Provides guidance on ways and means to minimise the negative effects of working with visual display units. Includes selected examples of regulations, guidelines and collective agreements governing their use.

"The study of the future consequence of sociological developments for firms requires knowledge of how firms are currently dealing with the age structures of their workforce. As a rule not just individual groups (e.g. only older workers ) are being observed today, but rather combinations of all...

"The study of the future consequence of sociological developments for firms requires knowledge of how firms are currently dealing with the age structures of their workforce. As a rule not just individual groups (e.g. only older workers ) are being observed today, but rather combinations of all...

In this paper the author present an image of the human resources practices used in the Romanian companies. In this way, we conducted a study regarding human resources management practices in the Romanian companies, on 150 organizations from different fields. The main objective of the study was...

"Mit der günstigen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung hat auch die Diskussion um den Fachkräftebedarf wieder an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dieser wird in dem Bericht aus betrieblicher Perspektive genauer untersucht. Grundlage dafür bilden die Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt bei...

Vor dem Hintergrund der anhaltenden Internationalisierungsstrategien in den Automobil- und Zulieferindustrieunternehmen entsteht ein Wandel in der unmittelbaren Umwelt der Organisation, der die Prozesse des kollektiven und individuellen Lernens stark beschleunigt. Diese Veraenderungen erfordern...

"In this article we present the interdisciplinary, developmental and systemic approach to the study of work and aging that guides research at the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development (JCLL). We introduce basic principles of adult development including its plasticity,...