Ruchy pomiędzy przedsiębiorczością a zatrudnieniem: doświadczenia polskich przedsiębiorców w kontekście międzynarodowym

• Authors: Zientara Piotr , Nikodemska-Wołowik Anna Maria

Title variants

EN

Movements between Entrepreneurship and Paid Employment: Experiences of Polish Entrepreneurs in the International Context

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł wykorzystuje wywiady jakościowe z byłymi i aktualnymi przedsiębiorcami z rejonu opolskiego, koncentrujące się na ich doświadczeniach związanych z przebiegiem kariery zawodowej od zatrudnienia do przedsiębiorczości oraz odwrotnie, aby określić: przyczyny, dla których zostali przedsiębiorcami lub powrócili do zatrudnienia; ich doświadczenia w związku z nowymi zajęciami oraz czy wcześniejsze doświadczenia miały wpływ na sposób prowadzenia firmy lub wykonywanie pracy jako osoby zatrudnionej. Wyniki sugerują, że ludzie stają się przedsiębiorcami, ponieważ pragną więcej zarabiać, chcą niezależności lub sprawdzić swoją „siłę charakteru”. Można również wywnioskować, iż prowadzenie własnej firmy to pewien sprawdzian i nie każdy może lub powinien być przedsiębiorcą. Jednocześnie, badania wykazały, że pewien czas spędzony jako przedsiębiorca pomaga w zdobyciu umiejętności oraz w wyrobieniu osobistych cech, które są przydatne przy zatrudnieniu. Artykuł stara się wypełnić niektóre luki w literaturze przedmiotu i tym samym poczynić pewien wkład do istniejącej wiedzy na ten temat.

EN

The present paper, drawing on qualitative interviews with Polish former and current entrepreneurs based in the Opole region focuses on their experiences as it relates to movements from wage employment to entrepreneurship and from entrepreneurship to wage employment. In so doing, it seeks to find out why they decided to become entrepreneurs or to return to paid employment, what they experience in their new occupations, and how their prior experiences influence the way they run their businesses or work as employees. The interview findings suggest that people become entrepreneurs because they seek to earn more, be autonomous, or to test their “inner mettle.” The interviews also lend credence to the view that running one’s own company is a testing experience and that not everyone can and should be an entrepreneur. Yet, at the same time, the study shows that a spell of entrepreneurship can help one gain skills and develop personal attributes that come in handy in wage employment. As there are lacunae in topical literature, the study seeks to fill some of these gaps and, by this token, make some contributions to the existing body of knowledge.

Keywords

PL

przedsiębiorczość; doświadczenia przedsiębiorcy; przebieg kariery; indywidualne wywiady pogłębione

EN

entrepreneurship; entrepreneur experiences; career trajectories; in-depth individual interviews

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 3/2016 (62), t.2
• Pages: 68-88

Dates

published

2016-12-01

online

2016-12-01

Contributors

author

Zientara Piotr

• Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk

author

Nikodemska-Wołowik Anna Maria

• Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk

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Identifiers

ISSN

1644-9584

DOI

10.7172/1644-9584.62.5