JEEMS Journal of East European Management Studies

The main objective of this paper is to determine the factors of influence on growth aspired entrepreneurial ventures in order to determine characteristics of these entrepreneurs in the SEE region. We draw upon data from the Global Entrepreneurship...

This study explores the impact of perceived top management involvement and knowledge sharing on perceived project performance. Relationships are examined from a sample of CEOs, directors and project managers from one large international bank in...

Any kind of innovative activity is driven by the urge for utmost success, continuous improvement or mere survival. The same holds true for management innovation, arguably the most advanced innovation type in the world of business. Although...

The purpose of this study is to broaden our understanding of the post-entry effects of psychic distance by asking what markets - psychically close or distant - became over time the most strategically significant for European SMEs. Specifically, we...

Social networks are an important variable which explain career issues such as career satisfaction, success, development and employment. However, research is often conducted separately from different theoretical perspective, i.e. social capital,...

The aim of the study is to determine the preferred leadership and followership styles, as well as the statistical significance of differences between those preferences among individuals employed in both state and privately owned companies in Serbia...

This paper describes an analysis of the profession of controller; this is a profession that has changed remarkably in the past few decades and that has features that distinguish it in many ways from other groups of experts within the organisation....

This study presented in this paper aimed to identify cultural differences between Hungarians and German-speaking Europeans (i.e. Austrians, Germans, Liechtensteiners and Swiss) that may cause conflict in intercultural encounters at the workplace. To...

Our research aims to identify the nature of the outward foreign direct investment done by Polish firms in remote markets. By exploring quantitatively and qualitatively the flows and stocks of Polish FDIs conducted outside Europe and examining the...

Business relationships are nowadays perceived as the factor of company’s success, but there is lack of international comparative studies with regard to effectiveness of relationship-based business resources. This study is oriented at minimizing...

In our study we explore values of employees of enterprises and local government units in Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Italy, and Slovenia. The research brings a model of value dimensions based on employee’s potential for education as a...

The main purpose of this study is to develop and examine a research model that depicts ways to obtain engaged and embedded seasonal employees in the hospitality industry. The model also tests the mediating role of work engagement in the effect of...

Fixed-term contracts are becoming more used instead of the traditional model of open-ended employment. The authors examine the influence of institutional and organizational factors on the use of fixed-term contracts in Russia, with data from a...

The paper investigates the relationships between information technology capability, employee empowerment, innovativeness, and firm performance in German firms. Results of the investigation are compared to a previous study of Polish firms. The same...

This work seeks to identify the factors that lead to the selection of a specific country as an international location for foreign investment. Using three case studies of Portuguese firms that have internationalized to Poland, we were able to...

The aim of this study is to analyse whether the experience of working in a family member’s business is related differently to the assessed probabilities of men and women starting their own new venture in the future. The research is conducted on a...

Followers’ perceptions of organizational politics have the potential to impact the way they react to the influence of their leaders. The present study of 380 white collars investigated how followers’ perceptions of organizational politics...

The study investigates managers’ use of communication channels and employees’ satisfaction with it, including its effects on the employee-organisation relationships. Through a web survey of 205 employees from Slovenia and Serbia, the study...

Orientation to learning and innovation are the basis of organisational success. Innovation in the organisation implies a continuous transformation of knowledge and ideas into new products, services, processes and systems in order to provide benefits...

The various advantages firms may obtain from their international activities have been a topical issue in the management literature in the last few decades. Scholars report a positive influence of export on various performance outcomes such as...