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The relationship between the congruence of professional interests and work environment with job satisfaction, turnover intention, and life satisfaction
No full textTeorija vokacijskih tipova i radnih okolina koju je postavio Holland jedna je od teorija koja je imala najveći utjecaj u području karijernog usmjeravanja. Prema toj teoriji odabir karijere je odraz ličnosti pojedinca na poslovni svijet. Pri tom razlikuje šest glavnih tipova ličnosti zajedno sa šest sukladnih okolina. Kongruentnost predstavlja glavni konstrukt u teoriji, a definira se kao stupanj slaganja između tipa ličnosti pojedinca i okoline u kojoj se on nalazi. Pojedinci teže okolinama koje su slične njihovim interesima te prema postavkama teorije u njima osjećaju veće zadovoljstvo, dok oni koji se nalaze u okolini različitoj od njihovih interesa teže promjeni. U ovom smo istraživanju na uzorku od 210 sudionika iz različitih sektora provjerili postoji li veza između kongruentnosti profesionalnih interesa i radne okoline sa zadovoljstvom poslom (generalnim i devet različitih faceta), namjerom napuštanja organizacije te generalnim životnim zadovoljstvom. U istraživanju je dobiven međuodnos interesa kakav je predviđen teorijom. Kako bi se zahvatio cijeli profil interesa, kongruentnost se računala metodom Euklidske distance, a statističkom obradom nije pronađena statistički značajna veza između kongruentnosti i ostalih istraživanih varijabli. Ograničenja u istraživanju odnose se primarno na metodu određivanja karakteristika radnog mjesta; ta operacionalizacija je temeljena na američkoj klasifikaciji, nazivima i kratkim opisima poslova sudionika te je pod utjecajem istraživača.Holland’s theory of vocational personalities and work environments is one of the theories that has had the greatest influence in the field of career guidance. It distinguishes six main personality types along with six compatible environments. Congruence is the main construct in the theory and is defined as the degree of agreement between an individual's personality type and the environment in which they find themselves. Individuals tend to seek environments that are similar to their interests and, according to the assumptions of the theory, feel greater satisfaction, while those who find themselves in an environment that is different from their interests seek change. In this study, we tested, on a sample of 210 participants from different sectors, whether there is a connection between the congruence of professional interests and the work environment with job satisfaction (general and nine different facets), turnover intention, and general life satisfaction. The research obtained the interrelationship of interests as predicted by the theory. Congruence was calculated using the Euclidean distance method, and statistical analysis did not find a statistically significant relationship between congruence and the other research variables. The limitations of the study relate primarily to the method of determining job characteristics; this operationalization is based on the American classification, the names and short descriptions of the participants' jobs, and is influenced by the researcher
Diplomski rad - Rock i urbana glazba u društveno-političkom kontekstu zemalja bivše Jugoslavije između 1980. i 2010. godine
No full textHow to Enhance Inhibition by Using Transcranial Current Stimulation: Is the Situation Beyond Executive Control?
