Objective and subjective work characteristics and their
relation to successful development of adults in a society after
macrosocial transition

J 2018

Objective and subjective work characteristics and their relation to successful development of adults in a society after macrosocial transition

MILLOVÁ, Katarína and Marek BLATNÝ

Basic information

Original name

Objective and subjective work characteristics and their relation to successful development of adults in a society after macrosocial transition

Authors

MILLOVÁ, Katarína (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Marek BLATNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studia paedagogica, Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 1803-7437

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00103838

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2018-2-5

Keywords in English

generativity; longitudinal study; macrosocial transition; successful development; work domain

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this study was to explore how the objective and subjective characteristics of the work domain relate to generativity and stagnation, as indicators of successful psychosocial development. We focused on an age cohort whose work trajectory started during the important macrosocial changes Czech society underwent in the 1980s and 1990s. One hundred and fifty persons, of which 87 were women, participated in two ongoing longitudinal studies which commenced in 1956 (Prague) and 1961 (Brno). The work characteristics (job satisfaction, occupational status and stability of career line) were surveyed in 2011 (mean age 50.24, sd = 2.96) while generativity (generative concern, generative action) and stagnation were measured in 2016 (mean age 54.82; sd = 2.88). Participants’ job satisfaction and the occupational status of their current work functioning proved to be the best predictors of generative concern and stagnation. On the contrary, long-term oriented stability of the career line did not prove to be a significant predictor of generativity or stagnation. Our findings are discussed in the context of macrosocial changes that have occurred in Czech society and in the context of successful development.

Citovat

MILLOVÁ, Katarína and Marek BLATNÝ. Objective and subjective work characteristics and their relation to successful development of adults in a society after macrosocial transition. Studia paedagogica. Masarykova univerzita, 2018, vol. 23, No 2, p. 59-75. ISSN 1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2018-2-5.

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MILLOVÁ, Katarína and Marek BLATNÝ. Objective and subjective work characteristics and their relation to successful development of adults in a society after macrosocial transition. \textit{Studia paedagogica}. Masarykova univerzita, 2018, vol.~23, No~2, p.~59-75. ISSN~1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2018-2-5.

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