Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Intellectual Capital

Andrea Bencsik et al.
In this sample enterprises were in a well-diversified structure. Commercial businesses were at <strong>the</strong>
highest rate <strong>the</strong>n repair work and o<strong>the</strong>r services follow. This rate is a typical feature <strong>of</strong> Hungary.
3.3 Questioned people’s status
On <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> above mentioned third feature, questioned people were classified in <strong>the</strong> following
categories:
Leaders in a high position and owners (55.3%);
Functional leaders (26.6%);
Leaders in a lower position (18.1%).
4. Results
4.1 SME training from a conventional view
Hypo<strong>the</strong>sis 1.
To confirm <strong>the</strong> first hypo<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>the</strong> uses <strong>of</strong> training from external sources <strong>of</strong> SMEs were investigated.
Connections with higher education and o<strong>the</strong>r conventional training and development elements <strong>of</strong> HR
were focused on: participation in organized training or participation in pr<strong>of</strong>essional programmes.
(Tables 2 and 3).
Table 2: Cooperation with higher education
There is no
connection and
SMEs do not want
to have one.
(%)
There is no
connection but
SMEs want to
have a
connection.
(%)
There are
connections but
SMEs do not
operate well
(%)
There are
connections and
SMEs want to
develop <strong>the</strong>m
(%)
Employees’ pr<strong>of</strong>essional
education in higher
education 56.3 22.8 4.2 16.7
Participation in writing a
<strong>the</strong>sis 57.1 15.2 8.3 19.4
Cooperation in research
with higher education 72.9 16.2 3.2 7.7
Answers in research panels
Experts’ participation in
higher education as a
74.5 16.2 2.9 6.4
lecturer
Informal connections with
65.8 16.2 4.6 13.4
pr<strong>of</strong>essors
Participation in programmes
61.7 12.9 4.5 20.9
<strong>of</strong> higher education 64.9 15.8 2.8 16.5
Participation in job fairs 72 16.7 4.9 6.4
Table 3: Conventional forms <strong>of</strong> education, training and study in SME
Absolutely not
typical (%)
Not typical
(%)
Meanly
typical (%)
Typical
(%)
Absolutely
typical (%)
Enterprises support studying
financially 11.9 31.6 25.8 23.8 6.9
There is organized education
Leaders’ behaviour supports
14.6 35.5 20.8 22.5 6.5
studying
Participating in pr<strong>of</strong>essional
7.3 24.3 33.8 26.8 7.8
programmes 6.7 13.7 31.6 32.1 15.9
Relationships with chambers 14.6 23.3 26.7 23.6 11.8
Tables 2 and 3 confirm hypo<strong>the</strong>sis 1. Those answers which are particularly remarkable concern <strong>the</strong>
connection with higher education. Independent from <strong>the</strong> type <strong>of</strong> answers “<strong>the</strong>re is no connection and
<strong>the</strong>y do not want to have one” had a high percentage.
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