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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 11 Comparison between Poland and Greece

From: Business resilience skills for SMEs

Category

Question

Poland

Greece

Var

n = 101

n = 165

Average

Average

Generic Questions

Business training importance

7.86

8.81

− 0.95

Business training frequency

4.77

5.72

− 0.95

Effects from COVID-19 crisis

5.36

7.76

− 2.40

Effects from other crises

3.78

6.52

− 2.74

Business resiliency

7.59

6.64

0.95

General Skills

Goal Setting Importance

8.34

8.53

− 0.19

Goal Setting Adequacy

6.94

7.33

− 0.39

Continuous learning Importance

8.62

8.62

0.00

Continuous learning Adequacy

7.32

7.07

0.25

Critical thinking Importance

7.58

8.82

− 1.25

Critical thinking Adequacy

6.79

7.95

− 1.16

Creativity Importance

8.51

8.85

− 0.34

Creativity Adequacy

7.35

7.87

− 0.52

Communication Importance

9.08

9.30

− 0.22

Communication Adequacy

7.14

8.03

− 0.90

Empathy Importance

7.71

8.65

− 0.94

Empathy Adequacy

7.32

7.79

− 0.47

Cooperation, Teamwork Importance

8.54

8.84

− 0.30

Cooperation, Teamwork Adequacy

7.38

7.83

− 0.46

Adaptability (incl. Flexibility) Importance

8.65

9.11

− 0.46

Adaptability (incl. Flexibility) Adequacy

7.66

7.76

− 0.10

Planning and organisation Importance

8.62

9.15

− 0.52

Planning and organisation Adequacy

7.16

7.66

− 0.50

Negotiation Importance

7.96

8.68

− 0.72

Negotiation Adequacy

6.80

7.38

− 0.58

Decision making Importance

8.96

9.07

− 0.11

Decision making Adequacy

7.76

7.93

− 0.17

Leadership Importance

8.47

8.99

− 0.52

Leadership Adequacy

7.03

7.96

− 0.93

Mobilising Resources Importance

8.58

8.76

− 0.18

Mobilising Resources Adequacy

7.12

7.28

− 0.16

Professional Skills

Time management Importance

8.22

8.99

− 0.77

Time management Adequacy

6.61

7.30

− 0.69

Customer-orientation Importance

8.56

9.12

− 0.56

Customer-orientation Adequacy

7.24

7.53

− 0.29

Networking Importance

8.26

9.09

− 0.83

Networking Adequacy

6.72

7.30

− 0.59

Digital Communication Importance

8.36

8.91

− 0.55

Digital Communication Adequacy

7.05

7.40

− 0.34

Data Security Importance

8.52

8.31

0.21

Data Security Adequacy

7.52

7.37

0.15

Data and information management and transformation Importance

7.91

8.06

− 0.16

Data and information management and transformation Adequacy

6.77

7.03

− 0.26

Accessing, extracting and processing information Importance

7.52

8.14

− 0.62

Accessing, extracting and processing information Adequacy

6.51

7.03

− 0.52

Evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information and data Importance

8.01

8.45

− 0.44

Evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information and data Adequacy

6.62

7.23

− 0.60

Financial and economic resources management Importance

8.98

8.94

0.04

Financial and economic resources management Adequacy

7.69

7.48

0.21

Teaching, supporting and guiding other people Importance

8.49

8.60

− 0.11

Teaching, supporting and guiding other people Adequacy

7.12

7.38

− 0.26

Health and Safety

Providing for health and safety at work Importance

7.99

9.00

− 1.01

Providing for health and safety at work Adequacy

8.32

8.17

0.15

Ensuring public health and consumer protection Importance

7.91

8.99

− 1.09

Ensuring public health and consumer protection Adequacy

7.77

8.42

− 0.65

Characteristics, Attitudes and Values

Reliability Importance

9.43

9.53

− 0.10

Reliability Adequacy

8.57

8.96

− 0.39

Initiative and taking action Importance

8.95

9.09

− 0.14

Initiative and taking action Adequacy

7.86

8.35

− 0.48

Self-confidence Importance

8.27

9.10

− 0.84

Self-confidence Adequacy

7.26

8.35

− 1.08

Perseverance Importance

9.10

9.10

0.00

Perseverance Adequacy

8.04

8.45

− 0.41

Integrity Importance

9.63

9.37

0.25

Integrity Adequacy

9.51

9.07

0.43

Work ethics Importance

9.47

9.34

0.13

Work ethics Adequacy

9.20

9.29

− 0.09

Risk Management

Risk identification and assessment Importance

8.95

8.99

− 0.05

Risk identification and assessment Adequacy

7.23

7.70

− 0.48

Resilience planning Importance

8.10

8.74

− 0.64

Resilience planning Adequacy

6.53

7.34

− 0.80

Impact analysis Importance

7.97

8.65

− 0.68

Impact analysis Adequacy

6.70

7.18

− 0.48

Recovery Strategy, Communication and Coordination Importance

8.36

8.94

− 0.58

Recovery Strategy, Communication and Coordination Adequacy

6.84

7.33

− 0.49

Seeking advice–Receptiveness–Openness Importance

8.45

8.80

− 0.35

Seeking advice–Receptiveness–Openness Adequacy

7.04

7.42

− 0.38

n

72

72

–

Mean (μ)

7.91

8.32

–

Standard deviation

0.83

0.73

–

  1. The highest values are given in bold