Patrycja Mizera-Pęczek

The article is devoted to the manifestations of the crisis of methodological criticism in social research, which is presented based on the example of a case study of a research project concerning management and quality (as the leading field) and pedagogy. The research project “Audiosphere of creative work” was submitted to the IDUB program at the University of Lódź. The method of evaluation of this project and its subsequent fate provide a heuristic pretext for analyzing several manifestations of the crisis of methodological criticism in social sciences. The authors, representing two different specializations of social sciences (pedagogy, management and quality), analyze factors that could have contributed to the inconsistency between the opinions of the three reviewers and the feedback that is thus, indirectly, provided to the researchers. The autoethnographic section contains an analysis of the negative consequences of this situation from the personal perspective of the researcher, taking into account the emotional consequences. The article names the negative features of undesirable methodological criticism – these include, among others: methodological fixation and narcissism, and a postulated model of constructive methodological criticism was formulated, which should be: non-intrusive, supportive, creative, balanced and accurate.

The modern labor market is defined by the simultaneous presence of multiple generations, each possessing distinct values, professional objectives, and expectations toward employers. The youngest cohort, known as Generation Alpha, now entering the labor market, is shaped by the forces of digitalization, globalization, and the growing significance of social issues. The current study aimed to identify Generation Alpha expectations about employers' involvement in corporate sustainability practices and the implementation of ICT in the workplace, as well as to determine the relationship between these expectations. The research inquiry posed was: What are the expectations of the youngest cohort entering the labor market with respect to corporate sustainability and the use of ICT in professional settings? Corporate sustainability has been defined as a three‐dimensional construct that encompasses social, ecological, and economic dimensions. The research was carried out in Poland using an online survey methodology with a sample of 446 respondents selected by quota sampling. The findings corroborated that Generation Alpha places significant importance on corporate sustainability across three dimensions: economic, social, and ecological, with a prominent emphasis on economic security as their priority. It is crucial that members of Generation Alpha, who express expectations regarding the economic dimension of corporate sustainability, also anticipate solutions that address the social and ecological aspects. They perceive ICT in the workplace as a tool that supports the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Our study provides an original and innovative contribution to the academic literature and addresses a research gap regarding the expectations of Generation Alpha.

For an individual, a sustainable career is a sequence of events in one’s professional life that both brings professional satisfaction to the career actor, but also allows them to stay healthy, fit, satisfied with their non-work life, feel stable and secure, and free to decide their professional future. It is challenging to pursue a career as a performing artist in such a way that the artist can say of their career that it is sustainable. Indeed, research shows that artists struggle with job instability, being paid below expectations, high competition for lucrative career opportunities and the loss of psycho-physical fitness, which is important in the profession. Dual career is one of the paths for artists to build a conscious sustainable career. Inspired by research on dual careers for athletes, we found many similarities between the sport and artistic settings, mainly related to the short-term nature of these professions. The idea of an artist pursuing a dual career in such a way that they start preparing for an alternative career path already during their artistic training seems to be a potentially attractive career management strategy to facilitate career reorientation. This study investigates the opinions of performing artists regarding the opportunities to pursue a sustainable career through conscious preparation for career reorientation. A total of 111 performers from Poland participated in the survey. Assessments of the situation of artists in the labour market during the pandemic crisis, their attitudes towards the end/descent of their artistic careers, their opinions on alternatives to practising as a performing artist, and their assessments of the potential for pursuing a dual career strategy were investigated. The survey revealed that the opinions of artists are diverse and ambiguous, probably due to the internal diversity of this professional community. Importantly, a significant group of respondents in our survey said that it was the pandemic that made them aware of the instability of a career as a performing artist (56.7%). The analysis of the research results shows what career self-management strategies the respondents use. Remarkably, for a group of respondents, the pandemic crisis has become a determinant for taking steps towards sustainable career management.

The change in preferred work models that occurred during the pandemic and post-pandemic period has meant that both creative and reproductive work now takes place in stationary, hybrid, and fully remote conditions. Employees, both those performing creative and reproductive work, in teams or individually, increasingly have to function efficiently in virtual reality, and thus in conditions of physical loneliness. Therefore, this article aims to identify how performing work remotely contributed to changing the preferences of creative and non-creative employees towards performing professional duties of a creative versus routine nature, individually or in teams. The research was carried out using the CAWI survey method among 1,000 respondents in Poland, examining their opinions on the preferences for performing work of various types in remote conditions. The study showed that each of the four types of work examined is a challenge for employees who work remotely, with the majority of respondents declaring that each type of work (creative individual, creative team, routine individual, and routine team) is more difficult for them than in the pre-pandemic reality. Moreover, it was found that the more creative the nature of the work performed, the more negatively employees assessed the preferences for performing creative and routine work, both in teams and individually. Managing creative and reproductive work is one of the most important challenges for modern managers. Currently, many scientific discussions concern what work can be automated or entrusted to artificial intelligence, and what should remain in human hands. This article may be of interest to managers as well as psychologists and creativity educators, whose task will be to prepare work teams to perform creative tasks (work of a creative nature) in remote conditions. The original value of the presented work is such a broad approach to research issues, considering both preferences for creativity and reproduction of work in conditions of individual remote work and remote teamwork. The article takes into account aspects that are important from the perspective of human resources management, management of creative teams, and employee creativity management with the increasing use of hybrid and fully remote work models in organisations.

Problematyka łączenia sztuki i biznesu od wielu lat interesuje badaczy nauk społecznych, którzy pokładają nadzieję w sztuce jako narzędziu wieloaspektowego rozwoju pracownika. Jedną z wielu potencjalnych możliwości oddziaływania sztuki jest intencjonalne kształtowanie audiosfery, czyli otoczenia dźwiękowego, którego pracownicy organizacji nie zawsze są świadomymi odbiorcami. Celem artykułu jest dokonanie przeglądu literatury przedmiotu dotyczącej kształtowania audiosfery w kontekście otoczenia dźwiękowego miejsca pracy.

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Competence Requirements for the Staff of Cultural Institutions. An Analysis of Job Advertisements Analysing the employees’ competencies is relevant both from the organisation’s and individuals’ perspective, because it allows – for example – to predict emerging competency gaps in organisations, design training offers tailored to the organisation’s needs and employees’ expectations, or to better match people’ professional tasks with organisational culture. One of the methods for obtaining information about competence requirements is the analyse of job advertisements published by the selected employers. This article focuses on the competence requirements set by employers representing cultural organisations. Its purpose is to showcase the competencies expected from the staff of cultural institutions in Poland from the perspective of job advertisements. The article presents the results of the analysis of 127 job advertisements published on the “Pracuj w Kulturze” webiste from the 31st of January to the 1st of February 2022. The analysis included the requirements regarding the following: knowledge (both formal and non-formal), skills and employee attitudes desired by the employers.