
Malgorzata Rozkwitalska-WelencWSB Merito University Gdansk, Poland
Malgorzata Rozkwitalska-Welenc
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Sustainable and Socially Responsible Development in the Network of Socioeconomic
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Introduction
My new research projects:
1. Organizational Resilience in Hospitality and Tourism
2. Informal Workplace Learning and Employee Development in New Ways of Working
Publications
Publications (62)
Conference event: September 28-30, 2023, Gdansk, Poland. More info: https://www.conference2023-wsb-gda.pl/
The recent spread of new ways of working (NWW), e.g., telecommuting, hybrid work arrangements, and remote work, has redefined traditional workplace structures. This paper explores the implications of NWW on workplace informal learning through facilitating or hindering learning conditions present in new workplaces. The 3P model of learning guides th...
Although ‘VUCA’ is not a new term, the features of the world it describes, a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment, have never been more valid. The VUCA world has become the new reality for business, specifically for hospitality and tourism organizations that are more vulnerable than any other sector due to the historically-recogni...
The purpose of the paper is to present how members of cluster organizations perceive their role in the accumulation of technological capability through social learning. The paper presents the results of a qualitative study of four cluster organizations. The theoretical foundation of the study are the communities of practice and the organizational i...
In our paper, we combine two issues, collaboration in cluster organizations and sustainability, aiming to answer the question: Does complex governance structure of cluster organizations support members in formulating and reaching sustainability objectives? Based on four case studies of cluster organizations and a still novel abductive approach, we...
The effects of relational and psychological capital on work engagement: The mediation of learning goal orientation
Abstract
Purpose – Our paper proposes a research model in which learning goal orientation (LGO) mediates the impacts of relational capital and psychological capital (PsyCap) on work engagement.
Design/methodology/approach – Data ob...
Working in multicultural work environments of multinational corporations (MNCs) creates challenges whose expected impact on happiness is equivocal. In the following paper, we examine the relationship between psychological capital and happiness at work in the specific MNCs’ context. We assume that thriving (eudemonic well-being) at work fosters indi...
With increasing concerns regarding environmental sustainability, energy transition has emerged as a vital subtopic in transition studies. Such socio-technical transition requires social learning, which, however, is poorly conceptualized and explained in transition research. This paper overviews transition research on social learning. It attempts to...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to portray social learning in cluster initiatives (CIs), namely, to explore, with the lens of the communities of practice (CoPs) theory, in what ways social learning occurs in CIs and discover how various CoPs emerge and evolve in CIs to facilitate a collective journey in their learning process. Subsequently,...
Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to portrait how members of cluster organizations (COs) perceive the role of COs in enabling them to accumulate technological capability (TC) significant for their innovation.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors report the findings from their qualitative study based on an analysis of four COs. The organizatio...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in learning experiences in mono- and intercultural workplace interactions and to address the research question of how employees experience learning in mono- and intercultural interactions.
Design/methodology/approach
The author reports and compares the main findings from two samples a...
The aim of this study was to show the relationship between the level of the confidence indicator and the innovation of the economies of individual Scandinavian countries in the context of the new institutional economy (NEI). Literature studies and analysis of available results of social research indicate the importance of formal and informal instit...
Background:
Knowledge transfer between the HQ and subsidiary has recently been targets of increasing research interest. However, the role of expatriate managers and local staff perspective on this process has not been examined enough.
Research aims:
This paper has two main objectives: first to develop a conceptual framework (model) of knowledge t...
The chapter's aim is to depict the role of learning in intercultural interactions as an antecedent of organizational change. The discourse refers to social learning and social cognitive theories, social-cognition models and cognitive dissonance. It also emphasizes that learning in intercultural interactions is an inevitable component of thriving. T...
The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between psychological capital (PsyCap) and thriving in mono-and multicultural environments. We assume that thriving will vary while scrutinizing mono-and multicultural workplaces. We also posit that PsyCap is positively related to thriving and that this relationship will also differ depending on t...
