Central European Management Journal: Volume 32 Issue 4 , Open Access

Gender and organizational commitment: evidence from a nationwide survey in Poland

Vera Adamchik, Piotr Sedlak

The study examines whether affective organizational commitment and its drivers differ between Polish female and male employees.

Model of student engagement in the distance learning process

Anna Chwiłkowska-Kubala, Małgorzata Spychała, Tomasz Stachurski

We aimed to identify factors that influence student engagement in distance learning.

How do self-direction and values-drive of protean career orientation determine career outcomes?

Marzena Fryczyńska, Agnieszka Pleśniak

The article shows partial proof for the protean paradox existing outside of the Anglo-Saxon part of the world. We pose questions about the impact of each protean career…

Strategic procurement management of railroad rolling stock in the European Union

Sebastian Jarzębowski, Christopher Mondy, Izabela Dalewska-Mądra, Matias Enz

Like a well-designed procurement strategy, a well-designed rolling stock strategy promotes the development of a railroad company and contributes to its competitive advantage…

An integrative approach to assessing buyer-supplier relationships: scale development and validation

Anna Pikos, Dominika Latusek, Maling Ebrahimpour

The research investigated relations between factors used to evaluate the quality of buyer-supplier relationships (BSRs): perceived performance of the supplier, satisfaction with…

How many friends at work are too many? The nonlinear association between the number of friends, social support and mental well-being

Maria Ioana Telecan, Petru Lucian Curseu, Claudia Lenuta Rus

We grounded this study in the Too-Much-of-a-Good-Thing (TMGT) meta-theoretical framework to disentangle the costs and benefits associated with workplace friendship in a military…

Expectations of manufacturing companies towards suppliers in terms of implementing improvement activities

Maciej Urbaniak, Dominik Zimon, Peter Madzik

This article aims to map the expectations of manufacturing companies towards suppliers in terms of implementing improvement activities. The article poses two research questions…