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Professional activity and women entrepreneurship in Poland – Europe 2020 Strategy perspective
PublicationThe level of economic activity of women in Poland is the lowest among Baltic Sea Region countries. The analysis of Europe 2020 targets, shows that at least 3 of the 5 main objectives relate, more or less, to women (e.g. participation in labor market). The objective concerning social inclusion assumes the increase in the employment rate of men and women (aged 20-64) in Poland up to 71%. To achieve this goal, support programs to...
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Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models
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The way things are done here - Polish entrepreneurship / having endowed heritage or burden?
PublicationPoprzez analizę studiów przypadku, w oparciu o wywiady pogłębione oraz obserwację uczestniczącą, autor przypomina postulaty zaniedbywane w pracach nad polską przedsiębiorczością. Modele przedsiębiorczości zbudowane na podstawie badań w Europie Zachodniej albo Ameryce Północnej niekoniecznie muszą znaleźć swoje odzwierciedlenie w modelach przedsiębiorczości charakterystycznych dla gospodarek po okresie transformacji ustroju gospodarczo-społecznego...
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Social Entrepreneurship Avenues for the Field Development through Research Paradigm Intersection Discussion
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to identify and provide key arguments for employing integrative approach in the choice of research paradigm for studying social entrepreneurship phenomenon. The fact that social entrepreneurship as a field of research is at its preliminary stage, serves as argument and gives freedom in the discussion of the choice of employing a research paradigm. The author does so through identifying commonalities and...
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The Spatial Structure of Suburban Zones in Selected Entrepreneurship Nets of the Tricity Metropolitan Area
PublicationThe chapter describes spatial structures and forms of Polish suburban zones shown on the example of two selected towns in the Trojmiasto Metropolitan Area (TMA). The description of the spatial characteristics in the urban sprawl, with focus on the entrepreneurships nests is illustrated by the choice of typological features, such as: form, land use, density. Suburbanisation is described to be global, however one can observe individual...
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Bankruptcy system model and efficiency versus the entrepreneurship and innovation in selected European countries
Publicationmodel and its efficiency on the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in selected European countries and Turkey. This goal was achieved by examining the relationships between debtor-friendliness of the bankruptcy law model and its efficiency on one side and entrepreneurship and innovation on the other. The cross-sectional ANOVA test and OLS regression method were chosen as the research method. In order to verify the research...
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Entrepreneurship after the Age of Sixty–Five? Reflections of Third Age University students
PublicationThe common synonyms for entrepreneurship usually include such concepts as creativity, innovation, and activity. These, in turn, are more often associated with youth rather than people of older age (Górniak, 2013). On the basis of literature research and interviews conducted with students from the Sopot School of Social Psychology of the University of the Third Age, the authors determined that among individuals...
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Workflow centered experiemce mangement
PublicationZaproponowano sposób wykrywania modelowania i zapamiętywania doświadczeń decyzyjnych w firmie aplikującej system WORKFLOW
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Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way!
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Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Phenomenon: Antecedents, Processes, Impact across Cultures and Contexts
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Women's Entrepreneurship in Poland- Opportunities and Barriers According to Young Women Entering the Labour Market
PublicationWomen entrepreneurship is an important issue for both economic and social reasons. However cultural factors have an additional impact. In Poland women represent more than 50% of the population, nonetheless only 35% of people who run their own business are women. Main research questions in the current study were: What are the determinants of the above mentioned imparity? Do young women evaluate themselves as entrepreneurial? Do...
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Exploring the Role of Ownership in International Entrepreneurship: How does Ownership Affect Internationalisation of Polish Firms?
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Methodology of entrepreneurship teaching in tertiary education - experiences of the Faculty of Economics and Management on the Gdansk University of Technology
PublicationThe purpose of the chapter is an overview of the available methods and techniques of teaching entrepreneurship at the academic level, as well as the presentation of the methodology of the work with students within the framework of the Entrepreneurship course at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology.
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Entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises: Comparative study between Slovakia and Poland for the years 2001–2007
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Gender Through the Lens of Culture
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Gender Through the Lens of Culture
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Gender Disparity in the FinTech Sector: Systematic Literature Review
PublicationThe main objective of this chapter is to identify research areas of FinTech activity in which gender disparity has been observed. In addition, we shall identify how the development of FinTech reduces the gender gap. A systematic literature review using the PRISMA concept is the preferred research method. Publications were searched in the following databases: Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar using the formula “FinTech AND...