Background: Thriving, composed of learning and vitality produces many positive outcomes for organizations. Yet, there is a lack of studies on thriving which is embedded in social interactions that juxtapose the two types of organizational contexts, i.e. mono-with multicultural ones. Research aims: The aim of the paper is to compare the level of thr...
W książce opisano opisanie związki uczestnictwa w interakcjach społecznych (mono- vs. wielokulturowych) z doświadczaniem uczenia się w pracy w organizacjach mono- vs. wielokulturowych. Badania prowadzono w firmach krajowych oraz filiach korporacji wielonarodowych.
Background: Management theories are products of their environment. Thus, the social, political, economic and technological forces present in a given time and locale create demand for a given theory and shape it.
Research aims: In this perspective paper the authors present how learning has evolved in management theories over the years and how chall...
Purpose
Our aim is to show how individuals perceive the quality of intercultural interactions at work in multinational subsidiaries, and to address the question of what actually prevails in their accounts, i.e. the dark side or the bright side.
Design/methodology/approach
We report the findings from five subsidiaries located in Poland and intervie...
The aim of the paper is to depict the role of thriving in intercultural interactions as an antecedent of
organizational creativity and innovation in multinational corporations (MNCs). The theoretical framework
for the discourse is based on social learning and social cognitive theories, cognitive dissonance and
information-processing theory. The pap...
Wraz z rozwojem nauk o zarządzaniu rośnie znaczenie, jakie przypisuje się uczeniu się pracowników i organizacji. Celem rozważań jest wyjaśnienie postrzegania istoty i funkcji uczenia się w naukach o zarządzaniu w przekroju ich głównych nurtów. Autorka dokonuje przeglądu głównych podejść, koncepcji i nurtów, aby wskazać na rolę problematyki uczenia...
This volume explores the work environment in multinational corporations. To do so, it integrates studies on the organizational sciences, cross-cultural management, positive psychology and sociology within a single comprehensive framework. Twenty-two authors from six countries identify the challenges in multicultural workplaces, the positives of int...
The purpose of the study was to examine the psychological resources which foster thriving in multicultural work settings of multinational corporations (MNCs) – the companies that are evident manifestation of globalization. Although globalized multicultural workplace creates specific job demands that pose unique occupational stress to individuals, s...
Purpose: Due to globalization and the global mobility of workforce, working in multicultural environments is a new challenge for employees and managers. The aim of the paper is to analyze the social interactions in multicultural environments of multinational corporations (MNCs) as well as to propose a model of intercultural social interactions in M...
The aim of the paper is to examine positive psychological capital (PsyCap) as well as individual factors in the relationship with thriving in the multicultural work environment of multinational corporations (MNCs). We conducted a quantitative study on the sample of 127 individuals from subsidiaries of various MNCs located in Poland and involved in...
The aim of this chapter is to present how an individual cognition of the multicultural work environment of multinational corporations (MNCs) relates to the outcomes of professional interactions with culturally diverse people. The subject literature review and the empirical findings show that multicultural work environments pose specific requirement...
The aim of this chapter is to integrate the negative and positive perspective on intercultural interactions by implementing psychological theories, which can help to explain the inconclusive results of prior studies. Social identification theory, the similarity-attraction paradigm, and, yet to the lower degree, social dominance theory are theoretic...
Although the interest in job satisfaction among scholars and practitioners is still significant, the subject literature that takes into consideration its links with the multicultural workplace is limited. Moreover, the results of prior research on the effects of cultural differences in the workplace on job satisfaction in multinational corporations...
Purpose of the article The aim of the paper is to analyze the relationship between thriving and job satisfaction in multicultural environments of multinational corporations (MNCs).
Methodology/methods The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted on the sample of 128 indi-viduals from subsidiaries of various MNCs located in Poland involved...
The aim of this paper is to analyze whether the country-of-origin (COO) effect impacts on the competence perception of an overseas relocated individual by the locals. Owing to a limited number of the studies on the COO effect regarding individuals, a narrative review method was applied to the discourse. Four main topics were identified in the prior...
