Przedsiębiorczość seniorów w dobie transformacji cyfrowej: analiza empiryczna na przykładzie słuchaczy uniwersytetu trzeciego wieku
Entrepreneurship by Seniors in the Era of Digital Transformation: an Empirical Analysis Based on University of the Third Age Students

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the issue of seniors and their entrepreneurship in the context of ongoing technological development. The study's main objective is to analyse senior's entrepreneurship potential through the prism of new digital technologies. The main hypothesis is that digitisation and access to new technologies increase the potential for entrepreneurship among seniors. The research methods used in this paper are desk research, secondary data analysis and analysis of primary data from a quantitative survey of University of the Third Age students. The analysis of the results shows that although most respondents do not experience digital exclusion, their competence in new technologies remains at a low level. In addition, the knowledge of technological terminology among the respondents is average, and the lack of interest in using digital technologies in entrepreneurial activities confirms the typical characteristics of this group, coinciding with the results of the literature review and other studies. The study proves that Polish seniors need support in the use of new technologies, especially since demographic processes and decreasing labour supply will require increasing professional activation of this group in the labour market.

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