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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reveal the most important transversal competences for accountants on various levels in the context of Industry 4.0 in Poland. Design/methodology/approach: The purpose is fulfilled by analyzing the competency requirements from job advertising using the methods of descriptive and mathematical statistics. Findings: The empirical part shows the dominance of hard finance and accounting competences, followed by data analysis and management ones. It was also revealed, that personal competences are not the crucial ones, similar to the ability to use foreign languages. Research limitations/implications: The data were collected from only one online job portal. In the future analysis of bigger data set are planned, together with identifying the barriers for competence groups and international comparative study. Practical implications: Candidates will know what to focus on while applying for the job, and employers gathered a good source of benchmark for their job advertising. Originality/value: The paper focuses on a specific set of competences for accounting jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main purpose of the article is to compare different quality of life variables in Poland and Russia. The study presents definitional problems associated with the concept of quality of life and defines its various dimensions. The study reviews the subject literature applying a descriptive method as well as presents own empirical research. The research project was based on the surveys carried out among Polish students of the Cracow University of Economics and Russian students of the Saint - Petersburg State University of Economics. The research was carried out in the second quarter of 2018 using the G-Suit package. The researchbased questionnaire was conducted as a CSAQ (Computerized Self - Administered Questionnaire), a computer-based questionnaire where respondents were giving their answers directly. The collected data were analysed using the methods of single, double and multidimensional statistics and developed using the SPSS 25. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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An analysis of the literature on the quality of life and tools for its measurement revealed a gap in the field of research tools to study the quality of life of the so-called young adults. According to the theory of emerging adulthood, people aged 18–25 significantly differ from people of other age groups, including their self-perception. The aim of this article is to present the process of creating an inventory for multidimensional research on students' quality of life, its structural and theoretical validity as well as reliability of the tool. Structural validity of Multidimensional Inventory of Students Quality of Life (MIS-QOL) is measured by three different indicators. Comparative fit index (CFI), PCLOSE and the root mean square error (RMSEA) show good or very good structural validity of every dimension and general score. Additionally, theoretical validity of general score measured as a correlation with commonly used questionnaires show correlation on level of 0.52 with somatic subscale of WHO, 0.631 with environmental subscale of WHO, 0.657 with Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), 0.703 with psychological subscale of WHO, and 0.786 with Quality of Life Scale (QOLS). Reliability of each dimension and general score measured by Cronbach alfa and split-half coefficients are above 0.7. The multidimensional construction of MIS-QOL allows researchers to compare acquired data with international research conducted by Eurostat or the OECD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]