Young Romanians’ Transition from School to Work in a Path Dependence Context

Istrate, Marinela; Horea-Serban, Raluca; Muntele, Ionel

doi:10.3390/su11051254

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“…However, these actions also influenced public opinion, as Romanian expatriates were blamed and vilified for spreading COVID-19 ( 18 ). In response to this, messages targeted at both the local population and returning citizens were delivered by government authorities and public personalities, including religious figures ( 19 , 20 ). These actions not only informed the public about the COVID-19 epidemic, but also limited the stigmatization of returning expatriates.…”

Section: Returning Citizens and The Importation Of Covid-19 Cases Intmentioning

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The Successes and Failures of the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Romania

Dascalu

2020

Front. Public Health

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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world varied in the strength and timeliness of their responses. In Romania, specific challenges were faced with regards to managing the spread and limiting the impact of the disease, ranging from healthcare infrastructure to demographic and sociocultural aspects. As the country has a sizeable diaspora, major difficulties were faced when large numbers of individuals from highly affected areas returned to Romania. However, the fast implementation of control measures successfully averted a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases. This delayed the overburdening of an already challenged healthcare system during the initial phases of the epidemic. Furthermore, early control was facilitated by the exploitation of communication channels that penetrated all layers of society, from ordinary citizens to governmental authorities and high-ranking religious figures. The management of the COVID-19 crisis in Romania illustrates the importance of a fast initial response which takes into account the role played by sociocultural aspects in the context of an epidemic. As the challenges faced by Romania are not unique, these results could inform future public health strategies worldwide.

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Section: Returning Citizens and The Importation Of Covid-19 Cases Intmentioning

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The Successes and Failures of the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Romania

Dascalu

2020

Front. Public Health

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“…It is important to respect age diversity beside other factors when pursuing the dismissal and the need to provide outplacement. As the level of an employee qualification increases with age, the rate of unemployment has been shown to be related to age and associated qualifications, thus decreasing with age [89]. Experience confirmed that employees participating in outplacement can find a new job faster [81,82].…”

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Perceived Serviceability of Outplacement Programs as a Part of Sustainable Human Resource Management

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Work and employment are important elements of every working person's life. If an employee loses his or her job, he or she loses an important and determining part of his or her life. To reduce the negative effects that affect the quality of an employee's life, outplacement programs were established as a part of sustainable human resource management. Sustainable human resource management emphasises the importance of employee care. Outplacement, for its part, includes support for employees at their last stage in the organization. The main aims of the paper are to present the research results focused on the perceived usefulness of outplacement programs for dismissed employees, to analyse the relationships between the emotions felt by redundancies and other employees as well as the comparison of differences in emotions felt by different generations of dismissed employees. A valid collection tool (research questionnaire) was developed for research purposes and distributed to employees of industrial enterprises in the Slovak Republic. Overall, the research set was composed of n = 692 employees from different generational groups. The research results proved the existence of a relationships between the emotions felt by redundancies and other employees and differences in emotions felt by employees from different generational groups.Sustainability 2019, 11, 4748 2 of 21 knowledge about the environmental, social, and economic strengths and weaknesses of enterprise for managers [2,3] for supporting decision-making [4][5][6]. The need for corporate social responsibility has become more pronounced in recent years, and companies have committed themselves to promoting non-economic social values [7]. The importance of corporate social responsibility on enterprise performance can be confirmed [8][9][10][11][12] with emphasis on the fact that the enterprise is confronted not only with economic problems but increasingly also with environmental and social ones [13][14][15][16][17]. Executives understand that corporate social responsibility is beneficial for businesses in relation to employees, whether present or attracting future ones [18,19]. There are various opportunities for enterprises to engage and contribute to local communities. Some enterprises, therefore, have separate units that manage their social commitment [20,21]. Social corporate responsibility does not mean only to focus in the broader sense on work issues. What is also important is commitment to social responsibility at a local level. It can be demonstrated as commitment to employees, currently as well as ex-employees, prospective employees and surrounding communities.The enterprise itself benefits from the implementation of socially responsible initiatives. Corporate social responsibility activities influence not only how the employees are identified with the enterprise, but also their attitudes and behaviour [22] and thus performance.Employees view favourable or unfavourable treatment from the enterprise management as an expression of how management of the enterpri...

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“…I. Cuza, Romania) focus on "Young Romanians' Transition from School to Work in a Path Dependence Context". This study analyses this issue in Romania, in a context in which, "from the inflexible educational system of the totalitarian regime, when all graduates from different levels of education immediately received a job (to avoid unemployment-a phenomenon that the communist authorities did not tolerate), there was a transition to an educational system marked by frequent structural and methodological changes and by an increasing gap between the educational offer and the real necessities of the labor market" [13] (p. 1). Furthermore, the authors argue that "in the light of the Sociology of Education, the difficulties met by the new generations that enter the labor market after following a previously established educational model, often intended to be changed according to European sociological principles, but with deeply rooted mentalities and structure, actually difficult to alter" [13] (p. 1).…”

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“…This study analyses this issue in Romania, in a context in which, "from the inflexible educational system of the totalitarian regime, when all graduates from different levels of education immediately received a job (to avoid unemployment-a phenomenon that the communist authorities did not tolerate), there was a transition to an educational system marked by frequent structural and methodological changes and by an increasing gap between the educational offer and the real necessities of the labor market" [13] (p. 1). Furthermore, the authors argue that "in the light of the Sociology of Education, the difficulties met by the new generations that enter the labor market after following a previously established educational model, often intended to be changed according to European sociological principles, but with deeply rooted mentalities and structure, actually difficult to alter" [13] (p. 1). This paper concludes that, "when evaluating the results of this study in the context of the Sociology of Education and sustainable development, it can be noticed that the previously established educational model, along the evolution of contemporary Romania, still plays a major role, with the mentalities and structure of the educational system being difficult to change.…”

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“…However, following the results and progress of other central and eastern European countries, it can be noticed that the changes and increasing adaptability of the labor market can be achieved through sustainable education, by creating a durable link between education and economic development policies. A future-oriented education system has to promote values, attitudes, and behavioral patterns suitable for a reality in which both the principles of the Sociology of Education and sustainable development can be found" [13] (p. 18).…”

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Sociology of Education for a Sustainable Future

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2019

Sustainability

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The Special Issue of the journal Sustainability—The importance of Sociology of Education for a sustainable future, aims to offer a contribution to the deepening of the relationship between the Sociology of Education and sustainability. There are seven published papers that, to a greater or lesser degree, problematize this relationship. This editorial presents this Special Issue, the published papers, contextualising this topic in contemporary science, concluding that this potential has room to be fully developed.

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Young Romanians’ Transition from School to Work in a Path Dependence Context

Cited by 8 publications

References 42 publications

The Successes and Failures of the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Romania

The Successes and Failures of the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Romania

Perceived Serviceability of Outplacement Programs as a Part of Sustainable Human Resource Management

Sociology of Education for a Sustainable Future

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