Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector

This article focuses on the construct employee motivation in family businesses. Its main aim is to examine employee motivation in family firms on the example of selected companies from the retail sector in Poland. First, selected theoretical aspects of family business functioning have been discussed...

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Main Authors: Iwona Kubica, Marek Szarucki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2016-12-01
Series:Business, Management and Education
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Online Access:http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/BME/article/view/2159
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description This article focuses on the construct employee motivation in family businesses. Its main aim is to examine employee motivation in family firms on the example of selected companies from the retail sector in Poland. First, selected theoretical aspects of family business functioning have been discussed. Second, the special character of employee motivation in family firms has been presented, in the light of literature. As methods of research literature review and a semistructured questionnaire were applied. The empirical part presents the results of the analysis of the employee motivation in the selected firms. Finally, some insights and recommendations for future research were proposed.
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spelling doaj.art-7edd49af26d545a795be77f8dd79df142022-12-21T20:17:03ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityBusiness, Management and Education2029-74912029-61692016-12-0114210.3846/bme.2016.333Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sectorIwona Kubica0Marek Szarucki1Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka str. 27, 31–510 Krakow, PolandCracow University of Economics, Rakowicka str. 27, 31–510 Krakow, PolandThis article focuses on the construct employee motivation in family businesses. Its main aim is to examine employee motivation in family firms on the example of selected companies from the retail sector in Poland. First, selected theoretical aspects of family business functioning have been discussed. Second, the special character of employee motivation in family firms has been presented, in the light of literature. As methods of research literature review and a semistructured questionnaire were applied. The empirical part presents the results of the analysis of the employee motivation in the selected firms. Finally, some insights and recommendations for future research were proposed.http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/BME/article/view/2159employee motivationfamily firmsretail sectorPoland
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Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector
Business, Management and Education
employee motivation
family firms
retail sector
Poland
title Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector
title_full Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector
title_fullStr Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector
title_full_unstemmed Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector
title_short Exploring employee motivation in Polish family firms. Case of retail sector
title_sort exploring employee motivation in polish family firms case of retail sector
topic employee motivation
family firms
retail sector
Poland
url http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/BME/article/view/2159
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