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About being entrepreneurial in challenging environments – theorizing on the social enterprise behavior in Poland
PublicationEntrepreneurial behaviors in challenging institutional environments have been widely investigated in the literature. One of the characteristics of these environments is resource scarcity. This is particularly valid in the context of social entrepreneurship. The aim of this paper is to identify entrepreneurial behaviors in social entrepreneurship and what is happening behind these processes in the context of transition country,...
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Soft skills among academics: Five theoretically informed lessons for current times
PublicationRESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive examination of the role of soft skills among academics in the context of the evolving higher-education landscape. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: We use a scoping review of existing literature to discuss the importance of soft skills in academia. Through critical analysis and synthesis, we identify patterns and gaps in current knowledge and develop five...
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Determinants And Barriers In The Development Of The Entrepreneurial Orientation In The Polish Higher Education Institutions
PublicationThe main aim of the paper is to present the results of the research project on the entrepreneurship in the Polish higher education institutions. The project was funded by the Polish National Science Centre and its main aim was to identify the factors that enable, enhance, limit or disable the entrepreneurial potential in higher education institutions. The paper gives an overview of the identified determinants that foster the entrepreneurial...
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Individual entrepreneurial orientation: comparison of business and STEM students
PublicationAbstract Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are differences in Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO) between students who are doing their major in business studies and the ones whose areas of study are science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Design/methodology/approach – The current research investigates which factors and components contribute to EO orientation development...
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The congruence of mental models in entrepreneurial teams – implications for performance and satisfaction in teams operating in an emerging economy
PublicationPurpose – The paper aims to explore the relationship between the congruence of mental models held by the members of entrepreneurial teams operating in an emerging economy (Poland) and entrepreneurial outcomes (performance and satisfaction). Design/methodology/approach – The data obtained from 18 nascent and 20 established entrepreneurial teams was analysed to answer hypotheses. The research was quantitative and was conducted using...
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Exploring the role of social networks among entrepreneurial Polish immigrants
PublicationThe paper reports on the explanatory case study among seven Polish enterprising migrants from Aberdeen Scotland. The aim of the paper is to examine role of social support structure and social networks for enterprising Poles. It also attempts to extend of Waldinger et al (2000) ethnic business development model in the context of entrepreneurial strategies taken from by immigrants from their country of origin, claiming that transition...
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Entrepreneurial potential: what do we know about it?
PublicationW rozdziale zwrócono uwagę na niejednoznaczności w definiowaniu przedsiębiorczości i pojęcia przedsiębiorcy, poświęcając też sporo miejsca problemowi stawania się przedsiębiorcą i próbując odpowiedzieć na pytanie czy przedsiębiorcą można się urodzić, czy też można nauczyć się być przedsiębiorcą. Przy pomocy prostego modelu opisano też rolę, jaką edukacja w zakresie przedsiębiorczości pełni w rozwoju tej ostatniej. W dalszej części...
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[soft skills] Scientific databases and information skills
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplines Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours Course type: lecture {mlang} Soft skills Area II - researcher's workshop "Scientific databases and information skills" The training...
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Assessment of student language skills in an e-learning environment
PublicationThis article presents the role of various assessment structures that can be used in a VLE. e-Learning language courses offer tutors a wide range of traditional and computer-generated formative and summative assessment procedures and tools. They help to evaluate each student’s progress, monitor their activities and provide varied support, which comes from the tutor, the course structure and materials as well as other participants....
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Building new competencies of architects and civil engineers through an educational offer in timber construction: a case study of Polish and Lithuanian students
PublicationThe article outlines an innovative approach by schools of architecture and civil engineering to educate professionals skilled in hybrid timber building construction and design, thereby filling the educational gap in the area of timber construction. To answer the question of what student competencies should be developed in the design and construction of sustainable, high-performance hybrid wood structures, a survey was conducted...
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The effectiveness of financial and economic regulation of land relations in the context of stimulating entrepreneurial activity in the regions of Ukraine
PublicationSolving the problem of enhancing the efficiency of the financial and economic regulation of land relations contributes to the development of entrepreneurship in Ukraine. The purpose of the paper is to determine new incentives for encouraging entrepreneurial activity by increasing the efficiency of the financial and economic regulation of land relations by local governments. The study is based on applying the method for predicting...
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[soft skills] Scientific databases and information skills
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska, Biblioteka PG Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplines Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska, GUT Library Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours Course type: lecture {mlang} Soft skills Area...
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Internationalisation Process: The Theoretical Foundations of International Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students in Poland in the View of Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour
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The Use of Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimization in the Modern Entrepreneurial Economy: Interdisciplinary Perspective
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Teaching management skills to software develop- ment teams through the lean start-up methodology
PublicationIn order for development teams to understand the impact of software development on value delivery it is important that all team members, including software engineers, possess adequate management skills which not always have been acquired during university education. The lean start-up methodology techniques enable new ventures to test hypothesis, gather customer feed- back and create a minimum viable product. The obtained information...
