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Proces kształtowania projakościowego zarządzania organizacją

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Łukasiński W.

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie

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2013

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issue 915

73-87

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In the era of the market economy, quality has become one of the most basic categories determining an organisation’s level of competitiveness. The complex, turbulent and demanding environment makes it necessary to adapt appropriately, while to restructure an organisation it is necessary to improve it systematically and to promote its adaptation to changes. The aim of the article is to show the process of creating pro-qualitative management at an organisation, which should be perceived as a determinant of the permanent success of an organisation understood as its ability to develop effective and efficient responses to identified needs and expectations that arise in its environment over the long term.

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German sport aviation as a reserve of military aviation in the inter-war period

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Kozak Z.

Reality of Politics

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2023

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issue 25

63-73

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Aviation as a new weapon emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. The event that influenced its development was the course of the First World War. It was not the decisive factor in determining the fate of the war, however, its dynamic development in the final stage of the war could indicate its great importance in the future. The development of military aviation was the domain of the military authorities. The popularisation campaign and the development of appropriate flight training programs were entrusted to the civilian authorities. The establishment of appropriate organisations was needed to effectively engage the public in cooperation. Sport aviation and gliding excelled in preparing young people for service in airborne combat units and transport aviation. Their development in Europe in the inter-war period proceeded in two ways. The first was the creation of organisations by administrative orders, which took place in Germany, Russia and Italy. The second was the skilful use of social initiatives linked to aviation interests, appropriately coordinated by the state and supported by subsidies, as was the case in England and France. The purpose of the establishment of these organisations and activities was to popularise and train aviation in the widest circles of society and to prepare it for a possible airborne threat.

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Pojęcie dylematu etycznego.Zarys problemu dylematuetycznego w organizacji

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Bąk D.

Prakseologia

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2013

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issue 154

5-32

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This article is an attempt to analyse the phenomenon of “ethical dilemma.” One assumes that an ethical dilemma consists of conflicts both in values and normative systems. The essence of an ethical dilemma is the choice between two positive possibilities. A particular feature of ethical dilemmas is that of “double moral evaluation:” It is both a positive – as an affirmation of a choice of one good – as well as a negative – as an experience of discomfort after the rejection of the other good. This article describes ethical dilemmas in organisational decision-making and shows factors which can favour or limit the ability to solve them

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Relation between Knowledge Management and Turnover in Slovenian Micro and Small Start-Up Organisations

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Novak R., Roblek V., Devetak G.

Organizacija

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2013

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vol. 46

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issue 3

99-107

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This article discusses the importance of knowledge management and employee turnover, using the example of selected Slovenian organisations, in particular, technology parks. The purpose of this article is to point out statistical characteristics between employee turnover and certain selected independent variables. The empirical research was conducted on a population of 667 Slovenian organisations gathered from the subjects of an innovative environment database, and a further sample of 51 chosen technology parks from the A group. By implementing multivariate regression analysis, we sought to examine whether knowledge requirements and knowledge transfer paths in these organisations have a statistically significant influence on employee turnover. The aim of this article is to present the results of empirical research that defines the development of a conceptual framework for understanding the influence of knowledge management on employee turnover. The results have shown that the importance of intellectual and social capital, intangible capital assets and their continuous measurement must be acknowledged within an organisation.

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Internal determinants of firms’ innovativeness

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WOJNICKA-SYCZ E., SYCZ P., WALENTYNOWICZ P., WAŚNIEWSKI J.

Operations Research and Decisions

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2018

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vol. 28

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issue 4

83-97

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This article presents an analysis of the determinants of a firm’s innovativeness deriving from its internal potential and characteristics. The analysis is based on research carried out on 1355 firms that applied for public subsidies from the Innovative Economy Operational Program in 2014. The methods applied are logit regression, comparative analysis and literature review. The analysis is structured according to Bielski’s model of an organization indicating the following subsystems: management, goals and values, people, technology and structure. This analysis shows that firms’ innovativeness depends mainly on the following factors: their level of cooperation with academia, longer presence on the market, being highly equipped with modern technologies, being a medium-sized or large firm, as well as being an industrial rather than a service firm. All of the organizational subsystems play a role in determining innovativeness, but the most important ones are the technical subsystem, psycho-social subsystem and the subsystem of structure.

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Przewodzić czy zarządzać? Oto jest pytanie! Przegląd teorii przywództwa

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Lipińska-Grobelny A., UŁ I. P.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Psychologica

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2005

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vol. 09

EN

One of the major domain of empirical and theoretical interest in psychology of organisation and management is a leadership. Long ago professionals and scientists have been searching for universal prescription for an effective management. The inventor for sure will become one of the richest people in the world. Instantly, the question arises if such a universal prescription really exists? This article presents the survey of leadership theories as an important aspect of a management. The author indicates the evolution of leadership theories, describing traits theory, behaviours theory, situational theories, ending the description of the most recent approach to the leadership that is a transactional and transformation leadership.

