, e para facilitar a compreensão, neste estudo elas apresentam-se na forma de temas como: religiosidade, sonhos, as palavras certas, o mundo do trabalho e a aposentadoria, a alteridade, a comunicação pictográfica e por símbolos e a troca de olhares, todos igualmente envolventes, pois provocaram reflexões tanto por parte das crianças quanto por parte dos idosos. A análise dos dados, além de permitir a caracterização dos sujeitos envolvidos, aponta que a troca de cartas promove a interação dos estudantes e favorece o processo de mudança de atitudes e de construção de valores éticos importantes na vida escolar, familiar e social tanto dos idosos quanto das crianças participantes. As alterações ocorridas por meio dessas vivências podem propiciar ou facilitar um convívio mais saudável entre diferentes gerações no âmbito da escola e nos mais diferentes espaços sociais da vida cotidiana. Estas constatações indicam a importância de estudos interdisciplinares com foco na questão da intergeracionalidade

Social and demographic changes have a tremendous effect on the care for older people to the effect that caring for older people might have become a rare commodity. Increased life expectancy during the past century has prolonged the period in which older people need care and has made family care giving an increasingly recurrent activity for adult children. After the demolition of the apartheid area in South Africa, most research focused on previously disadvantaged groups, namely Black and Brown people which resulted in a research gap regarding older White people. Little is known about older White people’s experiences of care in South Africa, as older White people are viewed as the minority group who were not previously disadvantaged. However, older White people’s vulnerability is increasing because poverty is currently escalating amongst older White South African people as a result of early retirement and retrenchment because of employment equity and the conversion goal of Black Economic Empowerment. The aim of this study was to explore older White people’s experiences of giving care to and receiving care from their children. A qualitative research approach with an explorative and descriptive nature was utilized for this study as the research question was aimed at understanding a subjective phenomenon. This research design allows the participants to give meaning to their own experiences. A case study design was followed during this research study in order to provide an in-depth description of older White people’s experience of care. The specific population for this study consisted of all White people older than 60 years, co-residing with their adult children and living in the Midvaal area of the Vaal Triangle, Gauteng. Data were collected through journaling and semi-structured interviews, with 10 older White people. Interviews were conducted on a one-on-one basis at the office of the researcher or at the houses of the participants. This ensured the preservation of the participants’ relationship with their children. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. Data were reduced through thematic data analysis and emerging themes and categories were identified. The principles and strategies for enhancing the trustworthiness of the data were done through crystallization and neutrality. The results indicated that older White people’s experience of care can be summarized by means of physical, emotional and financial care. Most of the participants in this study were still physically independent from their children and they could attend to their own physical care. Emotional care was identified by the participants as the ultimate indicator of caring and this component contributed profoundly to their psychological well-being. The financial care component highlighted that older White people’s vulnerability is increasing and that poverty is more prevalent in older White people than what is reflected in current research. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Das Forschungsinteresse der Arbeit zielt auf die Funktion und Bedeutung familialer Beziehungen in einem Mehrgenerationennetzwerk aus Sicht verschiedener Akteure und in verschiedenen kulturellen Kontexten. Die Rekonstruktion familialer Generationenbeziehungen zwischen erwachsenen Kindern und ihren Eltern erfolgt im Rahmen eines spezifischen Lebenslaufereignisses: dem doppelten generationalen Übergang in die (Groß-)Elternschaft. Dieses familiale Übergangsereignis bringt ein Aufrücken der einzelnen Familienmitglieder im Generationengefüge und eine Pluralisierung individueller Generationenzugehörigkeiten mit sich und führt so zu verstärkten (inter-)subjektiven Aushandlungsprozessen und einer Neubestimmung von familialen Rollen. Gleichzeitig ist die Arbeit als ein Kulturvergleich zwischen ostdeutschen und süditalienischen Familien angelegt. Damit wird die Absicht verfolgt, die Funktion und Bedeutung intergenerationaler Familienbeziehungen in unterschiedlichen geschlechterkulturellen Kontexten zu untersuchen. Es handelt sich um eine qualitative Untersuchung, in deren Rahmen insgesamt 19 leitfadengestützte teilnarrative Interviews mit Müttern und Vätern eines Kindes bis max. 3 Jahre und den dazugehörigen Großmüttern durchgeführt wurden. Jeweils drei der untersuchten Familienkonstellationen stammen aus Dresden und Neapel. Aus dem empirischen Material wurde ein vierstufiges Phasenmodell des Übergangsprozesses entwickelt, welches diesen als einen Prozess der geschlechterspezifischen Elternrollendifferenzierung auf der Paarebene konzipiert. Zentral sind dabei die beiden komplementären Konzepte der natürlichen Mütterlichkeit und der fragilen Väterlichkeit. In Analogie dazu wurden für die Beziehungen der neuen Eltern zu den jeweiligen Herkunftsfamilien die komplementären Konzepte der natürlichen Matrilateralität und der fragilen Patrilateralität entwickelt, welche das Muster einer latenten intergenerationalen Asymmetrie zum Ausdruck bringen. Der Übergang in die Elternschaft wird somit als ein familiales Übergangsereignis beschrieben, welches maßgeblich zur Reproduktion einer weiblichen bzw. matrilinearen Dominanz im familialen Bereich beiträgt. Dieses Muster findet sich sowohl bei den deutschen als auch bei den italienischen Familien und kann somit in gewissem Sinne als kulturübergreifend angesehen werden. Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Untersuchungsgruppen zeigen sich hingegen mit Blick auf grundlegende Wertorientierungen, die der alltäglichen Lebenspraxis und den familialen Beziehungen zugrunde liegen. So sind die Familienbeziehungen deutscher Interviewpartner(innen) stärker durch Vorstellungen von Unabhängigkeit und Autonomiestreben (independence) charakterisiert. Italienische Interviewpartner(innen) hingegen brachten stärker am Prinzip der wechselseitigen Abhängigkeit und Verbundenheit (interdependence) orientierte Vorstellungen und Einstellungen zum Familienleben zum Ausdruck.

