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{"title":"Expectations of fulfilling the grandparent role in the context of maintaining professional activity. Analysis of an international survey","authors":"Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Urszula Załuska, A. Grześkowiak, Piotr Peternek","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/2","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to assess the expectations of fulfilling the role of grandparents in the context of maintaining professional activity. In the study, data from an international survey conducted using a proprietary questionnaire (the CAWI method) among representatives from 7 European countries was used. The main objective was to find possible differences in the perception of the grandmother’s and grandfather’s roles depending on the characteristics of the respondent. The survey was conducted in May 2022, and the total research sample was 3,008 people. The analysis focused on the respondents’ answers to eight statements on taking care of grandchildren and work-related decisions. The study employed exploratory factor analysis and non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test) to check for differences in assessments according to the respondent characteristics. Statistically significant differences were found between the answers of respondents who differ in age, gender, and place of residence. Factor analysis made it possible to identify two factors: the first one may be named ‘long-term support’ and the second factor may be labelled ‘temporary - emergency care’; this provided a basis for synthesising the analysed statements.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114708731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The communication gap and the effect of self-perception on assessment of internal auditors‘ communication skills","authors":"W. Rydzak, J. Przybylska, J. Trębecki, Miguel Afonso Sellitto","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/10","url":null,"abstract":"Allen, M. (2017). The sage encyclopedia of communication research methods (Vols. 1-4). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483381411\u0000Alleyne, B., & Amaria, P. (2013). The effectiveness of corporate culture, auditor education, and legislation in identifying, preventing, and eliminating corporate fraud. International Journal of Business, Accounting and Finance, 7(1), 34+.\u0000Bailey, J. A. (2011). Core Competencies for Today’s Internal Auditor. Report II. Altamonte Springs: The Institute of Internal Auditors.\u0000Bilan, Y., Mishchuk, H., & Samoliuk, N. (2023). Digital Skills of Civil Servants: Assessing Readiness for Successful Interaction in e-society. Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, 20(3), 155-174. DOI: 10.12700/APH.20.3.2023.3.10\u0000Bustos-Contell, E., Porcuna-Enguix, L., Serrano-Madrid, J., & Labatut-Serer, G. (2022). Female audit team leaders and audit effort. Journal of Business Research, 140, 324-331.\u0000Chan, S. H. J., & Lai, H. Y. I. (2017). Understanding the link between communication satisfaction, perceived justice, and organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of Business Research, 70, 214–223.\u0000Cho, J., Lee, H. E., & Kim, H. (2019). Effects of communication-oriented overload in mobile instant messaging on role stressors, burnout, and turnover intention in the workplace. International Journal of Communication, 13.\u0000Compernolle, T. (2018). Communication of the external auditor with the audit committee: Managing impressions to deal with multiple accountability relationships. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 31(3), 900–924. doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-05-2013-1356\u0000Cone, J. D. (1978). The Behavioral Assessment Grid (BAG): A Conceptual Framework and a Taxonomy. Behavior Therapy, 9, 882–888.\u0000Dobrowolski, Z., Sułkowski, Ł., & Bařinová, D. (2022). Auditors maximising their utility: Economic analysis of the supreme audit institution. Journal of International Studies, 15(3), 98-110. doi:10.14254/2071-8330.2022/15-3/7\u0000Frey, L., Botan, C., Friedman, P., & Kreps, G. (1991). Investigating Communication: An Introduction to Research Methods. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.\u0000Griffin, E. (2003). Podstawy komunikacji społecznej [Fundamentals of social communication]. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne.\u0000He, W., Sidhu, B., & Taylor, S. (2019). Audit quality and properties of analysts’ information environment. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 46(3–4), 400–419.\u0000IIA Internal Audit Capabilities and need survey. (2019). Protiviti. Retrieved from https://www.protiviti.com/US-en/insights/internal-audit-capabilities-and-needs-survey\u0000International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). (2011). Enhancing the Value of Auditor Reporting: Exploring Options for Change. New York, NY: International Federation of Accountants.\u0000Jerzemowska, M., & Koyama, Y. (2020). The board as an example of Japanese corporate governance system hybridization: An outline of the problem. Economics and Sociology, 13(3), 171-202. doi:10.14254/2071-789X.2020/13-3/11\u0000Jurczuk, A.