Papers by Ana Tomovska Misoska
The European Journal of Applied Economics, 2023
Hofstede's definition (2001) of national culture-that it is mental programming: a pattern of thou... more Hofstede's definition (2001) of national culture-that it is mental programming: a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and actions that each person acquires in childhood and then applies throughout life-arms us with an ability to explain the differences in attitudes towards work. In his model, which consists of six dimensions, Hofstede describes the society's culture effect on values. As national culture is deeply rooted in the society's norms and shapes the individual's behavior, it very strongly molds the entrepreneurial spirit in one country. Namely, a society that wants to promote entrepreneurship and the emergence of more entrepreneurs definitely needs culture that supports it. The paper introduces fear of failure as a seventh dimension and high status to entrepreneurs as an eighth dimension to Hofstede's six-dimensional model of national culture, and looks closely into countries' differences by analyzing the impact that the dimensions have on the determination of that country's population to start a business. By studying the secondary data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, eight economies have been desk-researched.
Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2023
This article aims to study the communication styles among different national cultures; that is, w... more This article aims to study the communication styles among different national cultures; that is, we examine the relationship between national culture, based on the Hofstede model, and communication styles. In order to investigate the role of national culture, it is fundamental first to analyze the communication styles and then identify how these are related to each other, with the purpose of identifying differences (or similarities) in communication styles across selected countries, a factor analysis was conducted, combined with an ANOVA test. Based on a sample from 10 different cultures: Germany
European Journal of Sustainable Development, 2025
Higher education institutions are the catalyst for building tomorrow's leaders who will take resp... more Higher education institutions are the catalyst for building tomorrow's leaders who will take responsibility for addressing environmental issues and shaping a more sustainable future. Along with learning the principles of the circular economy and sustainability, students build the skills and knowledge needed to take up leadership positions in a variety of fields, including business, politics and non-governmental organizations. This article analyzes the understanding of issues of sustainability, circular and green economy through the eyes of business-oriented students from four European countries: Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Croatia. An international team of scientists researches the attitudes and expectations of students from different bachelor's and master's programs with the aim of both improving their knowledge, skills and competencies related to circular and green economy and sustainability, as well as upgrading and enriching educational programs and processes. The research identified gaps in the educational process along with identified good practices implemented by specific partner organizations. Interrelationships were sought between the final results and the current geopolitical situation of the respective country in the context of its membership or not in the European Union. The study analyzed the content of various disciplines, focusing specifically on research areas such as the circular and green economy and sustainability. The findings aim to enhance curricula in fields like corporate social responsibility, economics, marketing, and related areas.
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Dec 1, 2020
International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES), Mar 15, 2023
This paper examines the factors that currently boost and/or undermine green behavior of the Maced... more This paper examines the factors that currently boost and/or undermine green behavior of the Macedonian employees. The statistical analysis of the data, gathered through a questionnaire, is based on Pearson correlation, testing the statistical significance of the hypotheses. Key findings show that factors such as attitudes of co-workers, company penalty system and leadership, and support of the superiors are positively related with employee green behavior and outcomes. The paper contributes to a deeper theoretical and empirical research of the green behavior in developing countries through the lens of motivational factors. The research outcomes can encourage managers to improve their overall performance without harming the environment and while meeting environmentally friendly working behavior. Also it can provide important information for the policymakers which can be used for improving the overall country's pro-environmental efforts.
Психологија наука и практика/Psychology science and practice
Southeast European Review of Business and Economics, Dec 1, 2022
The introduction of the digital euro will have an impact on the implementation of the financial p... more The introduction of the digital euro will have an impact on the implementation of the financial policy of North Macedonia. Based on an assessment of its own interests and capabilities, North Macedonia can decide on a model for compatibility with the digital euro. The paper analyses three possible models for cross-border system compatibility. Assuming that a digital euro provides a new channel for the transmission of domestic monetary policy shocks, the basic crossborder effects of the introduction of the digital euro can be summarised as an increase in euroisation, a reduction in monetary policy independence and a reduction in the creditor function of last resort. These effects need to be countered with integrated smart features such as automatic remuneration and bilateral cooperation with the ECB or a combination of these models. According to the analysis, this functionality can be achieved through the model, which is a technological bridge between the systems, as opposed to the model, which is a separate system, or the model, which is integrated. Although the proposed model is the most desirable in terms of potential gains and addressing potential risks, this model involves the development of an own digital currency (digital denar).
Finance Think Policy Studies, 2020
The pandemic caused by the global spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 is harming social, education... more The pandemic caused by the global spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 is harming social, educational and health wellbeing of children, with the most vulnerable being hit the hardest. Children are being impacted directly, through school, extra-curricular and childcare facilities closures, social distancing and confinement, which puts a heavy burden on their educational, cognitive and emotional development, with the risk of increasing their anxiety and stress levels. Children are also being impacted indirectly, through the reduction of household incomes, which reduces their material and social wellbeing, impairs access to social and healthcare, while also exposing the hardest hit to risks malnutrition. It is critical to understand that the negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis may be particularly strong for some groups of children including those living in poverty, children with disabilities, children deprived of parental care, children in detention and so on. Furthermore, negative impacts of this scale may extend well beyond the short term spreading childhood poverty across many childhood years or beyond.
