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The unrecognized and untapped potential of workers aged >=50 years: myth or fact, a study of the situation of the elderly workers in Poland
PublikacjaThe authors carried out a comparative analysis and quantitative synthesis of the results of primary research from Polish research centers on Polish employers' assessment of workers aged 50 years old and more and the possibilities and conditionsof using the potential of this group in enterprises.
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Wage response to global production links: evidence for workers from 28 European countries (2005–2014)
PublikacjaUsing rich individual-level data on workers from 28 European countries, this study provides the first so extensive cross-country assessment of wage response to global production links within GVC in the period 2005–2014. Unlike the other studies, the authors (i) address the importance of backward linkages in globally integrated production structures (capturing imports of goods and services needed in any stage of the production of...
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Health outcomes of road-traffic pollution among exposed roadside workers in Rawalpindi City, Pakistan
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Work ethic and organizational commitment as conditions of unethical pro‐organizational behavior: Do engaged workers break the ethical rules?
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Is There any Demand for the Workers Aged 50+ in Poland?
PublikacjaThe process of ageing affects all the European Union Member States, including Poland. According to forecasts by the Central Statistical Office, in 2035, the population of Poland will decrease in relation to 2010 by more than 2 million, and the share of people aged 50+ in the total population will increase from 34.8% to 46.6% (Prognoza ludności 2009). In the context of current and projected demographic changes, a discussion is taking...
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Organizational IT Competency, Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Sharing
PublikacjaIT competency plays a vital role in knowledge management processes. Information technology affects an organization’s ability to store and recall knowledge that has been made explicit through codification, including different forms such as written documents, reports, presentations, patents, formulas, etc. This study aims to measure the influence of a company’s IT competency dimensions such as IT-knowledge,...
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SEMANTIC ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS SUPPORT
PublikacjaThe paper examines various aspects of text analysis application for knowledge worker’s activity realization. Conclusions are drawn about the relevance and importance of processing the non-structured textual information in order to increase knowledge worker’s efficiency, as well as their awareness in different branches of science. The paper considers the existing algorithms of texts semantic analysis as the sphere of documents topical...
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Optimal assignment of workers to supporting services in a hospital
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Gender and Business Competences of Knowledge Workers in Poland
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Discrimination of workers aged 55+ in companies in Poland
PublikacjaThe problem of discrimination on the grounds of age in the workplace is particularly topical not only in Poland but also in Europe as a whole. The paper presents the essence of the discrimination and its most common manifestations. The results of own research on the youngPoles' perception of the discrimination on grounds of age in the workplace, intergenerational competition in the labour market and some of the factors shaping...
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Knowledge work and knowledge workers in knowledge-based economy - theoretical considerations
PublikacjaIt is often claimed that an organization is as good as people working in it and that talented workers are the driving force of an organization. To cope with the growing requirements of knowledge-based economy, organizations need a special type of workers - knowledge workers. This is especially important in organizations building their competitive advantage on innovations and the application of information and communication technologies...
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Working Conditions in the Context of Global Value Chains and Routinisation: An Example of Polish Workers
PublikacjaThe paper aims to explore the linkages between global production fragmentation, routinisation and the well-being of workers in Poland. In particular, the focus is placed on the selected measures of working conditions, such as the social environment, work intensity, and working time quality to examine their dependence on involvement in international trade and the routinisation level. We merge individual data describing the working...
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Work–life balance: Does age matter?
PublikacjaWork-life balance is a priority of EU policies but at the same time demographic change affects the labour market. Employers have to deal with the ageing of their employees and adjust human resource management to maintain their competitiveness. The purpose of the article is to answer research questions: whether the age of workers determines their assessment of the work-life balance, and whether there is a relationship between the...
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Protective Footwear And The Risk Of Slipping In Older Workers – Definitions, Achievements, Recommendations
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SELECTED CORRELATES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN CANDIDATES FOR THE PEER SUPPORT WORKERS
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Organizational ethics and position relationship moderators among knowledge workers: a regional study of Poland
PublikacjaThis research explores organizational ethics among knowledge workers using ICT4Ds in regional enterprises in Poland before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study addresses the importance of understanding how ethics in organizations, particularly ethical optimism, corporate social responsibility, and top management action, have evolved across these periods. This topic is crucial as organizational ethics influence employee...
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Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Project Performance. Does the Knowledge Workers' Personal Branding Matter?
PublikacjaTacit knowledge sharing is the real challenge for knowledge management today. Network economy has completely changed the role of knowledge workers who now become independent tacit knowledge producers. Bearing this fact in mind, the author studied how tacit knowledge sharing affects the process of building a personal brand and project performance. For this purpose, the authors conducted a study among Polish professionals with different...
