scholarly journals ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ХАКАТОН-ЕКОСИСТЕМИ ДЛЯ ФОРСАЙТУ ЗАЙНЯТОСТІ МОЛОДІ: МАСШТАБИ, СТРУКТУРА ТА ФУНКЦІЇ

2022 ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Liudmyla M. Hanushchak-Yefimenko ◽  
Svitlana I. Arabuli ◽  
Rafał Rębilas
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Secondary Employment

This article is an attempt to explore the opportunities of using the Hackathon ecosystem tools to perform a quality forecasting of a wide range of youth employment issues. It is observed that despite vast experience of psychological training in higher education institutions based on the transformation of self-awareness, shaping professional perceptions related to changes in professional knowledge of professional occupation as it is, its object, professional community, etc., modern University realia lack targeted management efforts towards developing job-related skills as well as comprehensive assessment of their changing trends in the process of professional enhancement of students’ self-consciousness. At best, specific good practice of individual specialists is used, often without its interpretation by teachers and psychologists and beyond the scope of systemic analysis of the research issues. All this challenges an impetus to further studies on developing professional self-awareness of future specialists and encourages active implementation of the Hackathon ecosystem tools to render a foresight on youth secondary employment and self-employment at the level of University as well as in a regional setting. To attain the research agenda, the study employed the following general and special research methods: a system analysis method, an analytical grouping technique, comparative analysis, and dynamic and graph series construction. To summarise the research outcomes and to prepare a proposal draft on the opportunities to use the Hackathon ecosystem for offering a foresight on youth secondary employment and self-employment, the methods of abstract logical analysis and content analysis were used. Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design was chosen as the basis for this study. A questionnaire was chosen as a method of sociological research on student secondary employment. As a research toolkit, two questionnaires were developed: for students and for graduates. The study suggests using the Hackathon ecosystem to perform a foresight on student secondary employment and self-employment as a model to promote professional socialization of Ukrainian youth. According to the research findings, it is argued that there are three trajectories of student secondary employment: spontaneously formed (a good high paying job offered by chance), planned (targeted search for secondary employment according to the study major to gain professional competencies and work experience) and forced (employment to improve or maintain financial and economic well-being, usually beyond the education profile). An emphasis is put that secondary employment for Ukrainian students is not only the way to gain work experience and an extra pay opportunity but also an instrument of student professionalization. It is concluded that the terms and nature of secondary employment affect the professionalization effectiveness where gaining work experience, building professional contacts and employment prospects after graduation are viewed as a benefit for a wider student youth involvement in secondary employment.

scholarly journals Music, Brain and Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Ante L. Padjen
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Music Perception ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Individual

Music, like language, is a uniquely human experience, ubiquitous across human cultures and across the human life span.Musical capacity appears early in evolution and it seems to be innate to most of the human population. Neurobiological studies of music perception and music performance profoundly affect the brain, in an acute and chronic way, by modulating networks involved in cognition, sensation, emotion, reward, and movement corresponding to the empirical findings why people listen to music: pleasure, self-awareness, social relatedness, and arousal and mood regulation.Most intriguing is “salutogenic” effect of musical activities, such as instrumental and choral “musicking” (particularly in non-professional musicians), both on the individual level and in populations. Musical training can promote the development of non-musical skills as diverse as language development, attention, visuospatial perception, and executive functions.Music is also a prophylactic resource, it improves the bonding of mother and child. There is a wide range of therapeutic domains and disorders where musical interventions improve the outcome. As an example, familiar music has an exceptional ability to elicit memories, movements, motivation and positive emotions from adults affected by dementia.Considering that one of the most important problems in biomedicine is “understanding what is to be human” then “music should be an essential part of this pursuit” – of an understanding of the whole person. Despite evidence of significant effects of music on health and well-being - music is not well present in current re-humanization of medicine 

scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL-EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AS THE CRITERIA OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS PARTICIPATION IN THE CAPITAL REGION OF UKRAINE: SOCIAL-GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Y. Oliinyk ◽  
Y. Pereguda
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Us Dollar

The article reveals the identification problems of the middle class in Ukraine, on the example of the capital’s macro-district. It shows that scientific approaches applied in foreign scientific schools cannot be used in Ukrainian conditions because of a number of reasons. In particular, the low level of income in the country as a whole caused a decline in the acceptable level of income. That is, the sense of the term “middle class” in Ukrainian conditions has a completely different context. On the other hand, the Ukrainian national currency has a larger purchasing power, than us dollar has, for example. Therefore, one cannot directly compare the incomes of Ukrainian citizens and the incomes of residents of economically developed countries. In addition, due to the specific nature of the methodological base of Ukrainian state statistics, the state does not collect data on the middle class. Consequently, the identification of the middle class in Ukrainian conditions is an important practical and scientific problem. One of the approaches that make it possible to circumvent these contradictions is the subjective method, that is, the carrying out of sociological research. The authors of the article present the data of such an investigation, which was made within the frontiers of the Metropolitan macro-district. As a result, the authors found the vocational and educational level is one of the determining factors, which in the public perception should be attributed to the middle class. Because of the survey, it was established that property criteria, after all, are decisive in identifying the middle class. At the same time, the level of education and profession is important as the level of income. This allows us to conclude that public opinion in Ukraine identifies the middle class not only as a group of people with a certain level of income but also as a community with high levels of education and self-awareness. For the capital’s macro-district of Ukraine, its own characteristics of the middle class have few characteristics. Although the income level of the population in this macro-region is the highest, the criteria for identifying the middle class are also high. It is significant that the understanding of the middle class in Ukrainian society has its own specifics. For the Ukrainian class is not required the availability of their own housing or their own car. The level of well-being measured as a whole by the level of income that the household receives.

