"The article tries to answer the question empirically, whether and under which conditions the key competencies 'acting autonomously' and 'interacting in socially heterogeneous groups' as well as some forms of motivation and forms of the self concept can be improved by university courses, which...

"The life-span model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) provides a valuable theoretical framework for understanding organizational behaviour related to coping with age-related changes. Although previous research has demonstrated that SOC strategies at work contribute positively...