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The Study Program of "Entrepreneurship and Finance" at the University of Economics in Katowice as an Example of Practical Education in Poland’s Higher Education System
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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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Different effect of smoking on genders in Crohn’s disease
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Board Gender Diversity and Firm Risk
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Gender, equality, science and information systems
PublicationIn the entire Europe more women than men graduate from tertiary education institutes1. However, they are underrepresented in scientific and engineering disciplines. Women researchers still constitute a minority in the Government and Higher Education Sectors that both are related to power. A number of industry reports highlight a low number of women in IT occupations2. The EU Member States have, on political levels, committed themselves...
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Growth Orientation of Women and Men Owners of Micro Firms in the Pomerianian Region
PublicationDespite the fact that research on women’s entrepreneurship has been conducted for many years, still many clear answers to questions about the differences between entrepreneurs of both genders are missing. One of the unresolved issues is the performance of women in entrepreneurship. The aim of the study is to investigate the growth orientation of microenterprises operating in the Pomeranian region in Poland and to compare its level...
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Terminal and hindered settling of solid particles in O/W emulsions
PublicationProwadzono badania szybkości opadania swobodnego cząstek stałych w emulsjach typu O/W oraz sedymentacji zawiesin ciało stałe - emulsja. Zbadano wpływ stężenia zawiesiny na szybkość sedymentacji. Opracowano zależność na prędkość opadania cząstek stałych w zawiesinacjh w emulsjach O/W w zakresie ruchu laminarnego.
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A Process-Centered Approach to the Description of Clinical Pathways—Forms and Determinants
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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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Gender and Business Competences of Knowledge Workers in Poland
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Gender dysphoria (transsexulism) and schizophrenia: a case report
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Gender dysphoria (transsexulism) and schizophrenia: a case report
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Multi gender genetic optimization of diagnostic observers.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiana jest nowa metoda rozwiązywania zadań wielokryterialnej optymalizacji. W omawianej metodzie wykorzystywana jest informacja o genetycznym rodzajniku osobnika w celu odpowiedniego rozróżnienia i agregacji wielu kryteriów. Charakterystyczne cechy mechanizmu są prezentowane na przykładzie wielokryterialnej optymalizacji detekcyjnych obserwatorów stanu.
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If my masculinity is threatened I won’t support gender equality? The role of agentic self-stereotyping in restoration of manhood and perception of gender relations.
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Tożsamość przedsiębiorcza a stereotypy płci w firmach rodzinnych
PublicationThis article analyses various aspects of women’s experiences in overcoming gender stereotypes that they encounter in family businesses. Historically, entrepreneurship was regarded as a male domain in the literature and entrepreneurs have traditionally been described with typical and stereotypical masculine features. When woman engages in economic activities, she must face the potential incoherence...
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Gender and Job Satisfaction of Information Technology Professionals in Poland
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Discriminatory expressions, the young and social networks: The effect of gender
PublicationIn the framework of the «Project I: CUD» (Internet: Creatively Unveiling Discrimination), carried out in the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Romania and Spain, we conducted a study into the expressions of discrimination used by young people on social network sites. To do so we designed a methodological strategy for detecting discriminatory content in 493 Facebook profiles and used this strategy to collect 363 examples for further...
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Gender, education and motivation of onwers of small firms and their growth
PublicationAlmost every article on the growht of SMEs begins with noting the lack of a unified theory or a model of growth in thei group of companies, although the growth of small and medium sized enterprises has been the subject of research for many years and early theories about it appeared already before the Second World War. In the paper some conlusions about the relation between gender, education and motivation of owner and the small...
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Gender and support Polish women at the beginning of their professional career in IT
PublicationThe development of ICT should be understood not only as an increase in the number of users skilled in the use of new technologies, but also as an ever-increasing demand for qualified professionals capable of creating, administering, supporting, and servicing ICT systems. With regard to the continuous development of innovative technologies, there is a noticeably low share of women who actively create and co-create this sector,...
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An Empirical Study on the Impact of Gender on Mobile Applications Usability
PublicationIn the area of broadband wireless Internet, mobile applications have already replaced their desktop equivalents and are recognized as valuable tools for any size of businesses and for private use. With the emergence of millions of apps, the quality of their interaction with the user remains an open question for software vendors. While female and male requirements and preferences are not always similar, to the best of our knowledge,...
