Agnieszka Postuła

Pracownik i pracodawca - wykorzystanie technik projekcyjnych w badaniu postrzegania wzajemnych relacji

The aim of this paper is to analyze a perception of employer and employee social role (Goffman, 1959) by diverse social groups (Kostera, 2012) and its consequences for the psychological contract which is a significant relationship factor in working environment (Makin, Cooper, Cox, 2000). Last-year (the fifth year) students from Faculty of Management, Warsaw University, employers and unemployed took part in our research. In order to recognize ideas of respondents we have used projection techniques with metaphors (Morgan, 1997) and then interpretation of metaphors followed. Our research indicated relatively large discrepancy in this area. In conclusions we analyze this collision of respondents’ ideas and expectations, causes of this dissonance and we make an effort of appointing a direction of potential improving actions.

Pracownik i pracodawca w perspektywie studentów zarządzania - wyzwania dla edukacji menedżerskiej

This paper presents the results of research on the management education process concerning the employer-employee relationship. The aim of this paper is to analyze a perception of employers’ and employees’ social roles (Goffman, 1959) by diverse social groups (Kostera, 2012) and its consequences for the psychological contract which is a significant relationships factor in a working environment (Makin, Cooper and Cox, 2000). First-year students, last-year (fifth-year) students from the Faculty of Management (University of Warsaw) and employers took part in our research. In order to recognize ideas of respondents, we have used projection techniques with metaphors (Morgan, 1997) and then interpretation of metaphors followed. Our research indicated a relatively large discrepancy in this area. In conclusions we analyze this collision of respondents’ ideas and expectations, causes of this dissonance and we make an effort to set a direction of potential improvements in management education

The cultural determinants of entrepreneurship. An example of the Vietnamese immigrants running their own business in Poland

The paper focuses on the cultural approach to entrepreneurship. The results were developed on the basis of the study of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Poland. The authors analyzed different typologies of national cultures popular on the ground of management theory (Hofstede, 2000; Hall, 1976; Gesteland, 1999; Hampden-Turner and Trompenaars, 1998; Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, 1961; Schwartz, 1994) and highlighted the most important, in their opinion, dimensions which have influence on entrepreneurial attitude and competences (Glinka, Gudkova, 2011). Vietnamese culture was described according to these dimensions. Further, picture of Vietnamese culture from the literature was compared to the description of Vietnamese entrepreneurs culture from the research. The results were compared and analyzed in order to present how culture determines entrepreneurial competencies of studied community. The text describes the research which is still in progress.