dr Agnieszka Żak

Doctor of Economic Sciences in the field of Management Science (Jagiellonian University).

Teaching activities: University of Economics in Krakow (since 1.10.2009).

Organisational activities: Director of postgraduate studies in ‘Business Management – MBA-type Management Studies’ at the Krakow School of Business of the University of Economics in Krakow (since 2008).

Organisational functions: supervisor of the International Management programme, member of the Management Institute Council, member of the Institute Team for the Quality of Education, Academic Coordinator of the Erasmus Programme, Member of the Qualification Committee for Foreign Trips of KUE Students.

Social activities: Zaczytani.org Foundation – coordinator and volunteer of the Zaczytana Akademia in Krakow (since 2018). Member of the Programme Council of ‘Tak! Pomagam’ Provident Polska (employee volunteering programme).

Research interests: international management, intercultural management, business ethics, social responsibility, corporate social responsibility (CSR), cross-sector partnerships (especially: cooperation between NGOs and business), logistics, bionics, negotiations.

Outside of work: meeting friends, travelling, photography, a good crime novel, gardening.

Selected publications:

Żak, A., Djakeli, K., & Bielińska-Dusza, E. (2024). Cross-Sector Partnerships and Relationship Marketing in Healthcare: The Example of Fairy Tale Therapy in Children’s Hospitals in Poland. In Modern Healthcare Marketing in the Digital Era (pp. 164-192). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Buła, P., Thompson, A., & Żak, A. A. (2024). Nurturing teamwork and team dynamics in a hybrid work model. Central European Management Journal, 32(3), 475-489.

Buła, P., Thompson, A., & Żak, A. (2024). Does Our Future Rest in Corporate Hands? Study of Krakow Top Ten Corporate Employers’ Commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goals. Game Changers, 9.

Żak, A. (2023). Multiple perspectives on sustainable development. In Organizing sustainable development (pp. 77-90). Routledge.

Sedlak, P., Sady, M., & Żak, A. (2023). Measuring How Responsible We Are. The Development and Validation of the Personal Social Responsibility Scale (PSRS-Q19). Przegląd Organizacji, (3), 65-75.

Bielinska-Dusza, E., da Costa, R. L., Hamerska, M., & Zak, A. (2023, December). Study on the Impact of Remote Working on the Satisfaction and Experience of IT Workers in Poland. In Forum Scientiae Oeconomia (Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 9-34).

Żak, A., Sedlak, P., & Sady, M. (2023). Knowledge and Values: The Importance of Personal Social Responsibility for Education, Management, and Sustainable Development. Multidisciplinary Journal of School Education, 12(1 (23), 13-37.

Buła P., Klecha A. & Żak A. (2022). Changes in the Nature of Teamwork and Team Management Forced by COVID-19. Organizacja i Kierowanie, nr 1 (190), 159-176.

Bielińska-Dusza, E., Hamerska, M., & Żak, A. (2021). Sustainable mobility and the smart city: A vision of the city of the future: The case study of Cracow (Poland). Energies, 14(23), 7936.

Bielińska-Dusza, E., Żak, A., & Pluta, R. (2021). Identyfikacja problemów w zakresie zarządzania transportem publicznym w koncepcji smart city–perspektywa użytkowników. Przegląd Organizacji, (5), 28-39.

Sady, M., Żak, A., & Rzepka, K. (2019). The role of universities in sustainability-oriented competencies development: Insights from an empirical study on Polish universities. Administrative Sciences, 9(3), 62.

Bielińska-Dusza, E., & Żak, A. (2018). Whistleblowing jako narzędzie wykorzystywane do wykrywania nieprawidłowości organizacyjnych. Proaktywność i podejmowanie ryzyka w procesie rozwoju organizacji. Seria: Biznes i Zarządzanie, 119-135.

Małkowska, A., Uhruska, M., & Żak, A. (2017). Inwestycje prorozwojowe gmin w kontekście koncepcji odpowiedzialnego inwestowania. Krakow Review of Economics and Management/Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, (6 (966)), 105-122.

Buła, P., & Żak, A. (2017). Dyfuzja wspólnych działań w kierunku idei społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu–CSR 3.0+. Wyzwania współczesnego zarządzania strategicznego, 405-425.

Żak, A., & Sady, M. (2016). Dilemmas of creating social responsibility programs for the Y generation. W: State, Society and Business–Development of Contemporary Management, 241-265.

Żak, A. (2015). Triple bottom line concept in theory and practice. Social Responsibility of Organizations Directions of Changes, 387(1), 251-264.

Żak, A. (2010). Konwergencja technologii w firmie. Ekonomika i Organizacja Przedsiębiorstwa, (12), 12-22.