Social economy entities as a place to develop green skills – research findings
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https://doi.org/10.15678/SER.2023.1.03Keywords:
social economy, social economy entities, green skills, circular behavioursAbstract
Background: Inner potential of social economy entities to drive an economy toward more circularity, energy renewability, sustainable food production opens their organizational schemes to green skills generation. Organizations operating in social economy can play
a key role in learning-by-doing, rising consciousness, stimulating new solutions and operations.
Research objectives: The aim of the research analyzed in this paper was to identify opportunities for the acquisition and development of green skills among those taking up employment or internship in social economy entities.
Research design and methods: Various statistical methods were used to analyze the source material and verify the hypotheses, including: descriptive statistics, Pearson's linear correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA test. Testing was performed using Statistica 13.3 software.
Results: The conclusions withdrawn from the research conducted confirm the existence of the potential for the development of green skills inherent in social economy entities.
Conclusions: The organizational nature of the analyzed entities is conducive to the emergence of skills with less specialized requirements, but with possible qualities conducive to the development of circular behavior. Developing design thinking, creativity, the ability to adapt to future creeds and building resilience are seen as particular opportunities for the development of green skills, as activities involving circular behavior followed along with the desire to acquire these skills.
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