Volumen 14 (2022): Edición 2 (December 2022)

Objective: The aim of the study is to find out what is our state of knowledge about the importance of religion for the activity of family businesses. The literature review on the impact of four major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam on the family business development has been made. The issues as business development, resource allocations, risk taking, succession and business ethics in family business under the influence of religion have been discussed. The synthesis effect of the study is the picture of a specific research field. And, as a result of the study the important niches in our knowledge, main barriers of research development and most inspiring directions for future studies have been identified.

Objective: The characteristics of the creative process in musical arts depends on the form in which the aesthetic situation concerning musical arts takes place (traditional in-person or virtual with digital solutions) dangling on the nationality of the musical art creator: Polish versus non-Polish. The following research questions were asked: 1) How do the forced virtualisation and digitisation affect the quality of the creative process within the aesthetic situation between Polish and non-Polish musical art creators? 2) Which qualitative parameters of the aesthetic situation are lost and which are gained in connection with the creative process virtualisation in the eyes of Polish and non-Polish musical art creators?

Methodology: Qualitative, in the forms of literature review and interviews.

Findings: The study reveals differences in the traditional and virtual creative process between Polish and non-Polish musical art creators. The general differences are insignificant; however, particular components are concerned with essential discrepancies.

Value Added: A new approach to the creative process in musical arts depending on the traditional and virtualised forms of the aesthetic situation. This study can have practical implications for: 1) musical art creators to form their perception of the creative process; 2) musical art managers to form their perception of the complex nature of the creative process of musical art groups they manage; 3) musical art institution managers to form their perception of the multifaceted nature of the creative process of musical art creators involved in the institutions they manage; 4) sociologists looking for deeper understanding of the creative process in musical arts.

Recommendations: Perspectives of the research can be large-scale research based on the methodology invented for this paper and more focused research investigating art creators from different countries, regions, and cultures, divided by age, gender or the extent of artistic experience.

Objective: The main aim of the article is to analyse the respondents’ attitudes towards selected pro-environmental practices of enterprises providing accommodation services and the factors conditioning their involvement in the activities implemented in the facilities.

Methodology: The study is empirical in nature and is based on the results of an empirical survey that was carried out in the period December 2021–April 2022 in Poland. The survey used the diagnostic survey method, and 575 respondents took part in it. The main hypothesis assumes that customers of accommodation facilities appreciate the pro-environmental activities used in them.

Findings: The survey results show that the respondents are sensitive to environmental issues and try to apply in practice the principles leading to environmental protection. They also emphasise that they would be more willing to stay in “green” facilities, although the application of sustainable development principles is not a key factor for them in choosing a facility.

Value Added: The survey of 575 respondents indicated, similar to other studies, a positive attitude towards activities aimed at protecting the environment. At the same time, however, it showed that tourists are not always willing to make sacrifices during their stay related to either their comfort or the price of the service. This fact has practical implications for hotel managers and must be taken into account.

Recommendations: The survey confirmed that consumers have a positive perception of environmental activities in hotels, so activity in this area can be an element of building their competitiveness.

Objective: The concept of organizational identity appears mainly in the context of a symbolic-interpretive view of an organization’s functioning in its many dimensions. This article aims to analyze to what extent previous knowledge about the existence of an EU organizational identity is a distinct category in the context of neo-bureaucratic management. It seems particularly interesting to draw attention to the identity context in organizations operating under intercultural management conditions. Their character and disposition may be more complex than in the case of homogeneous organizations. For this reason, the European Union is asking itself questions about its identity in the context of cultural unification and policy issues, and management solutions related to the institution’s functioning at many levels. Therefore, it seems interesting to draw attention to these issues in light of the different contexts of influence. One is the neo-bureaucratic view of the EU institutions’ governance dimensions, which should be regarded as complex organizational identities. They are subject to the modern influence of management visions and benefit from intercultural management processes’ achievements. The EU’s supranational structure, influenced by bureaucratic organizational arrangements, speaking the language of diplomacy, and setting policy for the Member States, constitute a unique organizational identity globally, which is worth verifying through the prism of neo-bureaucratic influences and cultural conditions of European identity.

Methodology: The article is based on a critical analysis of literature dealing with the sense of European Union organizational identity. Provided a theoretical background on orgzniataional identity in neo-bureaucratic management on a European level.

Findings: In its institutional dimension, the European Union faces the dilemma regarding its own identity due to diplomatic disputes over cultivating indigenous cultures and diversity. It is, therefore, a rare phenomenon on the world stage of supranational institutions. Its procedural nature and purpose are also important to harmonize the Member States’ various policies. It is already possible to outline its unique organizational identity. However, it cannot be transferred to territorial and social land, as Europe cannot be a hybrid of cultures or unify its perspective in the face of historical pasts and ethnic representations.

Value Added: Critical discourse on the theory of bureaucratic management and organizational identity. Presentation of the role of European Union identity in management process and giving the organization common values that solidify its form.

Recommendations: Neo-bureaucratic management is an interesting phenomena to explore in cross-cultural discourses. There are several directions for analysis: forms of modern bureaucracy based on practices drawn from the experience of corporations; abuse of the power of supranational organisations; network management in international organizations.