Acta academica karviniensia, 2018 (vol. 18), issue 4
CAN OTHER DISCIPLINES SUPPORT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EFFORTS? IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY CULTURE: A STUDY ON A COAL MINE INSTITUTION
Burcu Akdeniz, Ceren Giderler, N. Derya Ergun Özler
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):5-16 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.024 
Human behaviour is strongly influenced by the culture they live in. Therefore, if safety is a priority in a company's culture and this norm is internalized by every member of this organization, elimination of all types of unsafe behaviour would be possible. This aspect of organizational culture is called safety culture. In order to evaluate the safety culture in an organization, one of the useful tools is application of a safety culture survey. Application of a safety culture survey among a company's workers and managers would supply the management with valuable data concerning the safety culture perception of the organization members. Thus, the results...
USING OF TRADITIONAL RECRUITMENT METHODS AND TOOLS AND E-RECRUITMENT BY EMPLOYEES OF BABY BOOMERS GENERATION, GENERATION X, GENERATION Y AND GENERATION Z IN SELECTED HEALTHCARE SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Jiří Bejtkovský
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):17-28 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.025
The paper deals with the human capital management in today's modern information, communication and digital society. The aim of the article was to find out the current level of using of traditional recruitment methods and tools (offline recruitment) in a comparison with E-recruitment (online recruitment). This level of using was investigated and evaluated by employees of the Baby Boomers generation, Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z in selected healthcare service providers in the Czech Republic. A questionnaire survey was conducted in the first quarter of 2018 via an anonymous structured questionnaire. One research hypothesis and one research...
THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON THE SLOVAK HOTEL INDUSTRY
Marian Gúčik, Matúš Marciš
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):29-39 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.026
Among the various sectors that drive the global economy, the tourism is one of the fastest growing, accounting for nearly one-third of the global services trade, one-tenth of global GDP, and one-tenth of all jobs. The accommodation facilities, their size, capacity and structure are a precondition for the development of tourism. The purpose of the paper is to examine changes in Slovak accommodation sector in the process of globalization. The article deals with the changes in structure and performances of the accommodation sector in 2000, 2008 and 2016. It points out the impact of globalization on the Slovak hotel industry.
NORMALITY OF TURKISH STOCK RETURNS OVER TIME
Ezgi Gümüştekin, Güneş Topçu
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):40-51 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.027
This paper examines whether Borsa Istanbul (BIST) 100 index returns as well as individual stock returns are normally distributed and whether return distributions approach normal for longer return periods. Data include the daily aggregate market returns, i.e., BIST-100 index returns, and 9 firms' daily returns in 3 sectors, i.e. banking, automotive and holding. Data period is from 2004 to 2018Q1. Three types of normality tests, Shapiro-Wilk, Jarque-Bera and Kolmogorov-Smirnow were applied. The results showed that returns seemed to have leptokurtic distribution instead of normal distribution and as the return period increases, distribution of returns...
THE MEASUREMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH CO-INTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY ANALYSIS
Kenan İlarslan, Fatih Bıyıklı, Tuğrul Bayat
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):52-65 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.028
Civil aviation services have become serious demand generating tools for all geographic locations. Understanding the economic conditions which make this demand increase possible, knowledge on external benefits and costs of the growth of international aviation sector plays critical role for the companies and countries which are keen on being competitive and economic growth. Improvements in aviation sector create base for analysing the legal context of air transport deeper and therefore companies in aviation sector analyse the market behaviour and take their position accordingly. Liberalisation of the aviation sector is another factor which triggers the...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STOCK PRICES AND FINANCIAL RATIOS: EVIDENCE FROM THE PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE AND THE POLISH STOCK EXCHANGE
Marie Ligocká
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):66-78 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.029
Stock prices and their fluctuations are analyzed by investors and analytics due to the possibility of achievement the capital earnings. Many variables can affect development of the stock prices; the main categories are macroeconomic factors, industrial variables, and company characteristics. This paper is focused on company characteristics that reflect success of business activities of individual companies. The object of the paper is to investigate the existence of a relationship between selected financial ratios and stock prices of selected manufacturing companies listed on the Prague Stock Exchange and the Polish Stock Exchange. The semi-annual data...
IMPLEMENTATION OF BALANCED SCORECARD IN SPA COMPANY
Anna Šenková, Radka Lúchavová
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):79-88 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.030
Modern way of strategic management, which puts emphasis also on financial and non-financial indicators to measure business performance is the Balanced Scorecard. The instability of the economic environment requires the implementation of the strategy where the critical factors do affect business performance. The aim of this paper is to present the possibilities of application this modern method in the condition of the spa company in the northeast of the Slovakia.
CORE COMPETENCIES OF THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION WORKERS NEEDED TO PERFORM THEIR WORK WITHIN THE SOCIAL MATURITY PILLAR
Janka Vydrová
Acta academica karviniensia 2018, 18(4):89-100 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2018.031
In recent years, increased attention has been paid to the importance of social and emotional competencies or knowledge, skills and attitudes that must be personally and socially competent. The aim of the paper is to present the results of the research project, which is focused on the analysis of the use of key competencies of employees of health care facilities. In total, 987 questionnaires were evaluated. The research was realized in the months of February 2017 to March 2018. The author deals with the key competences that are part of the pillar of social maturity and they are empathy, will features, responsibility, emotional maturity, health and fitness...
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