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It takes two to be equal? Middle-class men managing care and work during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

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Ciaputa E., Warat M., Krzaklewska E.

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research

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2023

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vol. 24

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issue 1

62-86

EN

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to the organisation of work and practices of care. Lockdown, the introduction of remote working in many sectors, homeschooling, and social isolation required the adoption of new strategies and solutions, resulting in the increased involvement of mothers in caring activities and the reinforcement of the cultural normativity of family. Yet some studies suggest that the share of fathers in childcare has also increased. Based on semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted as part of the ‘Men in Care’ (MiC) project with men working in international corporations (17) and their partners (7), we consider how the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland impacted men’s approach to care and parental roles. We draw on the experiences of male employees and their partners to show how the ‘interweaving’ of care and work has influenced the involvement of fathers and the division of care between partners. We examine whether the post-outbreak months, when care duties suddenly became delegated almost exclusively to parents, triggered reflections in relation to caring masculinities and challenged existing gender relations. We identified three types of fathers in our sample: task-oriented fathers, supportive fathers, and engaged fathers.

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Measurement of Social Innovation at Organisation’s Level: Theoretical Issues

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Dainienė R., Dagilienė L.

Economics and Business

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2016

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vol. 29

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issue 1

96-103

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The paper presents theoretical issues of social innovation measurement due to its multidimensional context. The purpose of this paper is to review the theoretical background on the topic of social innovation concept and TBL approach and to propose the conceptual model for measuring the value of social innovation at an organisation’s level. The proposed measurement process for social innovation consists of four stages, which cover selection and implementation of the social innovation, identification of the scope of the social innovation, measurement and calculation of the consolidated index. Indicators for measurement value of social innovation are applied using the TBL approach. The conceptual model could be applied as a methodology for measuring value of social innovation.

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Empowerment in the Open Innovation Concept

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Aneta P.

Ekonomia i Zarzadzanie

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2016

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vol. 8

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issue 3

35-42

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The aim of this study is an attempt to interpret the concept of „empowerment” in the perspective of open innovation issues. The text consists of a brief introduction, four sections, and summary. The main background of the research is related to the importance of the social reality of the organisation to evolving paradigms of innovation. In the face of globalization challenges, the innovation management could be interpreted as a specific system based on interdisciplinary analysis of an organisation’s social potential. The methodology involves desk research and theoretical deliberations. As the results, this study distinguished attributes and role of empowerment in the social development process. The possibilities of an adoption of this concept to management in the open innovation context provide the theoretical contribution.

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Rekolekcje szkolne w planie organizacji pracy szkoły

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Stach-Hejosz M.

Biuletyn Edukacji Medialnej

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2013

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issue 1

33-47

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School retreats constitute an unusual form of preaching the Gospel by the Church. They are organised for children and teenagers catechized at one school in order to enrich their Christian lives. In the school organisation plan, retreats have to be included in its basic document, i.e. comprehensive educational plan. Therefore, the headmaster should feel obliged to undertake actions related to their organisation. The new school management system provides numerous possibilities to prepare strategic plans and this way, include the retreats into the programme of school work. The actions such as: determining the nature of retreats in the school statute, including them in the school proactive plans (personal development and prevention programmes) as well as organising pedagogue teams and cooperating with the institution of Church are laborious, time-consuming and difficult for the headmaster. However, they may bring measurable benefits such as; raising the level of school work, reducing or eliminating improper behaviours of children and teenagers, supplementing the didactic process, fulfilling the core curriculum as well as engaging the pupils by various practical forms of retreats.

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Development of the Combined Study at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava

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Dostál P., Slovák S., Tvarůžka V.

The New Educational Review

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2007

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vol. 12

103-110

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This paper informs about the development of courses realised at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava in a combined study. It is engaged in the course of the Special Subject Teaching Studies in detail, which is guaranteed by the Department of Technical and Vocational Education.

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Idokan in Cultural Dialogues: 70 years of activity (1948-2018)

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Cynarski W. J.

Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology

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2019

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vol. 19

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issue 1S

6-14

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Problem. This paper discusses the problems of cultural dialogues in the area of martial arts. It is linked to the 70th anniversary of judo-do (”extended road of judo”) and the traditions of the Idokan organisation. The theoretical perspective is mainly derived from the sociology and anthropology of martial arts and includes the Eliade/ Tokarski theory of cultural dialogues. Method. The main research method is an analysis of literature, both scientific and popular. Participant observation over more than 25 years (up to 2017) was also used. The author has also drawn on his own direct participation in the area for some of the factual analysis. Results. The author distinguishes the successive stages, manifestations and effects of cultural dialogue. As a result of this research it may be concluded that intercultural encounter and dialogue have been through five stages in the Idokan tradition: 1) judo-do created by Julius Fleck; 2) the concept of Ido by Wally Strauss; 3) the Idokan Academy Europe; 4) Honbu dojo in Munich; 5) Activity of Idokan Poland Association (IPA). Between 1947 and 1954 organisational structures were being developed in a number of countries. Over the following 20 years the framework for the international federations including jujutsu and judo, was being established. Between 1970 and 1980, Strauss introduced the concept of Ido and developed an appropriate structure for Idokan. The achievements of the succeeding founders and leaders of Idokan contributed to intercultural dialogue in the Europe – East Asia – Australia triangle. It covered both their organisational activity and the creation of new ideas and direct teaching and popularization. This applies in particular to the elasticity, and thus universal concept, of Ido. The last stage is the international, successful activity of IPA. Conclusions. The institutionalisation of teaching was developed as well as the introduction of teaching and master’s (technical and honorary) degree certification. Divisions within the judo-do federations and associations and Idokan have hindered their organisational development. However, the original ideas are still cultivated and developed further, especially in the IPA.

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Communication as an Element of Personal Security

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Ciekanowski Z., Krawczyńska S., Nowicka J., Wyrębek H.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2023

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issue 2(52)

177-184

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The study refers to the role of building relations between the direct supervisor and employee teams, indicating the opportunities and threats resulting from conducting selected aspects of internal communication in the so-called uniformed organisations. The authors draw attention to the roles of communication competencies and their social overtones, seeing in these elements both opportunities and threats to the involvement of employees in the performance of official tasks, as well as their readiness to deepen relations with their direct superior. The presented results of empirical research concern the organisation of the Ministry of National Defence and the State Fire Service and are only an element of a larger research project. The aim of the research process was to determine the opportunities and threats generated by aspects of organisational communication in the context of maintaining a satisfactory state of personal security of the examined institutions participating in activities in the field of defence and protection of population, property and the environment.

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Party membership in Romania: political legitimacy, party finance and organisational changes

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Iancu A., Soare S.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2020

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vol. 56

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issue 3

315-341

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The article retraces the contradictions between the regulations and the practices shaping Romanian party membership in order to show why and how membership decline became an electoral-driven strategy. It contrasts high membership figures, the dynamics of legal definitions of party membership, and party routines. The results indicate that the Romanian example is an atypical case of incongruence between organisational configurations and party models of ‘constitutionalisation’. The frailty of party organisations in this post-communist country depends not only on the broken linkages between state and society but also on exogenous factors, such as the anti-corruption campaign and opportunistic intraparty agreements. The study uses a qualitative content analysis of party laws, party statutes, official statements, and desk research.

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Training System of Polish Police Officers – in the Past and Today

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Hryszkiewicz D.

Internal Security

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2020

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vol. 12(2)

145-155

EN

One of the most important areas of activity of the Police, which plays a fundamental role in shaping the internal security of the state, is the educational activity of training centres for these formations. Although they do not deal directly with performance of statutory tasks, their importance in the area of, among other things, the quality of services, the development of formation’s culture and its identity, and elitism is undisputed. The overriding role of police education is to prepare highly specialised staff in strategic areas of combatting crime. This staff will effectively perform the statutory tasks of the formation, connected, among others, with the protection of state security and the public order, protection of human life, health and property, as well as widely understood criminological prophylaxis. For a very long time, education has been a fundamental and universal determinant of human development. Educational activity is the basic condition determining, first of all, the moral development of a person. Pedagogical activity is a function of cultural development of societies and an opportunity to overcome prejudices and stereotypes. The position of education in the structure of the state’s objectives determines its development in the long term in practically all areas. This study is an attempt to systematically look at one of the elements of the internal security subsystem of the state, which is modern police education. The system of training and in-service development of the Police in Poland has been a subject of great interest for many years. Currently, the Polish Police are on the verge of major organisational changes which will also result in structural changes in the educational system. The system of training of the largest uniformed formation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration is the basis for effective and professional training of the police personnel in all kinds of executive and managerial positions. The current solutions in this area are an effect of a specific evolution both in the organisational and structural dimensions. The author’s intention is to present the issues of Polish police officer training from the moment of the establishment of the State Police to the present day, with particular attention paid to the way of organising the system of training and in-service development of police officers.

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What to look for to increase work added value? Remote work and perceived productivity: A study in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic

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Barczyk R., Spychała J., Urbanowicz Z., Ziomek A.