The purpose of this study is to explore the processes of individuation and connection in mother-daughter relationships, and describe how these relationships may or may not be facilitated by the intervention of reflections and joint narratives. This study used social constructionism as the epistemological framework and involved in-depth interviews with three mother-daughter pairs. Hermeneutics was used to analyse the data. The participants' experiences were recounted through the researcher's lens in the form of themes that characterised their relationships as well as interactional patterns. Participant's experiences of the research process, and what the researcher believed were helpful and unhelpful behaviours in her interaction with each mother-daughter pair, were discussed. A comparative analysis was also undertaken between the common themes identified in the stories of the mother-daughter pairs and the literature. The information gained could assist women as well as professionals in understanding and respecting mother-daughter relationships in their specific contexts. / Psychology / M. A. (Psychology)

The objective of this study was to determine (1) if there is a difference between Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y employees’ perceptions of organisational culture and if so, (2) to determine if generational sub-cultures are formed within an organisation as a result of these different perceptions. A quantitative research design was chosen, and employees (n = 455) in a large South African information and communication technologies (ICT) sector company, selected through proportionate, random, stratified sampling, completed the South African Culture Instrument (SACI). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data, and the results of this study indicate that generational sub-cultures can be identified in the organisation, based on significantly different perceptions of five of the seven dimensions of organisational culture examined. This study therefore contributes to the body of knowledge on organisational culture and the formation of sub-cultures at a generational level and can be used to enhance organisational talent and management strategies. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Never before in living memory has the gap in mutual acceptance and understanding between generations been as large as it is now. Massive societal and cultural shifts, fuelled by changing technology, increasing rates of change, globilisation and disconnectedness, have caused a deep divide between those born in the first two-thirds of this century and those born in the latter decades. This dissertation aims to identify the causes of this divide, quantify the effects and suggest solutions. Although generally applicable to many different organisations in society, especially schools, parenting, businesses with young and old employees or those with generationally diverse target markets, this dissertation focuses specifically in application on the context of local churches. It aims to provide an understanding of the concept of a "generation gap" and practical guidelines for churches seeking to become truly multi-generational in their structures and ministries. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Diac. (Youth Work Direction)

Orientador: Guita Grin Debert / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Insituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T07:22:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alcantara_AdrianadeOliveira_D.pdf: 1830987 bytes, checksum: 68df3abd480569d71d864a8e37a46562 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A questão central desta pesquisa foi saber como as trocas intergeracionais de apoio familiar se configuravam em unidades domésticas, compostas de, pelo menos, três gerações, no meio rural e urbano, levando em conta a oposição cunhada por Camarano entre "família de idosos", em que o chefe da unidade doméstica é o idoso, e "família com idosos", em que o idoso é parente do chefe. Com base em etnografias realizadas em Fortaleza (CE) e no Distrito de Jordão (Sobral-CE), o trabalho aponta as singularidades do processo de envelhecimento nesses dois contextos. A descrição do cotidiano de tais famílias, dos significados atribuídos às relações entre gerações e do impacto das transformações acarretadas pelo direito à aposentadoria exige uma revisão de determinadas convenções, pois as experiências aqui trazidas revelam-se de tal modo heterogêneas, que bloqueiam a tentativa de padronizar seja a família, seja a velhice. / Abstract: The central question of this research was how the Intergeneration relations of family support is configured in households composed of at least three generations in country and urban areas, taking into account the opposition coined by Camarano and "family nursing" in which the head of household is elderly and "elderly family" in which the elderly is related to the head. Based on ethnographic studies conducted in Fortaleza (CE) and the District of Jordan (Sobral-CE), the study analyzes the singularities of the aging process in these two contexts. The description of the daily life of such families, the meanings attributed to the relations between generations and the impact of changes brought about by the retirement law requires a revision of certain agreements, since experiments show brought here is so heterogeneous, that block attempt standardize it's family, is old age. / Doutorado / Doutor em Antropologia Social