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Gender and Digital Divide - Information and Communication Technologiesand their Impact on Equality
PublicationIn the entire Europe more women than men graduate from tertiaryeducation institutes. However, they are underrepresented in scientific and engineering disciplines. Women researchers still constitute a minority in the Government and Higher Education Sectors. A number of industry reports highlight a low number of women in IT occupations49. This has led to a variety of public policy measures, such as subsidies on community provision,...
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Perceptions of Gender Diversity's Impact on Mood in Software Development Teams
PublicationGender inequality persists in IT teams. We examine how gender differentiation affects the workplace atmosphere and analyze the results of our study of the issue. We discuss the problem of gender discrimination and consider methods to reduce inequality
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Gender differences in the perception of the Quality of College Life in Spanish University
PublicationThrough the current research, we intend to analyse how students differ in their levels of quality of college life (QCL) according to gender, and how this relates to overall quality of life (QoL) and loyalty [measured by Identification and word of mouth (WoM)] to their specific university. The survey included 243 students attending public university in Spain. The results obtained through the analysis of data allow affirming that...
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Ella4Life virtual assistant - user centered design strategy - evaluation following labolatory tests
PublicationIn the paper, we summarize the evaluation of Anne4Care system after laboratory tests. A group of end users, seniors over 55 years of age, rated a virtual assistant by completing a questionnaire. The objectives of the pilot evaluations are mainly to assess the feasibility, usability, acceptance and functionality of the system and the ability of the potential target user to use the system and receive valuable information from it...
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Ancient settlements-atavistic solutions for present water supply and drainage problems engendered by urbanism
PublicationWater is the most valuable resource available on earth. Although it is present in abundance, its usable volume is very scarce. This is the reason behind the existence of both floods and droughts around the world. However, human settlements face water scarcity issues that are primarily engendered by improper town planning measures. To create a balance between the available fractions of water, it is therefore imperative to have proper...
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Gender differences in body-esteem among seniors: Beauty and health considerations
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Vector and Triangular Representations of Project Estimation Uncertainty: Effect of Gender on Usability
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Influences of Gender on the Interaction between Sympathetic Nerve Traffic and Central Adiposity
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Gender and Labor Market Situation among Technical University Graduates in Poland
PublicationThe aim of article is to analyse the professional situation of technical university graduates in Poland, focusing on the gender as the key impact factor. The research problem was to examine the influence of gender on the employee’s professional situation among technical university graduates in Poland. Empirical data was gained as a result of six annual quantitative research projects, conducted in the years 2012‑2017 on a total...
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Online stores' credibility: the moderating role of customers' gender and self-efficacy
PublicationThe evaluation of online stores’ credibility by customers in regard of gender and self-efficacy is presented. Two groups of attributes, usability and informational content, were characteristics of credibility. The survey involved students as representatives of the largest group of the Internet users. As shown by the results obtained, the informational content of online stores (such as recommendations) and its professionalism was...
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GVC involvement and the gender wage gap: Micro -evidence on European countries
PublicationWe examine linkages between involvement in global value chains (GVCs) and gender wage inequalities. We use merged data from Structure of Earnings Survey and the World Input Output Database covering 18 European countries. We employ information on employees’ personal and company characteristics and a sectoral involvement in GVCs. In general, the wages of workers from sectors more involved in GVCs are lower. However, the relationship...
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Overcoming gender bias in the digital economy. Empirical evidence for European countries
PublicationThis study aims to contribute to understanding the gender biases that emerge in the digital technology-related field. More specifically we concentrate on examining whether gender gaps are diminishing or are persistent in terms of women’s enrollment in technology-related programs at the tertiary level of education and for female STEM graduates. Next, this evidence is confronted with gender biases in the labor market regarding changing...
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Family business experience and the probability of starting a venture: gender differences in Poland
PublicationThe aim of this study is to analyse whether the experience of working in a family member’s business is related differently to the assessed probabilities of men and women starting their own new venture in the future. The research is conducted on a sample of 334 Polish undergraduate students. Poland is an efficiency-driven European economy with a substantial gender gap in entrepreneurship. The results obtained indicate that the relationship...