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131396249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phenomena of precarity among young graduates – Hungarian case study","authors":"Mihály Fónai, Anita R. Fedor","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/7","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. In our study we analyse the risk factors of precarity among young graduates. We aim to explore the characteristics that can turn young graduates towards precarity. The position of young graduates is better on the labor market than that of job seekers with lower qualification. Nevertheless, there are some risk factors that can also affect young graduates, such as the uncertainty on the labor market, and the chance and danger of falling into precarity. In this paper, different interpretations of and approaches to precarity are validated as a theoretical framework, taking into account the main theories dealing with the concept of precarity and with precarity as a class. We focus on young graduates as a group at risk of precarity, and thus also analyse the theories dealing with their situation. Our empirical investigation tests the claims of the main theories. For this purpose, we conduct a secondary analysis of the 2018 database of the Graduate Tracking System based on the responses of 15 102 recent graduates. Studies show that the risk of precariousness in Hungary is mainly shaped by the level of education and the post-graduation job. However, since no similar empirical analysis has been conducted for the country, our study is exploratory in nature, which gives it both its value in terms of novelty and its limitations.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114434458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the context of economic-behavioral phenomena","authors":"Z. Birknerová, B. Gavurová, Lucia Zbihlejová, Jaroslava Hečková, Alexandra Chapčáková","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/12","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. Mergers and acquisitions are a powerful way to modify a company's portfolio and generate both long-term value and resilience. The aim and the reasons behind M&A are among the aspects that contribute to their successful implementation, so ascertaining them is also important for the purposes of maximizing the positive effects of these transactions. The first partial objective of the research presented in the paper is to identify the links between the factors affecting the success of the cross-border merger and acquisition projects and the importance of the aims that the respondents want to achieve by selling the company. The second partial objective is to identify the links between the aforementioned factors and the importance of the reasons for which respondents consider cross-border M&A. The research was conducted on a sample of 244 managers of corporations based in 45 European countries that were the subject of a cross-border merger or acquisition in the 2016-2020 period with a market capitalization of more than €100 mil. using the M&APIF methodology. Several statistically significant correlations between the assessed phenomena were recorded. The research results imply that top managers should focus their attention on particular factors more and on others less to successfully implement a project of cross-border M&A. This study may, therefore, serve as a tool for them to do so.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117230308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial inclusion in Indonesia: Does education matter?","authors":"Pratiwi Ira Eka","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/16","url":null,"abstract":"This study attempts to examine education as a critical proxy for financial inclusion in Indonesia using the Global Findex 2017 database from the World Bank survey. The results showed low financial inclusion in Indonesia, indicated by the low score of the financial inclusion index. Further analysis also suggests that education attainment significantly affects financial inclusion, whose indicators include the financial inclusion index (FII), account ownership, mobile or internet banking, and borrowing from financial institutions in the past 12 months. These four indicators show that financial inclusion increases with education. The findings confirm that highly educated people are considered financially included, and the great difference in educational level may create a significant gap in financial inclusion. Therefore, more people should attain higher education to increase financial inclusion and contribute to national development.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123052706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Causal agency and influences on transitional choices: Comparison of Croatian and Romanian youth","authors":"Katarina Kostelić, C. Fleșeriu","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-2/1","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to provide insight into groups of influences on youth's transitional choices and examine the patterns of those influences. The self-reported influences on transitional choices were collected from Croatian and Romanian students. The analysis examines the interconnectedness of influences, differences arising from age and gender, and the heterogeneity of personal influence. Assuming that the approach to examined decisions is transferable to other social and economic choices, the results of this explorative study show that causal agency in decision-making should not be assumed a priori. This calls for further research and potential revision of the standard approach to individual decision-making.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"473 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133621710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deliniation of metropolitan areas in Poland: A functional approach","authors":"Bogna Gawrońska-Nowak, P. Lis, O. Zadorozhna","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/4","url":null,"abstract":"elineation of urban functional areas helps policymakers and urban planners understand the connections between the core cities and areas surrounding them, and subsequently develop policies and solutions that can serve local populations. This article develops a readily applicable econometric method for delineation that considers functional aspects of cities and their surroundings. We perform delineation analysis using the data for 78 Polish core cities, grouping them by population size. Using the satellite data on lights emitted at night, population density, commuter numbers as well as the number of houses and apartments built in each commune, we apply a threshold regression model to determine the boundaries of functional urban areas. Our main results suggest that the mean radius of functional urban areas (FUAs) around the largest (most populous) cities is, on average, 21 km, while it is between 13 and 16 km for smaller cities. We then test how the econometric results compare with the perceptions of local inhabitants through a citizen science project (CSP) conducted as a robustness check.