No full textIzvršna se funkcija inhibicije odgovora izdvojila kao jedan od temeljnih čimbenika svakodnevnog funkcioniranja te se njeno narušeno djelovanje provlači kroz veći broj psihičkih poremećaja. Suvremene metode neinvazivne stimulacije strujom pokazuju potencijal za pospješivanje kognitivnih funkcija, kako u mladih i neurotipičnih, tako i u starijih i ranjivih populacija. Cilj je ovog istraživanja ispitati može li jedna sesija transkranijalne stimulacije izmjeničnom strujom (tACS) β frekvencije nad područjem desnog inferiornog frontalnog girusa (rIFG) pospješiti offline uradak u zadatku inhibicije odgovora. U zavisnom uzorku sudionika mlađe odrasle dobi (N=26), u kontrabalansiranom slijedu, primijenjeni su tACS i sham protokol te Stop-Signal zadatak (SST) i kontrolni zadatak implicitnog motoričkog učenja (sRTT). Glavni su učinci protokola stimulacije i redoslijeda zadavanja ostali neznačajni, dok se interakcija dvaju varijabli pokazala značajnom. Uspješnija se inhibicija odgovora očitovala samo u sham uvjetu kod sudionika koji su prvo prošli kroz tACS stimulaciju. Nije bilo razlike u izvedbi kontrolnog zadataka među uvjetima stimulacije i redoslijedima protokola. S obzirom na međusobno isključive postavke pri interpretaciji te interakcije, nije moguće donijeti konačni zaključak o utjecaju tACS-a na funkciju inhibicije odgovora. Ovo istraživanje, stoga, doprinosi svraćanju pozornosti k metodološkim aspektima, situacijskim čimbenicima i individualnim karakteristikama sudionika u ispitivanju učinkovitosti transkranijalne stimulacije strujom te obogaćuje fundus transparentne neuroznanosti.The executive function of response inhibition has been singled out as one of the fundamental aspects of everyday functioning with its impairments seen in a number of psychological disorders. Contemporary methods of non-invasive electrical stimulation show the potential to enhance cognitive functions, both in young and neurotypical, as well as in aging, and vulnerable populations. The aim of this study was to examine whether a single session of β-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) over the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) can improve offline performance in a response inhibition task. In a cross-over design with 26 young adults, tACS and sham protocol were administered in a counterbalanced sequence, with Stop-Signal Task (SST) as a response inhibition measure and implicit motor learning task (sRTT) as control task. The main effects of stimulation protocol and its order of administration remained insignificant, while the interaction of the two variables proved to be significant. More successful response inhibition was manifested only in the sham condition of participants who first experienced tACS stimulation. Performance in the control task did not differ between stimulation conditions or protocol order. Given the mutually exclusive assumptions in interpreting this interaction, it is not possible to draw a definitive conclusion about the impact of tACS on response inhibition. The present study, therefore, contributes to highlighting methodological aspects, situational factors, and individual differences in examining the effectiveness of transcranial current stimulation, and adds to the body of transparent neuroscience research
Attitudes of domestic workers toward foreign workers from non-European countries in Croatia
No full textHrvatska postaje sve ovisnija o stranim radnicima iz neeuropskih zemalja za nesmetano funkcioniranje gospodarstva. Kako njihov broj kontinuirano raste, važno je prikupiti što više informacija o stavovima hrvatske javnosti prema stranim radnicima. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati stavove hrvatskih radnika prema stranim radnicima iz neeuropskih zemalja, konkretnije iz Filipina, Nepala, Indije i Bangladeša; istražiti povezanost stavova s različitim sociodemografskim varijablama te ispitati razlike u stavovima s obzirom na razinu kontakta na radnom mjestu. Istraživanje je provedeno online, a sudjelovalo je 1077 domaćih radnika iz različitih dijelova Hrvatske. Rezultati su pokazali da su stavovi hrvatskih radnika u prosjeku neutralni, no uočena je polarizacija između izrazito pozitivnih i izrazito negativnih izraženih stavova. Utvrdili smo da su spol i dob statistički značajno povezani sa stavovima prema stranim radnicima, pri čemu žene iskazuju pozitivnije stavove od muškaraca, a stariji sudionici iskazuju pozitivnije stavove od mlađih, iako su te povezanosti niske. Razina obrazovanja nije se pokazala značajnim prediktorom. Analizom razlika s obzirom na razinu kontakta pokazali smo da sudionici koji na radnom mjestu imaju strane radnike, ali s njima ne surađuju, iskazuju negativnije stavove u odnosu na one koji sa stranim radnicima surađuju ili ih uopće nemaju na radnom mjestu. Dobiveni nalazi