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The influence of culture and individual characteristics on decision-making logic of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in Poland

Investigator

Title of the project The influence of culture and individual characteristics on decision-making logic of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in Poland
Primary and secondary scientific disciplines B.A. in Advertising

M.A. in Management

Description of the project Characteristics and main objectives of the research project:

·         The purpose of this study is to examine how individual characteristics and cultural factors influence the Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs’ decision-making logic.

·         This research applies a qualitative, two-study approach. Study I is investigated by questionnaires and fsQCA technical tool. Study II,  semi-structured interviews will be conducted.

·         The primary contribution is to develop knowledge on immigrant and international entrepreneurship. Second, it stresses that besides environmental and firm constraints, dimensions of culture and individual characteristics also influence entrepreneurs’ decision logic. As well as, it gives some guidelines to potential entrepreneurs, helping them to understand their own decision-making tendencies.

Principal supervisor: prof. dr hab. Aldona Glińska-Neweś
Foreign scientific advisor: prof. dr hab. Miguel Pereira Lopes