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The topic of this paper are the values of the individual entrepreneurial orientation and the Theory of planned behavior dimensions, among freelancers in the Western Balkan countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia). The effects of four control variables: gender, age, education level, and previous entrepreneurial experience were also examined. Freelancers best perceive support for an entrepreneurial venture as well as their proactivity. Entrepreneurial intentions were assessed as the worst. The greatest impact on the observed dimensions occurs in the division of the sample into freelancers who have/do not have previous experience in entrepreneurship. As for the other control variables, statistically significant differences occur in only three other cases: dimensions RT - Risk-taking and PBC - Perceived behavioral control on the side of male freelancers, and dimension IN - Innovativeness on the side of younger freelancers. A comparison was made with a similar study, where the respondents were conventional employees. In general, freelancers have greater entrepreneurial intentions than conventional employees. Freelancers are more consistent in terms of entrepreneurial intentions: there are no differences in these intentions if the sample is divided according to the gender and age of freelancers. These results are discussed in the paper.

The paper examines the effects of organizational culture on employee job satisfaction and financial performance. The research was carried out in organizations in Serbia. 220 employees participated in the research. The dimensions of organizational culture have statistically significant, strong, and positive correlations with the dimensions of job satisfaction and items of financial performance. The exception is the dimension of organizational culture OC3-Power Distance, which has mostly negative correlations. The strongest influences are exerted by the dimensions of Collectivism within the group, Performance Orientation, Humane Orientation, and Assertiveness. The dimensions of organizational culture have stronger predictive effects on the dimensions of job satisfaction than on the items of financial performance. Thus, organizational culture has a greater impact on individual performance, social relations, personal feelings, and satisfaction of employees, while financial performance is also influenced by numerous external factors, such as the state of the industry, the strength, and performance of the competition, consumer needs, and requirements.

This paper presents the results of research into the impact of information technology (IT) on individual and organizational performances in companies in Serbia: job satisfaction (JS), communication satisfaction (CS), organizational commitment (OCM), organizational trust (ITW), organizational learning (OL) and financial performance (FP). The data were obtained from a questionnaire completed by N = 380 middle managers from 102 companies in Serbia. The methods used for statistical data processing were: descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and the t-test. The main conclusions of the study are: 1. Information technology items in companies in Serbia are slightly above average values. 2. The level of information technology in the company is an indicator of the level of organizational performance in the company. 3. The level of information technology in the company has direct and indirect positive impacts on the level of a number of organizational performances in the company.

The paper tackles the comparison of entrepreneurial intentions among students and employees in Serbia. A t-test was applied to compare individual entrepreneurial orientation dimensions, achievement dimension, and theory of planned behaviour dimensions (including entrepreneurship intention dimension). The analysis also encompassed gender as the subject's control variable. The main conclusions are 1. Risk-taking dimension, Proactiveness, and Achievement have statistically significantly higher average values for employees than for students. Students have statistically significantly higher average values of the following dimensions: Personal attitude, Subjective norm, and Entrepreneurial intention. Dimensions Innovativeness and Perceived behavioural control are equally present in both students and employees. 2. Results for female students and female employees show identical results as for the total sample. Results for male students and male employees differentiate in that the male employees' attitudes toward entrepreneurship remain high even though they have a job. 3. The highest values for Personal attitude and Entrepreneurial intention dimensions are achieved by male students, and thereafter by female students, male employees, and the lowest by female employees. 4. The minimum difference between entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions is among male students, whereas the maximum difference between entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions emerge with male employees.

This paper presents the results of a study of the impact of information technology (IT) on job satisfaction (JS) and or­ ganizational commitment (OCM) in companies in Serbia. To measure the state of information technology in companies in Serbia, six items were defined: the possession of modern IT, using (i.e., the application of) modern IT, use of modern IT, the training of employees to work with modern IT, the motivation of employees to work with modern IT, and the importance that management places on modern IT. The research relates to the study of the impact of such defined in­ formation technology items on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The data were obtained from a ques­ tionnaire completed by N = 380 middle managers from 102 companies in Serbia. The main conclusions of the research are as follows. The average values for the items of information technology are slightly above the average, indicating the good state of information technology in companies in Serbia. The perspective is also good, because the highest average value is for the importance that management places on modern IT. All correlations between information tech­ nology items and the observed organizational performance (job satisfaction dimensions and organizational commit­ ment dimensions) are statistically significant, strong, and positive. The most important correlations of information technology are with the following items: the motivation of employees to work with modern IT, the importance that management places on modern IT, and use of modern IT. From the observed organizational performance, the strongest correlations are with communication, nature of work, and organizational identification. Furthermore, regression anal­ ysis shows a predictive effect of information technology items on the observed organizational performance. Of all in­ dependent variables, the impact of the motivation of employees to work with modern IT is especially evident, as is the role of the importance that management places on modern IT. The recommendations to top managers are to con­ tinuously and systematically invest in the purchase and maintenance of modern information technology, and to mo­ tivate employees to work with modern information technology. The effects of these investments and efforts will be reflected through better business results, and the improvement of the level of numerous organizational performance indicators, such as job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees.

The paper presents the results of the impact of certain dimensions of organizational culture (Future Orientation, Power Distance, Human Orientation and Performance Orientation) on organizational commitment in companies in Serbia. Through a survey, responses were obtained from a total of N = 400 middle managers from 129 companies. The results show a statistically significant correlation between the observed dimensions of organizational culture and organizational commitment dimensions. Also, there is a statistically significant predictive effect of certain dimensions of organizational culture on the dimensions of organizational commitment. The biggest influences on the dimensions of organizational commitment have dimensions Future Orientation - FO and Performance Orientation - PO. On the other hand, under the most affected dimension of organizational culture is the dimension of organizational commitment Organizational identification - OCM1.