ukazuju na potrebu daljnjeg ispitivanja individualnih karakteristika relevantnih za oblikovanje stavova, kao i na važnost razvoja integracijskih programa.Croatia is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign workers from non-European countries for its economic functioning. As their numbers grow, it is important to gather information about the attitudes of the Croatian public toward foreign workers. The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of Croatian workers toward foreign workers from non-European countries, specifically Philippines, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh; to explore the relationship between these attitudes and various sociodemographic variables; and to examine differences in attitudes depending on the level of workplace contact. The study was conducted online and included 1,077 domestic workers from different parts of Croatia. The results showed that Croatian workers’ attitudes are, on average, neutral, but a polarization between highly positive and highly negative attitudes was observed. We found that gender and age are related to attitudes toward foreign workers, with women expressing more positive attitudes than men, and older participants expressing more positive attitudes than younger ones, although these correlations were weak. Education did not prove to be a significant predictor. Finally, participants who had foreign workers in the workplace but did not collaborate with them expressed more negative attitudes compared to those who worked with foreign workers or those who did not have them in the workplace at all. These findings point to the need for further examination of relevant individual characteristics, as well as the importance of developing integration programs
The Role of the Zagreb Popular Music Scene in the Creation of Croatian National Identity during the Croatian War of Independence
No full textTema ovoga diplomskog rada je uloga popularne glazbe zagrebačke scene u stvaranju hrvatskog nacionalnog identiteta tijekom Domovinskog rata u Republici Hrvatskoj. Cilj rada je rasčlaniti i usporediti terenski, arhivski i studijski prikupljeno ciljano gradivo te predočiti manifestiranje nacionalnog i nekih drugih kulturnih identiteta posredovanih popularnom glazbom, njezinim javnim manifestacijama i njezinom medijskom recepcijom. To će se metodološki nastojati potkrijepiti primjenom teorijskih razmatranja o kulturnim identitetima i temeljnim glazbenim pojmovima istaknutijih teoretičara od 90-ih godina 20. stoljeća do danas te primjenom
suvremenih etnoloških i vizualno-antropoloških postavki na gradivo terenski prikupljeno strukturiranim intervjuom i ekscerpirano iz relevantnih publikacija i medijskih tekstualnih, zvučnih i zvučno-slikovnih objava.The subject of this master's thesis is The role of the Zagreb popular music scene in the creation of Croatian national identity during the Croatian War of Independence. The aim of the work is to break up and compare the study material collected through field work, material from prior studies and archival material as well as present the manifestation of national and some other cultural identities mediated by popular music, its public manifestations and its media reception. Furthermore, an attempt will be made to methodologically substantiate this through theoretical considerations of cultural identities and fundamental musical concepts developed by prominent Croatian theorists from the 1990s to the present. This will also involve the application of contemporary Ethnological and visual-anthropological approaches to materials collected in the field through structured interviews, as well as material excerpted from relevant publications and media texts, audio, and audiovisual sources
Koncept beskonačnosti u matematici, lingvistici i filozofiji
No full textThis thesis investigates the concept of infinity from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating insights from philosophy, mathematics, and linguistics to explore how humans conceptualize the infinite. Infinity arises not merely as a potentiality, nor a formal mathematical entity, but as a cognitive construct and a linguistically expressible idea. The study shows how abstraction, perception, and intuition interact to support understanding, highlighting that children’s early cognitive engagement with potential infinity occurs naturally, even prior to formal instruction. The Basic Metaphor of Infinity illustrates how embodied experience facilitates comprehension, while mathematical Platonism and intuition enable reasoning about the counterintuitive properties of actual infinity. Language, through recursion, bridges subjective cognition and objective structures, enabling humans to generate theoretically unbounded expressions. By reviewing existing empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives, the thesis explores the potential of infinity as a multidimensional, layered construct, emphasizing the complementary roles of experience, intuition, and formal reasoning in developing a coherent understanding of infinite concepts