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Endotoxin exposure and changes in short-term pulmonary function among sewage workers
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HBM4EU Chromates Study: Urinary Metabolomics Study of Workers Exposed to Hexavalent Chromium
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Healthcare workers’ awareness of risks related to the use of X-rays in medical procedures
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Continuous learning as a method of raising qualifications – the perspective of workers, employers and training organizations
PublikacjaContinuous learning is discussed in strategic documents of Poland and the European Union. In Poland, the idea of continuous learning is not very popular. However, in the context of strong competition in the labour market and the progressive globalization processes, the skills issue takes on new meaning — both for employees and employers. In order to adapt skills to labour market needs it is necessary to conduct adequate studies...
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Workers, Firms and Task Heterogeneity in International Trade Analysis: An Example of Wage Effects of Trade Within GVC.
PublikacjaObjective: The main aim of this article is to present how the heterogeneity of workers, firms, and tasks can be incorporated into empirical international trade analysis. In particular, we provide an empirical example in which we aim to quantify the reliance on foreign value added (FVA) within Global Value Chains (GVC) on wages. Research Design & Methods: We estimate a Mincerian wage model augmented with a measure of foreign value...
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Invasive giant hogweeds in Poland: Risk of burns among forestry workers and plant distribution
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Work and formal retirement age - opinions of SWE employees participating in the Best Agers Lighthouses International Project
PublikacjaThe paper presents selected results of studies carried out within the framework of the international project Best Agers Lighthouses – Strategic Age Management for SME in the Baltic Sea Region, related to the assessment of the opportunities to continue working beyond the retirement age in the opinion of workers.
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Integrative multiomics study for validation of mechanisms in radiation-induced ischemic heart disease in Mayak workers
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Across-Shift Changes in Viable Nasal Bacteria among Waste-Incineration Plant Workers—A Pilot Study
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Motors of influenza vaccination uptake and vaccination advocacy in healthcare workers: A comparative study in six European countries
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Human movement analysis in evaluation of the risk of falls in younger and older workers while wearing protective footwear
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Integration of Active Clothing with a Personal Cooling System within the NGIoT Architecture for the Improved Comfort of Construction Workers
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Evaluation of protective footwear fit for older workers (60+): A case study using 3D scanning technique
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Simulation method for assessing the end of service life of gloves used by workers exposed to mineral oils and mechanical factors
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Self-Perceived Personal Brand Equity of Knowledge Workers by Gender in Light of Knowledge-Driven Organizational Culture: Evidence From Poland and the United States
PublikacjaThis study contributes to the limited literature on the personal branding of knowledge workers by revealing that a culture that incorporates knowledge, learning, and collaboration supports (explicit and tacit) knowledge sharing among employees and that sharing matters for knowledge workers’ self-perceived personal brand equity. Analysis of 2,168 cases from the United States and Poland using structural equation modeling (SEM) showed...
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Application of INAA and ETAAS techniques for human samples analysis in evaluation of the impact of Gdansk Phosphatic Fertilizer Plant on its workers
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań wpływu Gdańskich Zakładów Nawozów Fosforowych na zdrowie pracowników. Oznaczano stężenia (techniką INAA) Al, As,Au, Br, Ca, Cl, Cu, Dy, I, In, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, S, Sb, Sm, Ti, U, V,W, Zn we włosach, paznokciach i filtrach z pyłem zebranych od 21 pracowników fabryki oraz 5 osób z grupy kontrolnej nie związanej z zakładem. Ponadto oznaczono Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mo, Ni i Zn w moczu przy użyciu...
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Monitoring of occupational exposure to volatile organohalogen solvents (VOXs) in human urine samples of dry-cleaner workers by TLHS-DAI-GC-ECD procedure
PublikacjaChlorinated hydrocarbon solvents are often used for dry-cleaning clothes in the laundry industry. The object of this study was to monitor the occupational exposure of dry-clean employees coming into contact with VOXs. 25 workers collected their urine samples before the work shift, after 4 hours of work and after the work shift. The analyses of urine samples and solvents used in dry-cleaning were performed using TLHS-DAI-GC-ECD....
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Mental health status of health care workers during the COVID ‐19 outbreak in Poland: One region, two different settings
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Effective perturbation signal and measurement of corrosion rate. Response to the commentary of Diard and co-workers concerning the paper in Corros. Sci. 37, 913 (1995)
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Upper respiratory tract infections and influenza-like illnesses among healthcare workers: are serological tests useful in monitoring influenza and influenza-like illness?
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Global Value Chains and Wages: International Evidence from Linked Worker-Industry Data
PublikacjaUsing a rich dataset on over 110,000 workers from nine European countries and the USA we study the wage response to industry dependence on foreign value added. We estimate a Mincerian wage model augmented with an input-output interindustry linkages measure accounting for task heterogeneity across workers. Low and mediumeducated workers and those performing routine tasks experience (little) wage decline due to major dependency of...
