Life course – paradigm shift – quality of life. At the meeting point of social sciences and management
Life course – paradigm shift – quality of life. At the meeting point of social sciences and management

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the concept of combining the theoretical studies and the results of surveys conducted so far on the following subjects: life course, life quality and managing one’s own life (self-management) utilizing the longitudinal analysis methodology. An original approach is to analyze the topic of life quality management in life course using the historical experience of life course studies in social sciences. In order to illustrate the original concept and translate it to empirical studies and analyses, we used the example of professional burnout identification. The first two parts of this paper present the history and achievements of life course studies and the changes of paradigms in sociology and demography. The third part presents issues of the anatomy of a life course and life quality, as well as the arguments for combining these two research domains. The fourth part presents the deliberations on life the management quality of life in life course, along with a presentation of a possible study on identifying the risk of professional burnout. The fifth and the final part presents methods and models of analysis, which can be used in the life quality management in life course studies.

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