Spektakl suvremenog rata – praćenje rata u Ukrajini preko društvenih medija u Republici Hrvatskoj protokol intervjua prilog
No full textThe spectacle of contemporary war – following the Russo-Ukrainian war via social media in the Republic of Croatia
No full textRat u Ukrajini, koji je započeo 2014. godine ruskom aneksijom Krima i samoproglašenjem nezavisnosti područja Luganska i Donjecka, daljnje je eskalirao 24. veljače 2022. ruskom masovnom invazijom na Ukrajinu. Nakon eskalacije, veliku količinu sadržaja poput videa, slika, izvještaja i drugih primjera pratili su i dijelili mediji, pogotovo u digitalnim prostorima poput društvenih medija. Masovno konzumiranje, pristupačnost i dijeljenje takve vrste sadržaja primarno su omogućili izumi i razvoji u načinu konzumiranja i dijeljenja informacija poput društvenih medija, mobitela, interneta i uspona građanskog novinarstva. Cilj ovoga rada je razumjeti kako korisnici u Hrvatskoj, koji aktivno prate rat u Ukrajini preko društvenih medija, percipiraju i tumače taj rat. Želimo ispitati njihove navike praćenja rata u digitalnom prostoru, kako percipiraju zaraćene strane rata u Ukrajini, kako percipiraju način izvještavanja oko rata u Ukrajini u digitalnom prostoru i utvrditi percipiraju li rat u Ukrajini kao spektakl. U svrhu toga proveli smo polustrukturirane intervjue nad osam sudionika koji žive u Hrvatskoj, koji nisu medijski i vojni stručnjaci, koji prate rat u Ukrajini primarno preko digitalnih prostora i koji su počeli pratiti rat barem od početka spomenute invazije. Dobivanjem i analiziranjem odgovora utvrđeno je da većina sudionika rat u Ukrajini primarno prati preko društvenih medija, najčešće u obliku video sadržaja i od strane pojedinačnih korisnika koji rade i dijele sadržaj vezan uz rat u Ukrajini. Također, većina sudionika smatraju da je Rusija prikazana u značajno negativnijem svjetlu nego Ukrajina, da je rat prikazan na senzacionalan način i kao spektakl, kao neka vrsta velikog ili povijesnog događaja kroz narativ borbe između dobra i zla.The Russo-Ukrainian war began in 2014 with Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the self-declaration of independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. On February 24 2022, the war was escalated further by Russia’s mass invasion of Ukraine. Following the invasion, vast amounts of content (namely videos, pictures, reports, etc.) were being shared by the media. This was especially prominent across digital spaces like social media sites. The mass consumption, availability, and sharing of such content was primarily enabled by the advancement of the technology we use to consume and share information, such as social media, smartphones, the internet, as well as rise of citizen journalism. The main objective of this paper is to examine how users in Croatia, who actively follow the war in Ukraine through social media, perceive and interpret the conflict. We aim to examine their habits of following the war online, how they perceive the warring sides in the conflict, how they view the reporting on the war in Ukraine in the digital space, and whether they perceive the war as a spectacle. For this purpose, we have conducted semi-structured interviews with eight correspondents living in Croatia, who are not media or war experts, who have been following the Russo-Ukrainian war primarily via digital spaces, and who have been following the war since the beginning of the aforementioned invasion. The analysis of the responses indicates that the majority of participants primarily follow the war in Ukraine via social media, most commonly through video content produced and shared by individual users engaged in creating content related to the conflict. Furthermore, the majority of participants believe that Russia is portrayed in a significantly more negative light than Ukraine, and that the war is depicted in a sensationalized manner and as a spectacle—framed as a major or historical event through the narrative of a struggle between good and evil
Uvjerenja nastavnika engleskog jezika o poučavanju gramatike u osnovnim i srednjim školama Republike Hrvatske
