Central European Management Journal , Open Access

Model of student engagement in the distance learning process

Anna Chwiłkowska-Kubala, Małgorzata Spychała, Tomasz Stachurski

We aimed to identify factors that influence student engagement in distance learning.

External audits and official controls – what’s the difference in their usefulness and credibility?

Piotr Rogala, Piotr Kafel, Inga Lapina

The study aims to determine whether audited organizations experience differences between external audits and official controls.

Expectations of manufacturing companies towards suppliers in terms of implementing improvement activities

Maciej Urbaniak, Dominik Zimon, Peter Madzik

This article aims to map the expectations of manufacturing companies towards suppliers in terms of implementing improvement activities. The article poses two research questions…

Actioning sustainability through tourism entrepreneurship: Women entrepreneurs as change agents navigating through the field of stakeholders

Mine Karatas-Ozkan, Renan Tunalioglu, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Emir Ozeren, Vadim Grinevich, Joseph Kimaro

Sustainability is viewed as an encompassing perspective, as endorsed by the international policy context, driven by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We aim to…

The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance

Grażyna Kędzia

I aimed to obtain a deeper insight into the link between supplier involvement in product development (SIPD), supplier relationship resilience and company performance.

Adaptation and validation of the Polish version of the team boosting behaviors scale

Joanna Haffer

The article aims to present the results of adapting the team boosting behaviors (TBB) scale to Polish cultural conditions and validating it.

Infant multinationals venturing into distant markets: How do Polish firms enact opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Aleksandra Wąsowska, Krzysztof Obłój

We wanted to find out how infant multinationals originating from Poland enact opportunities in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.

The relationship between learning orientation, firm performance and market dynamism in MSMEs operating in technology parks in Poland: an empirical analysis

Jarosław Karpacz, Anna Wojcik-Karpacz

The authors analyzed the relationship between learning orientation (LO) and performance in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) by investigating the moderating role…

Credibility of food processing companies in terms of food safety: perspective of Generation Z consumers

Eugenia Czernyszewicz, Małgorzata Zdzisława Wiśniewska

The authors aimed to identify the opinions of young adult consumers regarding food processing companies’ (FPCs) credibility in terms of food safety (FS).

Embracing intelligent machines: A qualitative study to explore the transformational trends in the workplace

Sumathi Annamalai, Aditi Vasunandan

With Industry 4.0 and the extensive rise of smart technologies, we are seeing remarkable transformations in work practices and workplaces. Scholars report the phenomenal progress…

The effects of shaping employee work engagement and job satisfaction on company performance results: the mediating role of HRM outcomes in Central European MNCs

Marzena Stor

The main goal of the article is to determine the mediating role of human resources management (HRM) outcomes in the relationships between shaping employee work engagement and job…

Personality metatraits and managerial AC dimensions in assessment center performance: the moderating effect of age in strong and weak VUCA simulations

Anna Katarzyna Baczyńska, Ilona Skoczeń, George C. Thornton, Shihua Chen

We investigated the relationship between personality and managerial assessment center (AC) dimensions, emphasizing age’s moderating role within volatility, uncertainty…

Spiritual leadership and work engagement: a mediating role of spiritual well-being

Joanna Samul

Recently, both researchers and practitioners have been very interested in the impact of leadership on employee engagement. Thus, I aimed to examine the relationship between…

The importance of emotions in contemporary human resource management

Marta Juchnowicz, Hanna Kinowska, Hubert Gąsiński

The literature currently offers only fragmentary insights into the research on the relationship between employee emotions and human resource management (HRM). Therefore, further…

Nurturing teamwork and team dynamics in a hybrid work model

Piotr Buła, Anna Thompson, Agnieszka Anna Żak

We aimed to analyze the impact of the transition to the hybrid model of teamwork and team dynamics from the perspective of the five key challenges, i.e. communication…

COVID-induced virtual teams: A phenomenon-based framework and methodological advice for studying novel events

Jasmin Mahadevan, Tobias Reichert, Jakob Steinmann, Annabelle Stärkle, Sven Metzler, Lisa Bacher, Raphael Diehm, Frederik Goroll

We conceptualized the novel phenomenon of COVID-induced virtual teams and its implications and provided researchers with the required information on how to conduct a…

Strategizing as polarity management: biographical analysis of leadership in the Polish furniture industry (1989–2015)

Paulina Bednarz-Łuczewska, Michał Łuczewski

This article aims to analyze the strategic work of Polish entrepreneurs in the furniture industry following the political changes in 1989. The authors examined how these…

What is the link between internal communication, organizational culture and environmental strategy? The context of company size and employee perception

Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Ewa Popowicz, Adam Sulich

The article explores the linkages between the type of environmental strategy (ES), the use of internal communication (IC), and the greening of organizational culture (OC)…

Does reaction to controversy in corporate narratives depend on its significance for various stakeholders?

Halina Waniak-Michalak, Jan Michalak

The study aims to determine whether a relationship exists between the potential significance of corporate controversies for stakeholders and how organisations respond to them in…

Managing health through environmental policies. Analysis for European Union countries

Marta Postula, Krzysztof Kluza, Magdalena Zioło, Katarzyna Radecka-Moroz

Environmental degradation resulting from human activities may adversely affect human health in multiple ways. Until now, policies aimed at mitigating environmental problems such…

Exploring virtual goods purchase intentions: an integrated SEM-NCA approach in online gaming

Nadjim Mkedder, Mahmut Bakır, Yaser Aldhabyani, Fatma Zeynep Ozata

Virtual goods consumption has risen dramatically in recent years. Recognizing the benefits of virtual goods in generating revenue for online game companies, marketers strive to…

Can tourists get used to the threat? A comparative study of tourists' behavioral intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anna Młynkowiak-Stawarz, Robert Bęben, Zuzanna Kraus

The purpose of this paper is to present a model depicting the relationship between the behavioral intention of tourists in the conditions prevailing during a pandemic and other…

Challenges of the MSE sector in the digital economy in Poland and Ukraine: comparative and statistical analysis

Marzena Remlein, Svitlana Chugaievska, Grażyna Dehnel, Kateryna Romanchuk

The authors aimed to examine how the level of digitalization in Poland and Ukraine affects the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the countries’ gross…

Differentiation of Polish and Ukrainian consumers' attitudes to Russian brands and international brands remaining on the Russian market

Iryna Reshetnikova, Katarzyna Sanak-Kosmowska, Jan W. Wiktor

The purpose of this paper was identification and empirical assessment of the differentiation of consumers' attitudes in Ukraine and Poland to Russian brands and other brands…

A state-of-the-art appraisal of bankruptcy prediction models focussing on the field’s core authors: 2010–2022

Ivan Soukal, Jan Mačí, Gabriela Trnková, Libuse Svobodova, Martina Hedvičáková, Eva Hamplova, Petra Maresova, Frank Lefley

The primary purpose of this paper is to identify the so-called core authors and their publications according to pre-defined criteria and thereby direct the users to the fastest…

Communicating financial stability in monetary policy reports: a text-mining experiment in postcommunist countries

Łukasz Kurowski, Paweł Smaga

Financial stability has become a focal point for central banks since the global financial crisis. However, the optimal mix between monetary and financial stability policies…

Poland–USA sectoral trade balances: regime shifts and the nonlinear impact of currency fluctuations

Izabela Pruchnicka-Grabias, Iwona Piekunko-Mantiuk, Scott W. Hegerty

The Polish economy has undergone major challenges and changes over the past few decades. The country's trade flows, in particular, have become more firmly tied to the country’s…