scholarly journals Health in the Perception of Russians and Real Medical Practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
AN Pokida ◽  
NV Zybunovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Effect ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Access To Medical Care

Introduction. Maintaining and strengthening health of the population is a priority national task. Currently, this problem, in the context of changing social reality associated with the pandemic of COVID-19, is gaining special relevance. Previous studies have demonstrated that lifestyle and concern with own health have a major impact on human health status. The objective of our study was to analyze self-rated health status of Russian people and their attitude to health issues, including practical attitude to medical care and self-medication. Methods. The article is based on the results of a sociological research of behavioral practices of the population within self-preservation behavior. The main source of empirical information was the all-Russian sociological survey of the population representing various socio-demographic groups. Results. The study reveals an increase in the positive perception of own health by the population over the past two decades. At the same time, citizens suffer from a wide range of diseases naturally affecting their self-rated health status. The situation is further aggravated by unfavorable social and psychological well-being caused, inter alia, by the pandemic and related challenges. Despite an increasing demand for qualified medical care for diseases, self-medication remains widespread and may have a negative health effect attributed to the uncontrolled drug use practiced by the respondents. Health maintenance practices of the population are largely related to the income and the lack of subspecialists, especially in rural or remote areas. Conclusions. Our findings demonstrate the need to improve access to medical care and medical literacy of citizens and to expand incentives for self-preservation and health promotion.

Essential employable skill sets in management graduates for finance job roles in India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shruti Srinivasan ◽  
Ravikumar Thangaraj
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Change Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Roles

PurposeThere has been an increase in the number of highly qualified management graduates specialized in finance from various esteemed universities in India, thus increasing the competition for finance job roles in the country. This, therefore, brings in the need for the employees or the prospective candidates to mold their soft skills so as to make them desirable by the companies and hence employable. The purpose of this paper is to provide a list of skills required by management graduates to become employable for finance job roles from the perspective of corporate executives. This list will enable prospective candidates to prepare themselves for a career in the field of finance.Design/methodology/approachThe research was carried out through the collection of data from 117 finance professionals with a minimum work experience of 5 years with the help of structured questionnaires. This was then analyzed through factor analysis and the list of 15 factors was obtained.FindingsA list of 15 essential factors was obtained through the analysis of the data. The essential skills included empathetic and judicious behavior, professional etiquette and employee well-being, ethical behavior, conflict management, change analysis and prediction; practicality and organizational presence of mind; social and moral presence of mind; self-confidence and effective written communication; effective interpersonal communication and employee value systems; responsibility and self-awareness; problem diagnosis and problem-solving; real-time work and activity experience; professional development and advancement; technology rationalization and effective information generation. The findings also included that a candidate should be able to effectively present crucial information and should possess practical advisory skills.Originality/valueThe study will be highly beneficial for management graduates who have specialized in finance to secure finance job roles in India. This paper will enable the students to prepare themselves in the essential soft skills required for these job roles apart from technical knowledge and hard skills.

scholarly journals Job search by the graduates of Moscow universities: Motivation and claims

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-469
Author(s):  
T. N. Yudina ◽  
Yu. N. Mazaev ◽  
A. V. Kirillov
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Conditions Of Employment

The article presents the results of the sociological research conducted in the framework of the Federal project “Personnel Potential”, which aimed at assessing the factors and conditions of employment of the graduates of Moscow universities. The relevance of this study is determined by the fact that every year, after graduation from higher educational institutions, the labor market has too much of the supply of highly skilled labor usually without work experience. The study of motivation that determines the search and choice of jobs by contemporary graduates, of their claims to the content and payment of their work, of their readiness for professional mobility can help to take necessary measures to reduce this problem. The article is based on the data of the research focused on girls who study or have recently graduated from Moscow universities. The results of the survey show that the choice of place of work is determined by a set of subjective and objective factors: future wages, career opportunities, prospects for professional and personal growth, and stability of the company. The authors identified three groups of factors that play a major, secondary and minor role in the girls’ choice of place to work. Salary is the leading motive of employment: the claims for high payment are typical for students and young professionals in the fields of natural sciences, information-mathematical and technical sciences, to a lesser extent - for representatives of humanities, culture and art. The empirical data proved the hypothesis that students of all educational profiles are ready to achieve financial well-being through labor migration.

