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Conditions necessary to maintain work-life balance of employees - in the light of the research results

Summary The article presents the results of research concerning worklife balance of employees of enterprises located in lubuskie voivodeship. The working conditions provided by employers were analyzed. The authors of research checked whether they favor, according to the respondents, the homeostasis between work and private life. The results showed some deficits in this area. This led to reflection on the potential remedial actions which can be applied in the organization, such as a policy of „family friendly employment”. Streszczenie W artykule zaprezentowano wyniki badań dotyczących równowagi między pracą zawodową a życiem prywatnym pracowników lubuskich przedsiębiorstw. Szczegółowej analizie poddano warunki pracy zapewnione przez pracodawców. Sprawdzono, czy sprzyjają one, w ocenie respondentów, zachowaniu homeostazy między pracą a życiem pozazawodowym. Uzyskane rezultaty badań ujawniły pewne deficyty w tym zakresie. Skłoniło to do refleksji nad potencjalnymi środkami zaradczymi, np. wprowadzeniem w organizacji polityki „zatrudniania przyjaznego rodzinie”.

Corporate core values and professional values of Generation Y from the perspective of the effectiveness of ethics programs

Summary In order for a business activity to be ethical, one needs ethical employees. Nevertheless, the ongoing generational change leads to the situation in which the values and the resulting standards of ethical behavior that have been thus far embraced in the workplace may no longer be unacceptable or respected by young people that enter the labor market. The article sets out to answer the following questions: what place do core values occupy in ethics programs of businesses; is there any relationship between them and the professional values of employees; why take into account individual preferences of organization members in terms of value when developing the agenda of corporate values. An important point of the discussion has become the values shared by those entering the labor market (the so-called Generation Y, or millennials) and the differences in this regard between them and the employees who have been pursuing their professional careers for years now (Generation X).