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generation 'Z' as future doctors -results of research among final year students at medical universities in Poland. Ann Agric Environ Med.

Ergonomic principles in production assembly and manufacturing operations have become an essential part of comprehensive health and safety innovations. We aim to provide new insights into occupational health and safety innovations and how they utilise biomechanical methods and cutting-edge motion capture technology by assessing movements at a workplace. The practical goal is to quantify a connection between work exposure and ergonomic risk measures to determine biomechanical risk factors of diseases or health-related disorders objectively. The target group consisted of 62 factory employees working in manufacturing (26 participants on 12 devices) or assembly areas (36 participants on 9 devices). Body posture, body parts position, movements, energy cost and workloads were assessed using an inertial motion capture (MC) system. MC technology accurately assesses the operator’s movements. The proposed methodology could complement ergonomic procedures in the design of workstations, which is the added value of the motion capture technology for occupational health and safety innovations.

Purpose:The article aims to recognize the meaning of professional work and work values which are particularly important to second year students of master's studies of the University of Economics and Business in Wroclaw who are representatives of Generation Z. Design/Methodology/Approach: The investigation involved the revision of relevant literature and conducting own research. The presented goal and research questions implied the need to select appropriate methods, techniques and research tools. The authors conducted their research using a questionnaire, which contained closed questions in the form of a disjunctive cafeteria with a 4-point scale. The questionnaire was followed by metric, enabling the socio-demographic characteristics of the studied population. Then, as part of the adopted research methodology, the data analysis method was used. Due to the nominal nature of the variables, frequency and percentage statistics were used in the statistical study. The empirical part is based on the survey results conducted in the first quarter of 2020 on 271 representatives. Findings: Definitely the described generation significantly differs from other generations in the labor market. Generation Z understands the role and importance of work in their lives in a completely different way, rather instrumental than autotelic. The research also provides that the Gen Z value system is based on striving to realize oneself, not necessarily in the work environment, but within the framework of their passions and interests. The findings should help Polish companies, leaders to understand Generation Z. Originality/Value: The research results shall contribute to the debate on what kind of employees the young people from Generation Z shall become and whether and how they shall differ from representatives of previous generations. It is difficult to evaluate the characteristics of the Generation Z representatives as they are just entering the labor market. Managers, however, need this knowledge to best prepare for their entering of the work environment.