Nepotism and Favouritism: How Harmful Are These Phenomena?

• Autorzy: Włodzimierz Sroka , Jolita Vveinhardt
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

'Nepotism' and 'favouritism' have an international scale and negatively influence the economies of particular countries. Therefore, the current study analyses the attitude of Polish and Lithuanian employees working in private and public sector companies to these phenomena (this article presents only part of the results of the study, analysing nepotism and favouritism at the level of individual items, breaking down the respondents' answers into percentages of approval and disapproval respectively). Research sample in our study involved 337 Polish and Lithuanian respondents, representing both public and private sector organisations. We used a closed-type questionnaire in our survey. Statistical differences between countries were calculated using the Chi-square criterion. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Public companies; Private enterprise; Employees in the organization

PL

Spółki publiczne; Przedsiębiorstwo prywatne; Pracownicy w organizacji

• Czasopismo: Forum Scientiae Oeconomia
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 8
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 79--91

Twórcy

autor

Włodzimierz Sroka

• WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

autor

Jolita Vveinhardt

• Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

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DOI

10.23762/FSO _VOL 8_NO2_5