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I love to write and create. Can I earn money doing it? Entrepreneurial process of bloggers
PublicationNew technologies and a new way of looking at the life of future generations, open up new perspectives of entrepreneurial activities. One of them is to run a blog. Although the first blogs appeared many years ago and earning money from running them is also known to bloggers, little research is devoted to this form of entrepreneurship. The analysis of this phenomenon was carried out using the netnography method, which is not common...
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New skills for architects: 3D scanning for an immersive experience in architectural education
PublicationThe authors of this article explore the integration of remote sensing techniques, specifically laser scanning and photogrammetry, as well as immersive visualisation via different methods applied to architectural design processes, and its potential impact on the professional development of future architects. The study demonstrates the value of extending the architectural design process into the interdisciplinary field of geomatics...
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Post-comatose patients with minimal consciousness tend to preserve reading comprehension skills but neglect syntax and spelling
PublicationModern eye tracking technology provides a means for communication with patients suffering from disorders of consciousness (DoC) or remaining in locked-in-state. However, being able to use an eye tracker for controlling text-based contents by such patients requires preserved reading ability in the first place. To our knowledge, this aspect, although of great social importance, so far has seemed to be neglected. In the paper, we...
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Developing students' spatial skills and teaching the history of architecture through structural drawing
PublicationThe method of “structural drawing" is used in teaching history of architecture in the Architectural Faculty of Gdańsk University of Technology. It is addressed to students of the first semester of study – so to the architectural beginners. There are three main goals of the structural drawing method used in that educational course: (1) developing the students’ spatial skills; (2) training architectural drawing ability; (3) teaching...
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REVISING ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION (EO) IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE FROM WORK INTEGRATION SOCIAL ENTERPRISES (WISES) FROM POLAND
PublicationEntrepreneurial behaviour and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of (commercial) entrepreneurship. have received significant scholarly attention in entrepreneurship and management research However, there are insufficient attempts discussing such behaviour and EO in non-profit, and particularly social entrepreneurship context, arguing that EO is higher in such contexts, or remains the same, some new EO dimensions are proposed, existing...
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Designing learning-skills towards industry 4.0
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The demand for skills and labour costs in partner countries
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Interpersonal social work skills for community practice
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Entrepreneurial education and attitudes among young generations in a gender perspective: the case of Polish educational system
PublicationThis paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions of young people: male and female students of Polish high schools and universities. The author makes an effort to verify the impact of the exposure to the business education and entrepreneurs on the decision to start-up. Special emphasis will be placed on the gender differences when discussing a respective factors’...
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Entrepreneurial Education and Attitude among Young Generations in a Gender perspective: the Case of Polish Education System
PublicationThis article is an attempt to analyze the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions of young people: male and female students of Polish high schools and universities. The author makes an effort to verify the impact of the exposure to the business education and entrepreneurs on the decision to start-up. Special emphasis will be placed on the gender differences when discussing a respective factors’...
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Entrepreneurship Vulnerability to Business Cycle. A New Methodology for Identification Pro-cyclical and Counter-cyclical Patterns of Entrepreneurial Activity
PublicationIn literature, there is ongoing discussion whether entrepreneurial activity, approximated by, for instance, changes in self-employment, tends to behave pro-cyclically, counter-cyclically or rather is a-cyclical. Thus far, both theoretical and empirical evidence, where various multiple methodological approaches are used, does not provide clear answer to the latter; while widely offered explanations are scattered and lack robustness....
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How Entrepreneurial Orientation Stimulates Different Types of Knowledge in the Internationalisation Process of Firms from Poland?
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Library Information Skills - Level 1
e-Learning CoursesThe Gdańsk Tech Library offers Library Information Skills e-course to the students enrolled in English-language degree programmes at Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech). It is an obligatory course. There is a test at the end of the e-course. Information skills, or in other words information literacy, means knowing what kind of information a student is looking for, where to find it, how to evaluate, communicate and use...
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Business competencies and innovation capability in cross-border small regional enterprises
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The concept of intergenerational cooperation network - the transfer of knowledge and skills
PublicationThe aim of this article is to present the idea of networking with regard to the exchange of knowledge between generations.