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Global Value Chains and Wages: Multi-Country Evidence from Linked Worker-Industry Data
PublikacjaThis paper uses a multi-country microeconomic setting to contribute to the literature on the nexus between production fragmentation and wages. Exploiting a rich dataset on over 110,000 workers from nine Eastern and Western European countries and the United States, we study the relationship between individual workers’ wages and industry ties into global value chains (GVCs). We find an inverse (but weak) relationship between the...
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Import Intensity of Production, Tasks and Wages: Microlevel Evidence for Poland.
PublikacjaObjective: This article relates to recent literature on labour market consequences of production fragmentation within Global Value Chains, analysed in the presence of workers’ heterogeneity and differences in the task content of jobs. The main aim is to assess if there is a relationship between wages of Polish workers and the degree of Polish production dependence on imported inputs. Research Design & Methods: Using microdata from...
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The convergence of gender wage differences - myth or fact - multi country multi sector analysis
PublikacjaThe Becker’s theory of discrimination predicts that in the long run the gender wage differences should disappear. In our empirical analysis we verify the testable implications of this mode considering the hypothesis of gender wage gap convergence. The study takes into account 31 sectors in 13 European countries for the period between 1970 and 2005. We distinguish between wages paid to different groups of workers classified according...
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Employees 55+ - valuable resource in SMEs
PublikacjaThe article relates to the problem of exploiting the potential of workers aged 55 years or more to build the competitiveness of the SME sector. The aim of the study was an attempt to formulate an answer to the question whether entrepreneurs and managers are able to identify the potential of older workers and whether they use this potential to build the competitiveness of their enterprises. The article is based on the results of...
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Employees 50+: How They Are Assessed and How They Assess Themselves
PublikacjaIn Poland, the older workers are valued for their knowledge and professional experience. Many of them, during transition period, actively participated in the creation of today’ s businesses and now occupy exposed managerial positions, being aware of their own value. On the other hand, old age is one of the main reasons for the limited access to work. The seniors are assigned stereotypical characteristics, such as low levels of...
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GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN KAZAKHSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN
PublikacjaThe aim of the following article is to present gender inequality in the labour market in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Gender inequality was researched by analyzing documents providing rights for women and men in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The author presented the unequal treatment of women in the labour market by examining the causes of the level of employment of women and men - contract workers, higher unemployment among women,...
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The 90th Birthday Jubilee of Professor Eugeniusz Bielewicz
PublikacjaOn the jubilee year of the 90th birthday of prof. Eugeniusz Bielewicz, a portrait of this eminent civil engineer and scholar is presented by his co-workers.
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Position in global value chains and wages in Central and Eastern European countries
PublikacjaThis paper examines the relationship between the relative position of industries in Global Value Chains (GVC) and wages in 10 Central and Eastern European countries. We combine GVC measures of global import intensity of production, upstreamness and the length of the value chain with micro-data on workers. We find that the wages of Central and Eastern European countries workers are higher when their industry is at the beginning...
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Working Conditions in Global Value Chains: Evidence for European Employees
PublikacjaThis article investigates a sample of almost nine million workers from 24 European countries in 2014 to conclude how involvement in global value chains (GVCs) affects working conditions. We use employer–employee data from the Structure of Earnings Survey merged with industry-level statistics on GVCs based on the World Input-Output Database. Given the multidimensional nature of the dependent variable, we compare estimates of the...
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Towards a Framework for Context Awareness Based on Textual Process Data
PublikacjaContext awareness is critical for the successful execution of processes. In the abundance of business process management (BPM) research, frameworks exclusively devoted to extracting context from textual process data are scarce. With the deluge of textual data and its increasing value for organizations, it be-comes essential to employ relevant text analytics techniques to increase the awareness of business process (BP) workers,...
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Agent System for Managing Distributed Mobile Interactive Documents
PublikacjaThe MIND architecture of distributed mobile interactive document is a new processing model defined for facilitate informed decision-making in non-algorithmic decision-making processes carried out by knowledge-based organizations. The aim of this architecture is to change the static document to mobile agents, which are designed to implement the structure of the organization through autonomous migration between knowledge workers...
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Diffusion equations with spatially dependent coefficients and fractal Cauer-type networks
PublikacjaIn this article, we formulate and solve the representation problem for diffusion equations: giving a discretization of the Laplace transform of a diffusion equation under a space discretization over a space scale determined by an increment h > 0, can we construct a continuous in h family of Cauer ladder networks whose constitutive equations match for all h > 0 the discretization. It is proved that for a finite differences discretization...