scholarly journals YOUTH AND THE NEW CULTURE OF WORK: CONSIDERATIONS DRAWN FROM DIGITAL WORK

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 773-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Carlos Lima ◽  
Aline Suelen Pires
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Model Generation ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Ideal Model ◽  
Digital Work

Abstract This article discusses how the "new culture of work," which is characterized by the entrepreneurial discourse of flexible work and the demand that workers be mobile, adaptable, creative, innovative, autonomous and self-entrepreneurs, among other subjective attributes, holds "young people" as its ideal model. "Generation Y," as presented by business literature and media, embodies all the "qualities" that companies deem to be desirable in a worker whose flexibility is pushed to the limit. Based on research with Information Technology (IT) professionals in the state of São Paulo, we try to demonstrate that the construction of a positive ideal of creative and innovative youth obscures the intense nature of the work with these technologies, defined by "projectification" and instability.

Survey of the state of the art of computerisation in British meat plants and an assessment of training requirements

1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 ◽  
pp. 103-103
Author(s):  
S J Porter ◽  
A J Kempster ◽  
A G Sains
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The State ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Skilled Workforce ◽  
Industry Needs

The meat industry needs a skilled workforce to meet the challenges of the 1990's. The need is particularly acute in computing and information technology (IT) because people with the necessary skills are becoming notoriously difficult to find, even for the most technologically advanced and high-salaried industries. The expected fall by 20% in the number of young people in the national labour force between now and 1995 will exacerbate these difficulties, as will the poor perception that potential employees have of the meat industry.

An Empirical Investigation of Stress Factors in Information Technology Professionals

2010 ◽  
pp. 1824-1848
Author(s):  
Vijay V. Raghavan ◽  
Toru Sakaguchi ◽  
Robert C. Mahaney
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Employee Support ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Training

This study explores whether organizations can employ job design strategies to relieve organizational stress for information technology (IT) professionals. The effect of flexible work schedule, employee support and training, and telecommuting as potential coping resources to relieve stress were studied. Perceived workload, role ambiguity, work facilitation, and decision latitude were drawn from previous studies as potential stressors of IT professionals. Perceived stress was measured by two commonly used measures: work exhaustion and depressed mood. The results suggest that removing role ambiguity and improving work-facilitation ease work-related stress. Allowing employees to have flexible work schedules was also found to ease their perceptions of workload. Employee support and training strategies were found to influence decision latitude and role ambiguity. Telecommuting did not have any effect on the stressors. Results also indicate that the association between work exhaustion and depressed mood was stronger for males than females.

scholarly journals Hidden Resilience in the Life of Adolescents with Involvement in Drug Trafficking

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa ◽  
Renata Maria Coimbra ◽  
Sílvia Helena Koller ◽  
Michael Ungar
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
History Of ◽  
Youth Resilience

Abstract This paper identifies hidden resilience processes among adolescents and young adults who have had involvement in drug trafficking. The participants were 551 adolescents and young people, aged 12-20 years (M = 16.01; SD = 1.548) from both genders, 55.4% of whom were boys. They were recruited from three social service institutions located in the state of São Paulo, which offer services for adolescents with and without a history of involvement in drug trafficking. To assess rates of resilience, the Child and Youth Resilience Measure was employed. Contrary to expectations, adolescents with greater involvement in drug trafficking had higher rates of resilience. This paper challenges the hegemonic conceptualization of resilience and proposes that more studies of hidden resilience need to be conducted.

scholarly journals Physical education between walls and bars

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-773
Author(s):  
Willian Lazaretti da Conceição
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Law ◽  
Oral Life History ◽  
Teachers Training

This article aims to present Physical Education implications for teaching in the context of the socio-educational measure of deprivation of liberty at Fundação Centro de Atendimento Socioeducativo ao Adolescente, an institution responsible for carrying out an internment measure in the State of São Paulo. It uses literature review, observation and interviews based on oral life history. As a result, it was possible to identify approximations and distances between two existing proposals in Physical Education. It urges the need for a dialogue between two state spheres so that Physical Education is thought out in order to meet the specificities of young people in conflict with the law, as well as making the school educational proposal and the inclusion of the theme in the teachers’ training curricula possible and coherent.

