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The research is aimed at identifying the prospects related to select areas of integration of Ukraine with the countries of the European Union, in the context of their choice of civilisational identity in the 21st century. The identity is understood as a civilisational category, hence it equally refers to spiritual culture (history and related fields) and material culture (first of all: technology and economy). The proper understanding of a dilemma faced by Eastern Europeans requires references to the sources of cultural legacy which shape social emotions significant for that region, in order to outline the prospects for the ongoing processes, with the use of the adequate political analysis.
Considering relations between academic activities and practice, the research is of applied character, and its aim is to increase scientific knowledge of European legacy of Ukraine with regard to the processes of European integration. The systemisation of the current knowledge of the process of integration taking place in Eastern Europe is to provide a diagnosis oriented towards identification of a place and an attitude towards the contemporary European integration processes represented by Ukraine. The subject of the research is the process of social and political European integration and the place of Eastern Europe in a system perceived as such. The authors present their attempts at providing an answer to the following question: Do – and to what extent - Ukraine tend to follow the pro-Western orientation in the selected areas of their operations and do this country develop their institutional cooperation with the European Union?
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Department of Law andAdministrative Science

Ukraine’s Gradual Westernization - the Eastern Dimension of the European Integration

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The human factor plays a very important role, especially in terms of the efficiency of businesses operating in the service sector. Talented, self-confident and therefore empowered employees contribute to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the organizations. At this point, personnel empowerment is an application and a process that has vital importance in terms of the continuity and efficiency of businesses. On the other hand, some organizational problems can endanger the efficiency of the business and the organization. One of the most important of these problems is the tendency of employees to avoid work, that is, to engage in social loafing behaviour. From this point of view, the aim of this research is to determine the relationship between employee empowerment perceptions and perceptions of social loafing behaviour of employees working in hotel businesses. In line with the purpose of the research, data were collected on the employees working in the hotel businesses operating in the province of Istanbul by using the survey technique. In this direction, a total of 391 usable data questionnaires were obtained. According to the results of the analysis of the data obtained, it has been determined that there are negative and moderately significant relationships between personnel empowerment levels and social loafing levels of hotel business employees.
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Department of Tourism Guidance, Faculty of Tourism

Bulancak Kadir Karabaş Vocational Sch., Giresun University

The relationship between personnel empowerment and social loafing in hotel businesses

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Apart from educating students and conducting scientific research, technology transfer (TT) is the third “mission pillar” of modern universities. TT from universities to business as a source of innovations and inventions is, on the one hand, an important factor in socio-economic development, on the other hand, it generates income for universities and, by creating links with market practice, also affects their scientific development and quality of teaching. However, due to its complexity and due to the pluralism and heterogeneity of the approaches involved in TT processes at a country (or even regional) level, participation is a difficult challenge for the academic community. In the article the main factors influencing TT between universities and business are identified and a relevant process emphasizing into the requirements of universities being freshmen in this field is presented. In the frame of the current work a two-fold approach was applied: (a) a literature collection and review were undertaken aiming at identifying TT-related methods, tools, procedures and best practices across universities at an international level and (b) an detailed analysis of the TT-related procedures at the four European universities participating in the study.
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Ukraine’s Gradual Westernization - the Eastern Dimension of the European Integration

The relationship between personnel empowerment and social loafing in hotel businesses

Technology Transfer Steps Towards the Commercialization of Research Results for Universities

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