Social Psychological Review
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
We are delighted to present the fourth issue of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE). T... more We are delighted to present the fourth issue of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE). The five research articles and one field note featured in this issue coalesce around two main themes: refugee education and education administration in postconflict societies. As this issue goes to press in August 2018, the Syrian conflict has created 5.6 million refugees-the most of any current conflict-of which Turkey has absorbed 63 percent, Lebanon 17 percent, and Jordan 12 percent (UNHCR 2018). All three governments have worked to incorporate refugee children into their strained national education systems or, in some cases, into complementary education programs, which are often stretched thin and under-resourced. Yet the roughly 1.2 million Syrian refugees taken in by Lebanon constitute a higher percentage of the country's pre-conflict population (4 million) than that of its two neighbors. Previewing our upcoming special issue on refugees and education, the first two articles in this issue explore key challenges faced by children and youth in Lebanon. These articles focus on students' experiences of belonging and exclusion in Lebanese classrooms and in one complementary education program. In "Fifi the Punishing Cat and Other Civic Lessons from a Lebanese Public Kindergarten School," Thea Renda Abu El-Haj, Garene Kaloustian, Sally Wesley Bonet, and Samira Chatila provide an ethnographic account of the experiences of Palestinian refugees, some of whom have been displaced twice, and of Syrian refugees as they encounter their Lebanese peers and the teachers who treat them as outsiders. Drawing on three years of observation at Amal Al-Bilad, a kindergarten-only public school in Beirut, the authors show how "children, even those as young as three to five, are developing embodied messages about their public place as citizen-subjects: about belonging and/or exclusion; about how they are expected to relate to power and authority; and about how to act within and on their social world" (p. 13). For example, the authors argue that practices such as downplaying student-produced knowledge, closely following a scripted curriculum, restricting children's play and chatter, and requiring stillness and silence inculcate in refugee students a deference to authority that emphasizes their status as outsiders. However, in other notable examples, Abu El-Haj and colleagues show how the students carve out a space to "play with, make fun of, and at times actively
International Society for Political Psychology, Jul 1, 2019
Transferring education policy from one country to another, or between supranational bodies and na... more Transferring education policy from one country to another, or between supranational bodies and national administrations, is common practice, and the potential benefits for educational quality and standards are evident. Despite these advantages, the dominant approaches to policy transfer have been criticized for, among other things, neglecting contextual influences on policy and prioritizing the economic function of education over others. In this article, we consider an example of policy transfer for another purpose: to promote social cohesion through schools, specifically in societies that have experienced ethnic division and conflict. Focusing on the model of shared education, which promotes school collaboration and contact between pupils across ethnic or religious boundaries, we explore a process of policy transfer between Northern Ireland and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Drawing from documentary analysis, interviews with practitioners in both countries, and direct o...
The great expansion of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in the last t... more The great expansion of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in the last two decades has brought about massive changes to the European as well as to the global economy by transforming them from an industrial structure to a network or knowledge based economic system. Therefore, companies make organizational and structural changes to become more efficient and responsive to changing markets and look to physical facilities to reinforce these changes (Wineman and Adhya, 2007). Consequently today's workplace not only supports everyday duties, but also the sociocultural wellbeing of employees. Corporate investment in job satisfaction, employee wellbeing and organizational commitment has become an important determinant of organizational success. Although there has been a lot of research on exploiting the link between the workspace and job satisfaction in European and worldwide companies (Veitch, et.al, 2007; Wineman and Adhya, 2007; Wolfeld, 2010; Knowght and Hasl...
ABSTRACT: As one of the aspects of modern behavioral and economic sciences during the past few ye... more ABSTRACT: As one of the aspects of modern behavioral and economic sciences during the past few years, organizational culture has become one of the critical points in business practice. The studies has shown that organizational culture is considered to be an “asset” that can be connected to progress execution, hence being remarkable to the life of the organization. However, since the market competition rules has become more radical and demand for companies a complex “collection” of measures and changes, modern companies should focus not only on a solid organizational culture, but rather on the alignment within. Alignment along with innovativeness and integration can assist the companies in outperforming their main rivals and competitors. Therefore, numerous organizations endeavor to measure their organizational cultures through already reputable models by perceived authors or to receive inside strategies to supply understandable parameters in order to appraise their organizational cu...
Journal of Management Research, 2015
Effectiveness of the workplace is one of the most contemporary topics in the modern organizations... more Effectiveness of the workplace is one of the most contemporary topics in the modern organizations. In era of increased competition and globalization, it is of paramount importance for organizations to increase loyalty and efficiency of their employees, i.e. to increase the motivation of its employees. To motivate the employee and to get maximum output of them is the first key to success of the organization. The second key is to reduce the turnover, especially the voluntarily one. The idea is that turnover is costly to organizations. This paper seeks to explore the impact of job design, job enlargement and job enrichment on job satisfaction and motivation with employees from business sector and public administration. Three countries are taken into consideration and compared-Macedonia, Bulgaria and Kosovo, using the Job Diagnostic Survey. The sample includes 285 respondents. The study has been conducted as a start of a longitudinal study of which two datasets from 2010 and 2013 are presented in the paper. Being one of the first studies investigating this topic in the countries in question, this study clarifies the similarities and differences among Balkan countries. The findings presented in the paper suggest that the highest result for Motivational Potential Score (MPS) can be observed in the public administration sector in Kosovo (MPS=153.5), followed by Macedonia's business sector (MPS=133.6) and public administration (MPS=132.4). Lowest MPS score is for the Kosovo's business sector (MPS=106.7). Bulgaria scores MPS=114.4 and MPS=112.7 in the public administration and privates sector respectively.
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Papers by Ana Tomovska Misoska