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124291787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social capital and spread of COVID-19 in Poland – do membership, trust, norms and values or shared narratives matter?","authors":"Urszula Markowska-Przybyła, A. Grześkowiak","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/8","url":null,"abstract":"The experience of the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic can be a source of valuable information for public health authorities. As we have seen, the incidence is not evenly distributed in space, and the factors influencing it are not fully understood. Aspects of biological, demographic, economic, environmental, and political nature are considered, but it is believed that the social factor may be of critical importance. The density and intensity of social relations, general trust and trust in the authorities, norms and values – i.e., social capital – may have a key impact on the scale of infections. The research conducted so far on this subject does not provide clear conclusions, and the post-communist society, inferior in social capital, has hardly been analyzed. Using data for 73 subregions of Poland and performing regression analysis, we investigate how social capital explains the level of infection rate in the first three waves of the epidemic. The analysis results have shown that the factor of “political leaning” was strongly and negatively related to the infection rate in Poland. The research results indicate that, contrary to the previous studies, structural capital has the same positive effect on reducing the epidemic. However, relational social capital promotes more significant morbidity.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"182 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122094813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Personality traits and counterproductive work behaviors: the moderating role of demographic characteristics","authors":"D. Szostek, A. Balcerzak, E. Rogalska, Radka MacGregor Pelikánová","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/12","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of the current contribution is to determine how the personality traits (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness and Openness to experience) influence counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), and whether/to what extent this potential impact is moderated by employees’ main demographic characteristics. To reach the pointed aim a survey among 1,380 professionally active people in Poland was conducted. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology was applied to analyze the obtained empirical data. The proposed theoretical models were intended to determine how particular types of personality affect organizational and interpersonal CWB and how those types of personality affect CWB (Production deviance, Abuse against others, Theft, Sabotage, Withdrawal) with potential moderating effects of demographic features. We confirmed that personality traits have an inverse relationship with counterproductive behavior. The strongest predicators of interpersonal and organizational CWB were: Conscientiousness (the correlation in both cases is negative), Agreeableness (only in the case of CWB-I – negative correlation), Neuroticism (CWB-O – negative correlation) and Extraversion (CWB-I – positive influence; CWB-O - negative influence). With regard to the subjective CWB categories, Agreeableness reduced Abuse against others the most, Openness to experience increased Withdrawal, and Extraversion – Abuse against others, while Neuroticism and Conscientiousness reduced Withdrawal the most. The pointed relationships were significantly moderated by the analyzed demographic variables, with most significant moderating effects recorded in the case of women, the elderly and people with longer work experience, as well as in office / clerical positions (compared to those holding managerial positions).","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126172683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Working conditions of platform workers in new EU member states: Motives, working environment and legal regulations","authors":"Rita Remeikienė, Ligita Gasparėnienė, Romas Lazutka","doi":"10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-4/9","url":null,"abstract":"The article focuses on the differences in motivation, working environment and legal regulation of digital platform work, as well as demographic characteristics of digital platform workers in new EU member states (Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and Romania). The research is based on the COLLEEM survey (2018) results. The ANOVA test revealed statistically significant differences only in one group of the characteristics under consideration – the number of digital platforms used by workers. The findings lead to the conclusion that digital platform workers who use 5 and more platforms tend to be more motivated and more satisfied with their working environment and legal regulation that those who use 1 platform. Generally, the first and most important challenge that platform workers are facing is the lack of social protection that is provided by the traditional employment contracts. This applies to all new EU member states under consideration.","PeriodicalId":409504,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Sociology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129151179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}