Research Papers in Economics and Finance

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2022

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vol. 6

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issue 1

46-71

EN

In the era of digitisation, the role of remote work is growing. The digitisation of work has brought new opportunities and threats to the economic function of labour. This function, pointing to the fundamental role of employment, which is to provide added value for the employer and remuneration for the employee, has acquired a new meaning. Therefore, in the era of digitisation, it seems justified to assess the impact of remote work on labour productivity (in terms of organizational factors, cost factors and work quality). The subject of the study is to analyse the productivity factors of remote work (based on work performed under permanent and short-term employment, including various work models and irregular work patterns). The main objective of the research is to identify factors determining perceived productivity of individual workers who perform their job remotely and to measure the importance of factors determining labour productivity. The methodology used in the study is based on the analysis of the literature and conclusions drawn from a survey conducted in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary (a total sample of 450 units). Logistic regression and the k-means method were used in the statistical analysis. They allow measuring the relationship between the strength of a stimulus represented by the percentage of cases showing a specific response on how productivity is verified by the stimulus. Moreover, they bring the possibility to group factors in clusters representing workers with different sets of productivity factors. Results show that across the study sample, high stress, low employee control, and limited communication with managers minimise the growth of remote work productivity, since social relationships at work are correlated with productivity. Nonetheless, work organisation traits such as proper work environment, travel cost savings, technical assistance access, and a fast Internet connection remain positively related to remote work productivity.

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"It only hurts when I laugh": tolerating bullying humour in order to belong at work

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Plester B., Bentley T., Brewer E.

The European Journal of Humour Research

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2022

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vol. 10

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issue 2

116-134

EN

Our study examines the impacts on workers when organisational humour is repeated, sustained, dominating, and potentially harmful, and thus can be considered to be bullying. In an ethnographic study of an idiosyncratic New Zealand IT company, we observed humour that was sexualised, dominating, and perpetrated by the most powerful organizational members. We argue that the compelling need for belonging in this extreme organizational culture influenced workers to accept bullying humour as just a joke and therefore acceptable and harmless even when it contravened societal workplace norms. Our contribution is in identifying and extending the significant theoretical relationship between workplace humour and bullying that, to date, is not well-explored in organizational research.

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An Application of the Corporate Virtue Scale to Assess Managers’ Perceptions of Ethical Behaviour in Public Organizations and Service Provision

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Selemani Shindika E., Cheteni P.

Ethics in Progress

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2023

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vol. 14

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issue 1

64-77

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A strong ethical culture is the key to any organization’s long-term success. The purpose of this research was to investigate the link between an organization’s ethical culture and its effect on workers’ well-being, as well as to test the construct validity of the Corporate Virtue Scale (CEV). In South Africa’s Buffalo Municipality, 277 managers from different government agencies made up the sample. The eight-factor CEV scale was validated through a confirmatory factor analysis. Employees’ stress and emotional exhaustion were linked to their views on the prevalence of an ethical culture in public agencies. The results of this study show that an organization’s ethical culture significantly affects its employees’ quality of life on the job. The CEV scale was found to have construct validity, proving its reliability and validity in practice. The government is urged to prioritize the streamlining of regulations and processes that foster an ethical culture in public institutions.

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Objawienia i duchy gór - doświadczenia, instytucje i organizacje religijne

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Halemba A.

Prace Etnograficzne

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2014

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vol. 42

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issue 1

33–46

EN

This article proposes an analytical model for research on religion, based on elucidation of three aspects of religious phenomena: institutional, organisational and experiential. Those three aspects transform each other: religious experiences can lead to establishment of religious institutions, while religious organisations can initiate and manage religious experiences. Theoretical inspirations are taken from works that combine philosophy and anthropology with cognitive approaches. Ethnographic examples are based on fi eld research in the Republic of Altai (Russian Federation) on cult of nature and activities of shamans and in the Transcarpathian Ukraine among adherents of the Catholic Church of Byzantine Rite.

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Luhmann’s Functional Subsystems of Modern Society- The Character of Horizontal and Vertical Relationships

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Bognár B.

Polish Sociological Review

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2013

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vol. 182

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issue 2

137-152

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This study focuses on one of the basic questions of Luhmann’s social theory relating to the description of modernity, namely, on the characteristics of subsystems and, even more specifically, it is aimed at gaining new recognitions concerning the relationships between subsystems. To do this, the study starts with sporadic comments in Luhmann’s late work indicating historical and current inequalities between functional subsystems that are characterised in essence by a coordinating structure. Supplementing these recognitions by new arguments, the study concludes that besides the horizontal relationships, a variety of hierarchic (vertical) organisation forms also develop under the conditions ofmodernity. The dynamic of the subsystems is also affected by external irritations of unequal weights and frequencies of occurrence which, though not necessarily overwriting the autopoiesis of the various subsystems, definitely influences the importance of the various subsystems in the process of social communication. The other part of the study points out-by analysing the organisation’s system level among other aspects-that vertical segmentation is a characteristic of the entirety of sociality besides the horizontal structure. Consequently, the study concludes that the description of modernity in Luhmann’s social theory is in need of some adjustment.

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