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10.09.2020 – Report from the meeting with employers held on 04/09/2020

On 04/09/2020, a free information meeting was held in Kalisz for employers employing and interested in employing foreigners and for migrants already working in Poland. During the meeting, the representatives of the Border Guard explained the topics of controlling the legality of employment and the rules of entry and stay of foreigners in the territory […]

08.09.2020 – Cultural differences: low or high cultural context

Apart from the differences described above, cultures can also be divided into low-context and high-context cultures. In low-context cultures, an interlocutor speaks frankly what they have in mind and feel and speak freely. A message is formulated directly, without “beating about the bush”. All the information is contained in the message and to understand it […]

01.09.2020 – Cultural differences: long-term orientation

Geert Hofstede, a Dutch sociologist, apart from cultural differences in the dimensions such as: power distance individualism – collectivism, masculinity – femininity, uncertainty avoidance also distinguished the differences between societies in the dimensions of long-term orientation – short-term orientation. Every society retains a link with the past while planning current and future challenges. What differentiates […]

31.08.2020 – Invitation to listen to the broadcast (No 13) – talk with the representatives of the employment agency for foreigners

We would like to invite you to listen to the broadcast on Radio Emaus on 26/08/2010. The broadcast was conducted under the motto “Because I was a stranger, and you welcomed me”. In a conversation with the representatives of BG Consulting from Kępno, topics related to, among other things, the process of legalisation of the […]

25.08.2020 – Report from the meeting with employers

On 31/07/2020, a free of charge information meeting was held in Kalisz for employers who employ and are interested in employing foreigners and for migrants already working in Poland. During the meeting, the representatives of the Border Guard, the District Labour Office in Kalisz and the Wielkopolska Voivodeship Office in Poznań Local Office in Kalisz […]

17.08.2020 – Cultural differences – avoiding uncertainty

One of six dimensions of culture identified by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede is avoiding uncertainty. This dimension is related to the level of anxiety in society due to threats to the future in new, unknown and uncertain situations. Avoiding uncertainty, which is measured from weak to strong, is an indicator showing society’s attitude to uncertainty […]

10.08.2020 – Cultural differences: trust and distrust

Cultures can also be divided horizontally into the following: high-trust cultures: in the institutions of the state and its citizens towards each other and low-trust cultures. Cultures are also differentiated by the trust that individuals place in them. In cultures with a high level of trust people will trust themselves and institutions. In societies with […]

07.08.2020 – Invitation to listen to the broadcast (No. 11) on migration and the operation of the Information Centre for Migrants in Poznań

We invite you to listen to the radio broadcast, which was aired on Radio Emaus on 29/07/2020. The broadcast was made under the motto: “I was a stranger, and you welcomed me”. In the broadcast, Mrs Agnieszka Minkowska tells about the phenomenon of migration throughout history, but also today. From the broadcast you can learn […]