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[Soft Skills] Intellectual Property Protection
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: Justyna Pawłowska, PhD, Rzecznik Patentowy PG Liczba godzin: 5 {mlang} {mlang en} Soft Skills Obligatory course for 1st -year PhD students Academic teacher: Justyna Pawłowska, PhD, Rzecznik Patentowy PG Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours {mlang}
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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Knowledge Utilization and Internationalization of Firms
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Data from the survey on Gdańsk University of Technology graduates’ competencies assessment by entrepreneurs
Open Research DataThe dataset includes data from the survey on the Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT) graduates’ competencies assessment by entrepreneurs. The survey was conducted in 2017. The research sample included 102 respondents representing various firms from Pomeranian Voivodship. The study concerned i.a. assessment of GUT graduates' preparation for the requirements...
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[Soft Skills] Writing grant application
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: soft skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów II roku, Prowadzący: mgr Renata Downar-Zapolska Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: soft skills Obligatory course for 2nd-year PhD students Academic teacher: mgr Renata Downar-Zapolska Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours Course type: {mlang}
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[Soft Skills] Basic didactic methods
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: soft skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku, Prowadzący: dr hab. Astrid Męczkowska-Christiansen Liczba godzin: 15 Forma zajęć: {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: soft skills Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: dr hab. Astrid Męczkowska-Christiansen Total hours of training: 15 teaching hours Course type: {mlang}
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[Soft Skills] Commercialization of scientific outcomes
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów II roku Prowadzący: Agnieszka Krawczyk-Kłos, Damian Kuźniewski Liczba godzin: 5 {mlang} {mlang en} Soft Skills Obligatory course for 2nd-year PhD students Academic teacher: Agnieszka Krawczyk-Kłos, Damian Kuźniewski Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours {mlang}
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[Soft Skills] Writing grant application
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: soft skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów II roku, Prowadzący: mgr Renata Downar-Zapolska Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: online Data:15.06.2023 {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: soft skills Obligatory course for 2nd-year PhD students Academic teacher: mgr Renata Downar-Zapolska Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours Course type: online Date: 15.06.2023 {mlang}
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[Soft Skills] Basic didactic methods
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: Liczba godzin: 15 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplines Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: Total hours of training: 15 teaching hours Course type: lecture {mlang} Soft skills Area I - didactic skills
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[Soft Skills] Commercialization of scientific outcomes
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów II roku Prowadzący: Agnieszka Krawczyk-Kłos, Damian Kuźniewski Liczba godzin: 5 {mlang} {mlang en} Soft Skills Obligatory course for 2nd-year PhD students Academic teacher: Agnieszka Krawczyk-Kłos, Damian Kuźniewski Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours {mlang}
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Improving social competencies of architecture students through participatory design of marketplace regeneration
PublicationThe article discusses the involvement of architecture students in actual urban regeneration projects through participatory design and tray to respond question how it can improve students social competences, and benefit their future careers as architects and urban planners. By using the example of the student workshops conducted in 2019 at the Faculty of Architecture, GdanskTech, the article discusses the specific methods applied...
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International Journal of Clinical Skills
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[Soft Skills] Academic writing Group 3
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: CJO PG Liczba godzin: 30 {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: Soft Skills Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: CJO PG Total hours of training: 30 teaching hours {mlang}
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Single incision laparoscopic surgery – is it time for laboratory skills training?
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[Soft Skills] Academic writing Group 3
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: CJO PG Liczba godzin: 30 {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: Soft Skills Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: CJO PG Total hours of training: 30 teaching hours {mlang}
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[Soft Skills] Academic writing Group 1
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: CJO PG Liczba godzin: 30 {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: Soft Skills Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: CJO PG Total hours of training: 30 teaching hours {mlang}
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NETWORKS, STAKEHOLDERS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSYSTEMS IN CURRENT POLISH ECONOMYGUT
PublicationThis book is dedicated to widely understood entrepreneurship and financial system in different polish ecosystems. In particular, there is described influence of supporting entrepreneurship to investment development in Walbrzych agglomerations communes with the results of questionnaires for varied groups of inhabitants, entrepreneurs and territorial self-governments. There is also presented analysis of relations within academic...
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The concept of entrepreneurial university as an answer to the challenges of the 21st century
PublicationW rozdziale zaprezentowano główne zmiany w środowisku akademickim wraz z oczekiwaniami i wymaganiami interesariuszy uczelni. Zaproponowano również koncepcję uczelni przedsiębiorczej, która pozwala uczelniom stać się konkurencyjnymi na rynku usług edukacyjnych.
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Entrepreneurial Failure: A Synthesis and Conceptual Framework of its Effects
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Gender wage gap convergence and skills heterogeneity in Poland (2005-2014) - quantile regression analysis based on microdata from EUSILC.
PublicationIn this article we quantify the magnitude and evolution of gender wage differentials in Poland over the years 2005 – 2014 using microlevel data from EU-SILC database (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions). In the study gender wage gap is examined through quantile regression analysis. It is shown that the gender wage gap varies along the wage distribution with workers’ skills heterogeneity playing a role. Additionally, the...