This paper studies employees’ willingness to participate in implementation of organizational change in 41 Estonian organizations. An explanatory, standardised questionnaire was designed on the basis of models and theories of different authors. As the result of factor analyses 2 indexes have been received: (1) participation and (2) satisfaction.

This discussion will center on the images of Shinto, the meaning of Kami, and how they are to be interpreted within the context of Zen simplicity. What must be shown is the ways that Shinto and Zen connect at a deeper – transcendental – level of “silent” and “no-self ” awareness whose presence is manifest in Shinto rituals and Zen practice. While there is a popular and pervasive assumption of the relationship between Heidegger and Japan, the claim of this essay is that there is a more fundamental awareness that belongs to the Shinto images and Zen best accessed through the transcendental domain of “non-being.” At this level, the images of Shinto and the presence of Zen might be accessible to the West without the usual claim that Japan is too enigmatic to be understood.

This paper examines husbands’ experiences with wives in the long-term care of the Multiple Sclerosis disease in Finland, Austria and Spain. Avoiding generalizations, this study focuses on the main changes after the diagnosis in all levels – personal, economic and professional – because to understand and reach equality in the care work it is necessary to open debate about men’s practices in this area. In this research, three couples in each country in the regions of Lapland (Finland), Vorarlberg (Austria) and Alicante (Spain) were interviewed. To analyze the findings, a gender perspective is used with a particular attention to the influence of the contextual factors in each case. Comparing Finland with Austria and Spain, big differences emerged related to the economic changes. Changes in the social and sexual life were common in most cases.