scholarly journals Employees’ Post-service Plans and Options in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-106
Author(s):  
Ugo Chuks Okolie
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Service Condition ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Residential Home ◽  
Close Observation ◽  
Monthly Salary

One of the greatest challenges that faced typical employees throughout their working life is life after retirement. Despite government roles at providing social security, retirement epoch has been a tension provoking and overwhelming phenomenon in Nigeria and other emerging economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. A close observation of many retirees in Nigeria society and the problems they are facing draw the attention of all and sundry. These problems seem to range from sudden death, dwindling status, lack of occupation, loss of the usual monthly salary, decreased strength and deteriorated health condition, physical disabilities, aging and anxiety about a residential home. In Nigeria, the regular non-payment of pensions and gratuities benefits has brought untold hardship and sudden death to many retirees, thereby making retirement something that is dreaded by workers. This problem is further compounded to lack of planning and management of post-service epoch and conditions. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to identify and discusses strategies available for managing post-service condition in Nigeria. The paper calls on Nigerian workers to embrace one of the options to remain moderately productive and healthy after retirement. The paper suggests, among others, that both employers and government should undertake regular pre-retirement training for their workers in order to save the country the embarrassment of seeing their retirees going to early graves or turning into destitute on the streets.

scholarly journals Functions of Career Resilience Against Changes During Working Life in Japan: Focus on Health Condition Changes and Task or Job Changes

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402110021
Author(s):  
Makiko Kodama
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
The Future ◽  
Simple Slope ◽  
Career Resilience

This study aimed to clarify the role that career resilience plays in preventing inhibition of career development when individuals confront changes during their working life, such as changes in work tasks or health condition. Career resilience consists of five factors: ability to cope with problems, social skills, interest in novelty, optimism about the future, and willingness to help others. In all, 1,000 Japanese company employees completed an online survey. The results showed that optimism about the future and ability to cope with problems exhibited a negative correlation with NPC when confronting changes. The results of simple slope analysis suggested that social skills and ability to cope with problems decreased the negative influence that psychological symptoms caused by changes had on job satisfaction, which was one index of career development. This study underlines the necessity of developing the ability to cope with problems and social skills.

scholarly journals Socialization of athletes with disabilities in adapted physical activity

Medicina ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 877
Author(s):  
Laimutė Samsonienė ◽  
Rūta Adomaitienė ◽  
Jurga Krivičiūtė ◽  
Konstancija Jankauskienė ◽  
Vilma Jurkštienė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
The Body ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Self Service ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the impairment of the body functions on the participation of people with disabilities in sports activities. Material and methods. The study was carried out in the institutions mostly attended by people with severe physical disabilities. The participants took a modified Kenny test and answered the questions of a questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 35 persons with severe physical disabilities. Results. The findings of this study showed that people with disabilities who were not engaged in sports were of much worse opinion about their health condition (P=0.02) and they needed more help from family or friends (P=0.035) compared to the disabled who were not engaged in sports, but in the group of people with disabilities who were engaged in sports, the correlations of those indicators were statistically significant (r=0.59 and r=0.68, respectively). The main motivation of sports participation of people with disabilities (about 80%) was the need for communication and gaining independence. Health improvement was mentioned by less than half of people with disabilities (about 41%) engaged in sports. Conclusions. The syndrome of movement function impairment, duration of impairment, marital status, the age of persons with disabilities, and objectively determined impairment of biosocial self-service functions did not impact sports participation of people with disabilities. However, subjective sensation of pain and the need of medical aid, which did not match the objective functional impairments, could be the obstacle for people with disabilities to participate in sports.

Africa—Latin America—Asia—Middle-East

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (273) ◽  
pp. 571-576
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Close Observation ◽  
Seed Distribution ◽  
The Many

In September, the ICRC began its annual seed distribution programme for some 120,000 families on the Angolan Planalto. The delegation continued to keep the food situation there under close observation and distributed food where necessary. The many nutritional surveys carried out on the Planalto showed an alarming rise in the rate of malnutrition.

scholarly journals Unveiling barriers to sustainable public procurement in emerging economies: Evidence from a leading sustainable supply chain initiative in Latin America

2018 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 70-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Delmonico ◽  
Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour ◽  
Susana Carla Farias Pereira ◽  
Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour ◽  
Douglas William Scott Renwick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain

Exploring Emerging Latin America: Implications for German Companies Using Spain as a Springboard Country

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 993-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Subhash Prabhudesai ◽  
Ch V V S N V Prasad ◽  
Boon Chuan Ang
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Cultural Bridge ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Direct Market

This article seeks to determine the means by which European companies can make use of Latin European countries as a springboard to emerging markets in Latin America. For the sake of this study, Germany and Spain were used as the European and springboard countries, respectively. Cultural issues experienced by German companies in Asia have made it imperative for them to explore alternative emerging economies, such as Latin American countries. However, Latin America represents an equally risky opportunity through direct market entry owing to the cultural gap across the two regions. Given the interactions between members of the European Union and the cultural similarities between Spain and Latin America, the hypothesis of former being a cultural bridge was tested. The qualitative and quantitative cultural parameters across Germany, Spain and Latin America were compared and results showed that Spanish cultural experience can bridge the German–Latin American cultural gap.

scholarly journals Relations between China and Latin America: Inter-regionalism beyond the Triad

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-402
Author(s):  
Bernadett Lehoczki
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
The World

Inter-regionalism refers to regular forms of cooperation between regions or actors from different regions and is a result of the parallel phenomena of globalization and regionalism. Inter-regional links are rapidly developing all around the world and form a new level of global governance. Though originally inter-regionalism typically connected the actors of the so-called Triad, today emerging economies and developing regions are more active and visible participants of inter-regional cooperation. The article examines the perspectives and limitations of inter-regional relations between China and Latin America as a new dimension of deepening Sino—Latin American relations.

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