Social potential of firm is very complex problem linked with human capital and Human Resources Management. The most important issues underlined by studies at the topic are: knowledge management, values, competencies, attitudes and last not least - work motivation. Researching the aspect of employees motivation the author focuses on Hackman and Oldham model (1976). The model is attractive for the double picture of motivation - how organization of work is motivating the employees and which job conditions are important for them in their work. In the research over 1000 employees from the Lublin Region were interviewed. The impact of age, education, salary and form of job contract on the work motivation werw analysed. It was shown that the social potential of organization depends on age, education, and type of job contract. Polish workers are mainly motivated by external factors as type of contract and salary.
The aim of the paper is to investigate which psychometric tools commonly used by Polish transport psychologists appropriately measure necessary abilities of professional drivers. According to Levis-Evans’ differentiation between the driver ’s performance and the driver’s behaviour, we explored a statistical relation between the results of tests currently used by transport psychologists, measured according to Szalma’s individual differences and safe behaviours on roads. We examine validity of tests using data based on real professional drivers’ behaviour. The sample included 200 drivers involved in accidents and collisions, and 100 who behaved safely. We tested external validity of chosen psychometric tools by analysing statistically the relation between test scores and unsafe driving behaviour recorded by the police. The results show that only few measurements are valid for differentiation of safe and unsafe drivers. The paper indicates the methodology to reach the prognostic value of the diagnostic tests employed by transport psychologist.
The article presents research explaining the entrepreneurial intention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. The research's findings confirmed the usefulness of the model in explaining the entrepreneurial intentions in students from Poland and Spain. Polish students scored higher on all components of the model. The subjective norm was the significant predictor of the entrepreneurial intention only in Spanish students, attitudes and perceived behavioral control - in both countries
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