Spoprijemanje z izgubo zaposlitve po 40 letu starosti

Žagar, Tea (author), Poljšak Škraban, Olga (mentor)

Delo obravnava pojav brezposelnosti pri osebah, starejših od 40 let. Gre za izredno ranljivo skupino na trgu dela, ki se z izgubo zaposlitve ter njenimi posledicami še posebno težko spoprijema. Ljudje smo si različni, zato so različne tudi reakcije na izgubo dela, v vsakem primeru pa je izguba zaposlitve ali brezposelnost večdimenzionalen pojav in izjemno stresen dogodek, ki vpliva na vsa področja posameznikovega življenja ter tudi na njegove bližnje. V današnji družbi predstavlja zaposlitev osrednji del vsakdanjega življenja ter zagotavlja posamezniku status, prestiž, identiteto, finančno neodvisnost ter socialno vključenost. V delu bom raziskala, s katerimi posledicami izgube zaposlitve se spoprijemajo starejši brezposelni in katere strategije spoprijemanja uporabljajo pri tem. Starejši brezposelni so namreč v že tako stresni situaciji še dodatno ogroženi zaradi pojava starostne diskriminacije oziroma ageizma na trgu dela ter s tem povezane dolgotrajne brezposelnosti. Empirični del sloni na kvalitativni raziskavi, v katero sem vključila pet oseb, starejših od 40 let, ki imajo status brezposelnosti vsaj eno leto. Zanimalo me je, kakšne izkušnje imajo te osebe z izgubo zaposlitve in kako je potekalo njihovo življenje po tem dogodku. Ob tem sem se osredotočila na različne posledice, povezane z izgubo zaposlitve, in spremembe na življenjskih področjih. Zanimalo me je tudi, katere strategije spoprijemanja so te osebe uporabile v omenjeni stresni situaciji. Podatke sem zbrala s pomočjo polstrukturiranih intervjujev, ki sem jih analizirala po kvalitativni metodi in jih povzela v utemeljeni teoriji. Ugotovila sem, da so vsi intervjuvanci brezposelnost doživeli kot negativen, stresen dogodek, ki je povzročil spremembe na vseh njihovih življenjskih področjih (materialnem, psihičnem, socialnem in zdravstvenem stanju). Se pa med intervjuvanci razlikujejo načini spoprijemanja z brezposelnostjo; le-ti so odvisni od različnih individualnih dejavnikov, kot so starost, spol, okoliščine brezposelnosti, osebnostne značilnosti, viri podpore in oteževalni dejavniki.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: brezposelnost
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2016
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-84891
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11140425
• Publication date in RUL: 09.09.2016

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Coping with job loss after the age of 40

Abstract

The thesis deals with the phenomenon of unemployment among persons older than 40 years. This is an extremely vulnerable group in the labor market, which reckons with the loss of employment and its consequences in a particularly difficult way. We are different and therefore also reactions to the loss of a job are different, however, the loss of employment or unemployment is a multidimensional phenomenon and extremely stressful event that affects all areas of one's life as well as his loved ones. In today's society employment represents a central part of everyday life and provides individual status, prestige, identity, financial independence and social inclusion. In the thesis I will explore what are the consequences of loss of employment among older unemployed persons and what strategies of copying with the situation they use. Older unemployed are already in stressful situation even more compromised due to the occurrence of age discrimination and ageism in the labor market and with this related long-term unemployment. The empirical part is based on qualitative research, in which I included five persons older than 40 years who have unemployment status of at least one year. I was wondering what experience these persons with the loss of employment and how they live after the event. At the same time I focused on the different consequences associated with the loss of employment, and changes in living areas. I was also interested what strategies of copying with the stressful situation these people used. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, which I have analyzed by using the qualitative methods and summarized in a reasonable theory. I have found out that all the respondents experienced unemployment as a negative, stressful event that caused changes in all areas of their lives (material, psychological, social and health status of individuals). However, there are differences among the interviewees of dealing with unemployment; they depend on various individual factors such as age, sex, conditions, of unemployment, personality characteristics, sources of support and aggravating factors.

• Keywords: unemployment