An Empirical Investigation of Stress Factors in Information Technology Professionals

2011 ◽  
pp. 421-445
Author(s):  
Vijay V. Raghavan ◽  
Toru Sakaguchi ◽  
Robert C. Mahaney
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Employee Support ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Training

This study explores whether organizations can employ job design strategies to relieve organizational stress for information technology (IT) professionals. The effect of flexible work schedule, employee support and training, and telecommuting as potential coping resources to relieve stress were studied. Perceived workload, role ambiguity, work facilitation, and decision latitude were drawn from previous studies as potential stressors of IT professionals. Perceived stress was measured by two commonly used measures: work exhaustion and depressed mood. The results suggest that removing role ambiguity and improving work-facilitation ease work-related stress. Allowing employees to have flexible work schedules was also found to ease their perceptions of workload. Employee support and training strategies were found to influence decision latitude and role ambiguity. Telecommuting did not have any effect on the stressors. Results also indicate that the association between work exhaustion and depressed mood was stronger for males than females.

scholarly journals The Challenges Of Education In The Millennial Era

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desy Harefa
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Access Information ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Over Time

Human being transforms over time, from one generation to another. Each oneshows and marks their characteristic at one specific era. The MILLENNIAL orMILLENNIUM era presents a generation of people who are occupied withdifferent characteristics that make them draws a lot of attention. Generally thismillennial generation is YOUNG PEOPLE who live at the average age of 17-35years old. They are often referred to as generation Y, which distinguishes themfrom the earlier generation (generation X), and there after (generation Z andAlpha). The Y are born, grow and develop in the midst of the development ofscience and technology, especially the information technology which is verythe presence and impact of the information technology. Questions such as: whatplatform they use, how they communicate, and how they learn: are questions thatoccasionally discussed among educators andby various educational institutions.Information technology based products such as: E-mail, SMS, Facebook andTwitter are always used by these millennials, and so cell phones, laptops, internet,are always carried everywhere and operated in communication and learning.Through these tools, millennials communicate and access information widely andrapidly.

‘Urfi marriage, an Egyptian Version of Cohabitation?

1970 ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
Ikran Eum
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Young People ◽  
The State ◽  
Sexual Desires ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
State Pension

In Egypt, the term ‘urfi2 in relation to marriage means literally “customary” marriage, something that has always existed in Egypt but nowadays tends mostly to be secretly practiced among young people. Traditionally, according to Abaza,3 ‘urfi marriage took place not only for practical purposes (such as enabling widows to remarry while keeping the state pension of their deceased husbands), but also as a way of matchmaking across classes (since men from the upper classes use ‘urfi marriage as a way of marrying a second wife from a lower social class). In this way a man could satisfy his sexual desires while retaining his honor by preserving his marriage to the first wife and his position in the community to which he belonged, and keeping his second marriage secret.

Students’ Attitudes Towards Starting a Business, on the Example of Students at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów (Poland)

e-Finanse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-103
Author(s):  
Karolina Palimąka ◽  
Jacek Rodzinka
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Starting A Business

AbstractEntrepreneurship understood as a manifestation of economic activity is an issue widely discussed in literature, especially in the field of economics. Today, a large part of society is involved in establishing and running a business, hence the shaping of entrepreneurial behaviors gains importance among all age groups, especially young people. The main objective of the conducted research was to examine the interest in starting their own business by students and to verify whether the direction of their studies or role in the group affects the students’ willingness to start a business and whether a family member runs a business influences this interest and moreover, whether capital and the idea are the two main criteria conditioning the decision.. The conclusions were based on a study, i.e. (mainly) the cross-analysis of data collected as part of a survey conducted among students of the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.

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