Research projects
	Relation to work and social bond at work - research, surveys, publications and contributions to lifelong education

Youth, work and employment

Young workers encounter many difficuties in their entry path into the labour market, despite a higher education level than earlier generations. What is their work experience and their trajectory towards employment ? How do they perceive work, for themselves and for society ? How do they experience constraints and opportunities at work ? What are their social concerns and how do they preceive trade unions ? A survey carried out in cooperation with CSC Youth deals with these issues, as well as a European research project on generations at work. The report is published in French.

Patricia Vendramin Les jeunes, le travail et l'emploi (Youth, work and employment) Survey among young workers in the Walloon and Brussels Regions, carried out in cooperation with CSC Youth. December 2007, 88 pages. Downloadable (PDF, 570 ko)

Evolution of the social bond at work

Patricia Vendramin Le travail au singulier Le lien social à l'épreuve de l'individualisation Collection Sciences & enjeux Academia Bruylant (Louvain-la-Neuve) - L'Harmattan (Paris) Novembre 2004, 288 pp., 29.50 € To be ordered to Academia (code 2773C) ISBN 2-87209-773-2 (Academia) 2-7475-7447-4 (L'Harmattan)

Generations at work

What are the factors of solidarity or tensions in intergenerational relations at work ? The European SPReW project, coodinated by FTU, looks for a better understanding of the changing relation to work among generations.

Detailed information and downloadable reports in English are available from the project web site.

SPReW Report (Deliverable D1, January 2007) Generational approach to the social patterns of relation to work Edited by Patricia Vendramin Contributions from Bureau Marie-Christine, Castro Paula, Cultiaux John, Davoine Lucie, Delay Béatrice, Füleki Katalin, Grützmacher Nicole, Knop Alexander, Méda Dominique, Nogal Ângela, Passos Ana, Polyacskó Orsolya, Ponzellini Anna Maria, Richter Götz, Vajda Júlia, Valenduc Gérard, Vendramin Patricia, Wong Michal, Zoll Rainer, Zoll-Grubert Elisabeth Series “EU research on social sciences and humanities” EUR 22702ISBN 978-92-79-04874-6 European Commission, Brussels, 2007 Paper version on request by e-mail

Contributions to activites of lifelong education (in French only)

Several interventions and contributions on the relation to work and the social bond at work are realised in FTU activities of lifelong education. "Lifelong education notes" on those topics are downloadable from the FTU web site for lifelong education (in French only):

• Patricia Vendramin, La place du travail dans la vie, Note FTU éducation permanente n° 3/2008.
• John Cultiaux, Les jeunes et le travail, Note FTU éducation permanente n° 22/2006.
• John Cultiaux, Qu'en est-il du conflit des générations ?, Note FTU éducation permanente n° 21/2006.
• Gérard Valenduc, Les pratiques d'évaluation individuelle dans les entreprises, Note FTU éducation permanente n° 7/2006.
• Patricia Vendramin, Individualisme et engagement collectif, Note FTU éducation permanente n° 25/2005.
• Patricia Vendramin, Individualisation du travail et acteur syndical, Note FTU éducation permanente n° 12/2005.