Browsing by Subject "työttömyys"
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(2015)The meaning of this research is to describe how growth mindset and fixed mindset are connected to unemployed adult learners' agency and how these mindsets occur in their narrations. The research problem and question layout in this research are based on Carol Dwecks theory of growth and fixed mindset and on Albert Banduras theory on self-efficacy. In these theories of growth and fixed mindset seem to affect learners actions in different life sectors. Earlier research findings have shown that growth mindset affect on the state of performance and develop in turn one's fixed mindset seem to lead to fail. Aim of this research was to find how either one mindset behind the action would occur in learners' narrations. Research was carried out qualitatively. The material was gathered using individual interview and was analyzed using content analysis. Ten interviewees that studied in a Liberal education institution where participated. Age distribution of the examinees varied between 33 and 58. Findings indicated that mindsets occurred when students described their agency. The following phenomenon's were found in analysis on growth mindset: self-developing, effort adoring and self-efficacy. Instead fear of failure, lack of self-efficacy and lack of effort were significant in narrations of fixed mindset. Self-efficacy and growth mindset occurred together. Mindsets were bound by the situation in different contexts and occurrences. Self-efficacy and growth mindset appeared often together.
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(2015)Previous studies show that personality can affect success at work. However, there have been relatively few prior studies on the relationship between success at work and certain personality traits, such as optimism and self-directedness. Current study examined the relationship between optimism, self-directedness and success at work in 3 to 10 years follow-up. Success at work was measured by unemployment status, income and occupational status. Women and men were analyzed separately as previous studies have reported gender differences in personality-success at work relationship. Furthermore, the results were examined after controlling the level of education. The hypothesis was that optimism and self-directedness would predict lower unemployment, higher income and higher occupational status. Participants were from the Young Finns study that began in 1980. There were in total 3596 participants aged 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 at the study baseline in 1980. In this current study 1576 participants (993 women, 583 men) were followed from 1997 to 2011 when they all were adults. Self-directedness was measured in 1997 and optimism in 2001. Unemployment and occupational status were reported in 2001, 2007 and 2011. Income was reported in 2007 and 2011. Results showed that optimism and self-directedness were associated with success at work. Low optimism predicted unemployment, especially in women. High optimism and high self-directedness predicted higher income and higher occupational status. However, the associations between self-directedness with income and occupational status weakened after the level of education was controlled. High optimism also predicted changes in income. When analyzing changes in income separately in women and men, the result was significant only in men. Thus it seems that optimism affects the career of an individual positively as optimists continuously find new opportunities to advance in their career and earn more money. In practice the results suggest to reflect that objective success at work might be improved by interventions that lead to improving skills in goal making and mindfulness.
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(2015)This Master's thesis addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by the aging and aged (45-64-year-olds), and offers suggestions for solutions for the situation in the Finnish labour market. The purpose of this thesis is to highlight and critically evaluate those paradoxes in the working life, in which political aims and societal actions do not seem to meet with the actual situation in the labour market. These paradoxes are related to the themes of extending the length of careers, labour shortage and ageism. In Finland the topic has been widely discussed in the public domain because of the changing labour market and the difficult economic situation first during the depression in the early 90's and now again after the recession between 2008 and 2009. The research data consists of columns published in the national newspaper Helsingin Sanomat from 2009 when the recession ended until the research was conducted in 2014. The method of analysis is qualitative content analysis. All of the research questions used in the analysis were data-oriented. Age-related challenges in the working life are scrutinised in the research through exploring working life systems, individual qualities and diversity in work communities. The suggestions for solutions are scrutinised from the perspectives of responsibility and tangible actions. The conclusions of this research suggest there are multiple problems and challenges related to the aging and the aged in the labour market in relation to recruiting and laying off employees, inflexibility of pension schemes and discriminatory attitudes. On the other hand, there are also positive connotation with mature age such as work and life experience, flexibility and loyalty towards an employer. The suggestions for improvements highlight joint responsibility of the situation shared by political leaders, employer and the aging themselves. The suggestions also emphasise the importance of more flexible solutions for the working life and eliminating ageism. Overall, eliminating ageism in the working life is an complex issue as there are so many parties involved, it is difficult to locate and the experiences of discrimination vary. In any case, examining all the contradictions and paradoxes related to age and the working life and taking them apart makes it easier to relate the challenges the aging population faces and their possibilities in the labour market. By doing this it is possible to affect the actual situation in the labour market.
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(2018)This study examines the agency of unemployed focused on its possibilities and limitations. In this research I also concentrate on what kind of an agency the society demands from unemployed and how it affects on life. The agency is explained to be an action, which takes form in certain structure, context and interaction. The research material has been gathered by interviewing ten persons, who were either unemployed at the moment or who have experienced long-term unemployment. This research shows that the agency of the unemployed has more limitations than possibilities. Most restrictions are connected with low income, especially among long-term unemployed people. There is always some concern about coping financially and the lack of money influenced almost all parts of daily life and before long caused other problems. Mental pressure effects on agency by weakening self-esteem and unsure future makes prospects hopeless. The opportunity is the more flexible daily schedule, which makes living leisured and gives a possibility to spend more time with family, friends and hobbies. However, the period of unemployment cannot be compared to holiday, because anxiety about getting a job is always present. As for demands of society the informants share the experience of being responsible for solving the problem alone without recognizing the fact that the reason of unemployment can be structural. Also, there is an indeterminate threat above unemployed; if one doesn´t show certain kind of activity, one is punished with sanction.
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(2021)Aims. This study aimed to find out how the factors limiting the agency of unemployed persons appear in the public service system and its threshold. In the study, the agency is approached through social capital and trust, participation and loneliness, and different forms of power, such as different ways of speaking. Unemployment is an issue in our society for which solutions have been looked for in recent years, for example, from the activation model and now, in turn, the local government pilots on employment. An unemployed person has been considered as a passive agent for whom a stiff public service system does not create a sufficient framework for success in employment. In this study, professionals working with unemployed persons have been interviewed for their views on the agency of unemployed persons in the public service system. Methods. The research material consisted of four semi-structured interviews with professionals from different backgrounds working in the public service system. At the time of the interview, the interviewees worked in different positions and organizations compared to each other. The qualitative analysis of the material was carried out material-based content analysis, in which the aim was to find equal meanings for the factors limiting agency. Results and conclusions. The social dimension in enabling the agency of an unemployed person was central, even a prerequisite. Therefore, with various forms of support, an individual would have access to resources, with the support of which s/he would have the opportunity to strive towards working life as an active agent. In the various factors limiting agency in the public service system, there appeared both not confronting the unemployed persons and consequently lack of appreciation. The results of the study emphasize the unemployed persons’ need to experience appreciation, which increases their own willingness to act and use the support available. When planning different employment services, the already characteristic stage of life of the unemployed person should be taken into account and offer the opportunity for service models that improve individual confrontation.
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