Analysis of the Impact of the Crisis Caused by COVID-19 in the Intercultural Environment With Reference to Economic Factors

• Authors: Željka Kadlec , Marija Žunić

Title variants

PL

Analiza wpływu kryzysu spowodowanego COVID-19 w środowisku międzykulturowym z odniesieniem do czynników ekonomicznych

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest określenie, w jakim stopniu kryzys wywołany pandemią COVID-19 wpłynął na czynniki ekonomiczne w skali globalnej w środowisku międzykulturowym. Przedmiotem badań jest analiza wpływu kryzysu na czynniki gospodarcze (handel zagraniczny, PKB, PNB) wybranych losowo krajów (Włochy, Niemcy, Rosja, Chiny, Chorwacja). Ponadto szczególną uwagę zwrócono na cechy międzykulturowe obserwowanych krajów (komunikacja międzykulturowa, kompetencje międzykulturowe, wrażliwość międzykulturowa i konflikty międzykulturowe). Analiza treści jako metoda jakościowa obejmowała analizę publicznie dostępnych dokumentów urzędowych pod kątem zaobserwowanych czynników i cech. Wkład artykułu dotyczy analizy sytuacji obserwowanych krajów poprzez powiązanie kluczowych elementów potrzebnych do dalszych działań.

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The purpose of this paper was to determine how much the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic affected economic factors globally in the intercultural environment. The subject of the research refers to the analysis of the impact of the crisis on economic factors (foreign trade, GDP, GNP) of selected countries (Italy, Germany, Russia, China, and Croatia). In addition, special attention was given to the intercultural characteristics of the observed countries (intercultural communication, intercultural competence, intercultural sensitivity and intercultural conflicts). The content analysis as a qualitative method examined publicly available official documents related to the factors and characteristics observed. The contribution of the paper refers to the analysis of the situation of the observed countries by connecting the key elements needed for further action.

Keywords

EN

economic factors; interculturalism; Covid-19 pandemic

PL

czynniki ekonomiczne; międzykulturowość; COVID-19

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Nauki o Finansach
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 45-76

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Željka Kadlec

• Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, Department of Economics, Virovitica, Croatia

author

Marija Žunić

• Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, Department of Economics, Virovitica, Croatia

editor

Marijana Lovrenović

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/fins.2021.2.04

Biblioteka Nauki

2079916