The Contemporary Employee in the Creation of Organisational Culture in the Polish Mining Industry

Abstract

This paper describes the relationship between the employee and the organisational culture in a company. It places particular focus on the characteristics of today’s employees, resulting from the typology of current working generations and highlights the characteristic features of baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. The practical part of this paper characterises employees and HR policies of two groups operating in the mining industry – Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa SA and Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka SA.