Patrycja Rudnicka

• PhD
• Professor (Assistant) at ASP Katowice

Implementation of AI solutions is unavoidable on the markets, where the combination of time deficits and the need for constant creation of new solutions is especially demanding, that is i.a. in creative industries. Like a lens, generative AI concentrates the majority of threats and possibilities, resulting from technological changes of the recent d...

Objectives The study aimed to explore psychotherapists' attitudes towards new technologies. Understanding the factors influencing their acceptance of technologies is essential to improving the accessibility, quality, and effectiveness of psychotherapeutic care in the digital age. Based on previous research from different fields (e.g., e‐government...

The current stage of the UX development in Poland is related to the diversity of professional roles and systematically growing number of researchers within organisations and research agencies. The increasing market demand is accompanied by the progressing maturity of organisations regarding UX. Research in this area is characterised by eclecticism...

This paper presents a teaching method applied in a usability research course that is part of a bachelor degree programme at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. The method employs visualisation techniques of the user–website interaction, a design practice popular in other fields, but less often used in usability studies. The theoretical background...

Nowadays, individual differences in readiness to adopt and use technology determine more strongly than before our activities and, indirectly, our opportunities in both private and professional life. Understanding the mechanisms of human and technology interactions is one of contemporary psychology's newest tasks. This monograph aims to introduce th...

Rozwój usług pomocy psychologicznej online niesie ze sobą nowe wyzwania etyczne wiążące się z realizacją tradycyjnych zadań psychologów z wykorzystaniem zaawansowanych technologii. Celem artykułu jest prezentacja dwóch badań stron internetowych osób świadczących usługi pomocy psychologicznej online (N = 43, 80), w których weryfikowano stopień reali...

According to JD-R model, every occupation has its own job demands and resources, which, by underlined health impairment and motivational processes, shape work engagement or burnout. Simultaneously, employee’s personal resources are complementary to job resources. The aim of this study was to verify the role of positive orientation, emotional intell...

Over the past decade work engagement has gained both business and academia attention. With growing number of studies and meta-analyses the concept of work engagement is one of the pillars of positive work and organizational psychology. This systematic review presents the current state of research on work engagement in Poland. Results confirmed that...

The present paper examines whether narcissism and self-esteem are related to different patterns of Facebook use. The Facebook Motivation and Importance Scale, the Facebook Intensity Scale, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, and the Self-Esteem Scale were used. The participants in the paper-and-pencil study were 653 Polish users of Facebook. We...

The paper focuses on issues of the influence regulation in organizational teams. Lewin's Field Theory (1951) and Kozusznik's deinfluentization (DEI) concept (Kożusznik, 1996, 2005) serve as a theoretical basis for the explanation of influence regulation. The aim of our research is to present how the gener-ational affiliation differentiate the perce...

The aim of the study is to identify organizational and individual determinants of the use of information systems in the management, primarily in the area of human resources management (e-HRM), in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Methods were in-depth individual interviews and a questionnaire survey. The framework for data analysis was Unified T...

Internet self-efficacy (ISE) is considered an important factor influencing attitudes toward technology and online behavior. The goal of this paper is to present current state of the art in Internet self-efficacy research and to provide critical review of issues of ISE measurement. Recently increasing ambiguity and inconsistencies regarding operatio...

Publikacja jest podsumowaniem I Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Zakładu Psychologii Pracy i Organizacji Instytutu Psychologii UAM "Wyzwania - Kompetencje - Innowacje. Pracownik i student na rynku pracy". Opracowanie skupia się na takich zagadnieniach jak niepewność zatrudnienia, przejście z systemu edukacji na rynek pracy, aktywność ekonomiczna młodych...

In recent years we observe the rapid development in the field of robotics and robots expansion beyond manufacturing, military, and medical domain. Becoming increasingly affordable makes robots' presence in households, where they are performing a variety of functions from cleaning through entertainment, something more and more common. Robots are the...

In recent years, Facebook has become the most popular of social networking sites (SNSs). Due to its increasing popularity and rising number of its users, the phenomenon of Facebook has aroused academic interest as well. There has been a growing number of studies on this subject. The aim of this article is to present the main trends in Facebook rese...

The importance of internet marketing for business is indubitable these days, as the number of Internet users all over the world is growing, and patterns of communication and consumer behaviour are changing. The Internet is one of the most important, and rapidly developing, channels of marketing. However, its use depends on the nature of business, p...

W dobie rosnącej liczby publikacji opisujących wpływ Internetu na funkcjo-nowanie ludzi w różnych obszarach życia, coraz trudniejsze staje się znalezie-nie odpowiedniej frazy, pierwszego zdania artykułu, w którym zawarta będzie istota zmian, a równocześnie nie powieli ono szeregu istniejących już wypo-wiedzi. W ciągu ostatniej dekady Internet stał...

Accompanying poster available at http://www.slideshare.net/patrycja.rudnicka/rudnicka-user-experience-ux-of-corporate-websites-usability-marketing-strategies-and-emotional-response

The book presents the research on cultural and communication aspects of the McLuhan legacy seen from the perspective of the epoch of new media - connected intelligence, Web 2.0, social networking, cyber arts, virtual worlds and communities, grassroot design and communication practices. First part consists of six lectures by prof. Derrick de Kerckho...

The paper is available online at http://www.czytelniamedyczna.pl/1721,psychologiczne-aspekty-satysfakcjonujacej-wspolpracy-dentysty-z-pacjentemjaki-mu.html

This chapter focuses on the role of Internet and computers for communication, production and management in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are an important group of ICTs users, but comparing to large companies their needs and problems are harder to resolve because of limited resources and nor so many dedicated solutions. Aside from innova...

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This article presents characteristics of Internet activity and their psychological determinants among students. Four groups of users, differing with respect to temporal and quantitative patterns of activity, were identified with the help of cluster analysis. The largest group were users whose activity can be described as balanced, followed by a gro...

The paper is available online at http://www.czytelniamedyczna.pl/1723,psychologiczne-aspekty-satysfakcjonujacej-wspolpracy-dentysty-z-pacjentemposzuki.html