This book guides readers through the world of the rules of the contemporary labor market with the end of life-long employment, encouraging to have proactive attitude by both the employee and the employer.

Anna Paw¿owska is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Her scientific interests and practice activities are related to psychological aspects of human resources management, entrepreneurship and freelance. She managed international projects dedicated contemporary labour market, which resulted in writing this monograph.

1. INTRODUCTION 2. EMPLOYEE AND THE WAY OF PERFORMING THE PERSONNEL FUNCTION 3. FLEXIBLE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: CHOICE OR NECESSITY? 4. NEW EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS: THE TRANSACTIONAL, INSTEAD OF RELATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT 5. EXPECTATIONS TOWARDS THE EMPLOYEE: ADAPTATION, FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY 6. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL AS AN AREA WHERE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EMPLOYER ARE FORMED 7. EMPLOYABILITY, MARKETABILITY AND EMPLOYABILITY COMPETENCES IN THE CHANGING LABOUR MARKET 8. EMPLOYABILITY MARKET ORIENTATION AS THE EMPLOYEE'S RESPONSE TO THE RULES OF THE CHANGING LABOUR MARKET 9. SELECTED DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYABILITY MARKET ORIENTATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CRITERIA OF ADAPTATION TO THE CHANGING LABOUR MARKET: RESEARCH REPORT 10. MANAGING EMPLOYEES WITH EMPLOYABILITY MARKET ORIENTATION: A CHALLENGE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 11. WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE? A SLIGHTLY SUBJECTIVE CONCLUSION 12. GLOSSARY OF DIAGNOSED VARIABLES 13. STATISTICAL ANNEX