W publikacji zaprezentowano zagadnienia związane z specyfiką pracy w korporacjach międzynarodowych. Autorzy opisują, jakie czynniki wpływają na powstawanie dobrych relacji zawodowych w zespołach zróżnicowanych kulturowo.
Szczegółowo omówiono m.in. takie zagadnienia jak:
bariery i korzyści występujące w wielokulturowym środowisku pracy,
język korpo...
Efekt kraju pochodzenia a ocena kompetencji zawodowych obcokrajowca – przegląd narracyjny Country-of-origin effect as a surface-level diversity facet and evaluation of a foreigner's professional competence – a narrative review Abstract: Basing on a narrative review of the subject literature the aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the country-o...
Ze względu na niejednoznaczne wyniki wcześniejszych studiów nad różnicami kulturowymi pojawiły się w świecie nauki głosy, by oprzeć badania na innych koncepcjach teoretycznych, w większym stopniu wykorzystywać metody jakościowe do analizy zjawiska, a także skupić się na pozytywnych efektach, o których wiadomo znacznie mniej [Shore i in. 2009; Stahl...
Owing to globalization and the global mobility of workforce, working in multicultural environments has become a daily reality for an increasing number of manpower. Such an environment does introduce unique challenges to individuals, enabling some of them to thrive. The aim of the paper, therefore, is to explore the antecedents of thriving and its c...
Purpose
Since prior research into the effects of multiculturalism on job satisfaction in multinational corporations (MNCs) is rather scant and inconclusive, the authors attempt to review the literature and explain why these results are inconsistent as well as propose a new model aimed at responding to these irregularities.
Design/methodology/appro...
A growing number of foreign country nationals in economies worldwide challenges academics to raise a question whether one’s country of origin (COO) matters when selecting candidates for managerial positions. Thus the aim of this paper is to analyze the COO effect on the evaluation of managerial competence of a foreign individual. The analysis inclu...
The authors attempt to explore the positives of cross-cultural interactions in multinational companies (MNCs). The prior research has generally accentuated the problems in the relationship among foreigners and less effort has been made so far to examine the benefits of multiculturalism. Therefore, there is a need to fill in the gap identified above...
Traditionally, literature and researches on cross-cultural interactions in Multinational Companies (MNCs) and their foreign subsidiaries emphasize typically negative aspects of such relationships. Researchers widely discuss problems faced in a cross-cultural setting and how they affect overseas operations. Less effort has been made so far to study...
The main purpose of this article is to identify the 'individual positive deviance' presented by expatriates and local managers in their mutual cooperation. The theoretical basis for the publication is the discussion of the Positive Organizational Behaviour (POB) essence and the application of this approach in the area of expatriation. Attitudes, be...
Globalny rynek wymaga dziś od organizacji częstych relokacji pracowników. Zwiększa to ilość interakcji międzynarodowych, w których uczestniczą polscy menedżerowie. Negocjacje są integralną ich częścią. Celem tego artykułu jest przedstawienie, jak polska kultura negocjacji postrzegana jest przez zachodnich menedżerów działających w Polsce. W artykul...
Functioning of multinational corporations requires international staffing decisions, which involves, among other issues, sending expatriates to foreign subsidiaries and/or hiring inpatriates in the headquarters. The evaluation of a manager’s professional competence by his/her subordinates, peers or superiors is determined, for example, by cultural...
The purpose of the article is to explore the positive aspects of cross-cultural interactions (in accordance with a new stream, i.e. Positive Organizational Scholarship) such as organizational creativity and innovation. Its objective is to provide evidence that cross-cultural interactions may contribute to increase of creativity and innovation in mu...
The aim of the paper is to portrait some winning as well as failing strategies in human resource management (HRM) in cross-border acquisitions in Poland. The focus is on barriers to interactions in cross-border acquisitions that affect personnel management. There is an assumption that effective overcoming of these barriers reduces tensions in inter...