scholarly journals Therapeutic inertia of the Diabetologist: from the clinical algorithm to the mental algorithm. DIADEMA-AMD project

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Pellegrini, M.A.
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Type 2 Diabetic Patients ◽  
Therapeutic Inertia ◽  
Change Communication ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Patient Resistance

Several type 2 diabetic patients never reach the recommended metabolic goals because the proper therapy is not prescribed or modified. The problem is known as “therapeutic inertia.” In the literature, there is a wide range of available methodologies suited to analyze the problem. Almost in all instances, however, this problem is attributed to external factors – organizational issues, time constraints, financial restrictions and patient resistance – while the diabetologist’s mental process, well-being and emotions are often ignored. Acknowledging the issue is the first step to overcome the impasse of therapeutic inertia. Often diabetologists lack self-awareness of their own mistakes. The goal of the Diadema project is to analyze and understand the processes that are responsible for the actions and facilitate a real change. KEY WORDS therapeutic inertia; emotions; change; communication; relationship; awareness

scholarly journals Secondary Employment and Self-Employment of Higher Education Students: The Scale, Structure and Functions (the Case Study of the Republic of Mordovia)

REGIONOLOGY ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-800
Author(s):  
Natalya P. Kasatkina ◽  
Natalya V. Shumkova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Secondary Employment ◽  
The Republic

Introduction. Studying the issues of secondary employment of higher education students, which is a factor in the youth integration into the social and professional structure of society and in the extended reproduction of its human capital, is of particular relevance in the context of the prospects for transformation of the social space of the modern labor market. The processes of differentiation, flexibilization, and expansion of non-standard forms of employment focus on studying the features of the structure of secondary employment of students in terms of identifying self-employment practices as a way of implementing creative and entrepreneurial activities of the youth. Materials and Methods. The materials of the author pilot focus group study and the data from a sociological survey conducted among final-year students of institutions of higher education in the Republic of Mordovia were used. To carry out an analysis, the methods of calculating the indicators of descriptive statistics, of assessing connections between variables, as well as that of multivariate statistical analysis were employed. Results. It has been shown that secondary employment of senior undergraduate students of institutions of higher education in the Republic of Mordovia is a common practice. The employment of students is mainly localized in the private sector and is not predominantly related to the profession the institution of higher education trains students for. Self-employment makes up a significant proportion (nearly 25 % of secondary employment. The segment of student self-employment is associated with the provision of a wide range of services, freelance and tutoring being the most popular ones. Self-employment practices are structured by type of activity, depending on gender, as well as on the novelty (or traditional nature) of the work done. Discussion and Conclusion. Self-employment contributes to students’ adaptation to and integration into the labor market and is a factor in stimulating the migration attitudes of young people and instability of vocational orientations. The practical significance of the research consists in the possibility of using its results by the authorities of the Republic of Mordovia when developing the regional youth policy and state programs in labor and employment, and when optimizing the human resources policies of organizations and agencies.

scholarly journals Work Orientations, Well-Being and Job Content of Self-Employed and Employed Professionals

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Warr ◽  
Ilke Inceoglu
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Orientation ◽  
Job Engagement ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Mental Well Being

Drawing on psychology-derived theories and methods, a questionnaire survey compared principal kinds of work orientation, job content and mental well-being between self-employed and organisationally employed professional workers. Self-employment was found to be particularly associated with energised well-being in the form of job engagement. The presence in self-employment of greater challenge, such as an enhanced requirement for personal innovation, accounted statistically for self-employed professionals’ greater job engagement, and self-employed professionals more strongly valued personal challenge than did professionals employed in an organisation. However, no between-role differences occurred in respect of supportive job features such as having a comfortable workplace. Differences in well-being, job content and work orientations were found primarily in comparison between self-employees and organisational non-managers. The study emphasises the need to distinguish conceptually and empirically between different forms of work orientation, job content and well-being, and points to the value of incorporating psychological thinking in some sociological research.

Scanning tunneling microscopy of polymers: A status report

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 330-331
Author(s):  
P.E. Russell ◽  
I.H. Musselman
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Wide Range

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has evolved rapidly in the past few years. Major developments have occurred in instrumentation, theory, and in a wide range of applications. In this paper, an overview of the application of STM and related techniques to polymers will be given, followed by a discussion of current research issues and prospects for future developments. The application of STM to polymers can be conveniently divided into the following subject areas: atomic scale imaging of uncoated polymer structures; topographic imaging and metrology of man-made polymer structures; and modification of polymer structures. Since many polymers are poor electrical conductors and hence unsuitable for use as a tunneling electrode, the related atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique which is capable of imaging both conductors and insulators has also been applied to polymers.The STM is well known for its high resolution capabilities in the x, y and z axes (Å in x andy and sub-Å in z). In addition to high resolution capabilities, the STM technique provides true three dimensional information in the constant current mode. In this mode, the STM tip is held at a fixed tunneling current (and a fixed bias voltage) and hence a fixed height above the sample surface while scanning across the sample surface.

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