No full textThis master’s thesis investigates Croatian EFL teachers’ beliefs about grammar instruction in primary and secondary schools, focusing on beliefs about grammar’s role in language learning, preferred teaching and assessment methods, and the impact of students’ Internet exposure on teaching decisions. While teachers’ beliefs on grammar instruction have been studied internationally, limited research exists within the Croatian context, particularly following the 2019 curricular reform that embraced Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) principles. The theoretical framework encompasses grammar instruction within CLT, different conceptualizations of grammar, and challenges posed by students’ exposure to English varieties online. Particular attention is given to the evolution of grammar instruction in Croatia from the 2006 to the 2019 curriculum. To contribute to the limited research on Croatian EFL teachers’ grammar instruction beliefs, this study used a mixed-methods approach to collect data from 89 Croatian EFL teachers through an online questionnaire combining Likert-scale items with open-ended questions. Findings revealed that teachers view grammar as essential but not dominant in language learning and show a strong preference for differentiated instruction based on student proficiency levels. Teachers showed resistance to curricular reforms regarding assessment, supporting grammar as a key grading element rather than integrated approaches. Additionally, teachers confirmed that students’ online English exposure affects their instructional decisions, noting grammar errors from digital input. However, due to sampling limitations and reliance on self-reported beliefs, further research examining teachers’ actual classroom practices and students’ perspectives would provide deeper insights into grammar instruction realities in Croatian EFL contexts.Ovaj diplomski rad istražuje uvjerenja hrvatskih nastavnika engleskog jezika o poučavanju gramatike u osnovnim i srednjim školama, fokusirajući se na uvjerenja o ulozi gramatike u učenju jezika, preferirane nastavne metode, načine ocjenjivanja gramatike i utjecaj izloženosti učenika internetu na nastavne odluke. Dok postoje istraživanja o uvjerenjima nastavnika o poučavanju gramatike na međunarodnoj razini, manjak je takvih istraživanja u kontekstu hrvatskog školskog sustava, posebice nakon kurikularne reforme iz 2019. godine koja je prihvatila načela komunikacijskog pristupa učenju jezika (CLT). Teorijski okvir obuhvaća poučavanje gramatike unutar CLT-ja, različite konceptualizacije gramatike i izazove koje predstavlja izloženost učenika digitalnim varijetetima engleskog jezika. Posebna pozornost posvećena je evoluciji poučavanja gramatike u Hrvatskoj od kurikula iz 2006. godine do kurikula iz 2019. godine. Koristeći se mješovitim metodama, ovo istraživanje prikupilo je podatke od 89 hrvatskih nastavnika engleskog jezika upitnikom putem interneta koji sadržava izjave na Likertovoj ljestvici i otvorena pitanja. Rezultati su otkrili da nastavnici smatraju gramatiku bitnim, ali ne i dominantnim dijelom učenja jezika te da pokazuju naklonost prema diferenciranju nastave u odnosu na različite razine učeničkih vještina. Nastavnici su pokazali otpor prema kurikularnim reformama u ocjenjivanju, podržavajući gramatiku kao ključan element ocjenjivanja umjesto integriranih pristupa. Također, nastavnici su potvrdili da izloženost učenika engleskom jeziku putem interneta utječe na njihove nastavne odluke, primjećujući gramatičke greške iz digitalnih izvora. Međutim, zbog ograničenog uzorka i oslanjanja na vlastita uvjerenja, daljnja istraživanja koja ispituju stvarne nastavne prakse nastavnika i perspektive učenika pružila bi dublje uvide u stvarnost poučavanja gramatike u hrvatskoj nastavi engleskog jezika
WOMEN IN POLITICS OF THE CROATIAN PEASANTS FROM 1935. TO 1941.
No full textDiplomski rad „Žene u politici Hrvatske seljačke stranke od 1935. do 1941. godine“ bavi se percepcijom žena i njihovim participiranjem u redovima stranke. Vodstvo i članstvo Hrvatske seljačke stranke uočava potrebu i vrijednost uključivanja žena u svoje aktivnosti i stoga još 1920IH rade na realiziranju toga. No, pravi zamah sudjelovanja sve više žena u stranci zbiva se konkretnije 1930ih u okviru masovnog seljačkog pokreta. U radu se govori o uzrocima koji su doveli do potrebe za uključivanjem većeg broja žena u Hrvatsku seljačku stranku, kako je prikazan i definiran položaj žena te pregled njihova djelovanja s naglaskom na razdoblje od 1935. do 1941. godine.Graduate thesis "Women in Politics of the Croatian Peasant Party from 1935 to 1941" deals with the perception of women and their participation in the ranks of the party. Leadership and membership of the Croatian Peasant Party recognizes the need and value of engaging women in their activities and therefore, in the twenties, they are working to realize that. However, the real momentum for the participation of more and more women in the party takes place more specifically in the thirties as part of a massive peasant movement. This article deals with the causes that led to the need to involve more women in the Croatian Peasants Party, as the women's position and the overview of their activities were emphasized in the period from 1935 to 1941