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In this article, we investigate how entrepreneurial intentions of individuals in the eight countries of the Danube region are shaped by different components of individuals' personal attitudes, the subjective norm and personal behavioral control. We analyze the internal structure of these components as well as some demographic and human capital factors. Cultural and developmental differences influencing variation in causal effects among variables in the model are analyzed. Structural equation modeling is used for data obtained by adult population surveys within the GEM research. Results of our study show that the entrepreneurial intention model is applicable across countries and that the internal effects among components of motivational antecedents exist, although not all hypothesized relationships are confirmed. Our study suggests that the process from perception to intention is similarly shaped across the eight countries

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KEY WORDSin-flight airline service quality; perceived value; recommendations (word of mouth); airline seat comfort; INTRODUCTIONThe growth of globalization today gives air transport an ever more important role. In the past two decades, the air travel industry has faced significant changes reflected in higher quality standards, various pricing strategies, and growth of air transport traffic, among other changes [1]. According to the 60th Edition of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) World Air Transport Statistics (WTS) for 2015, the yearbook of the airline industry performance, in 2015 world airlines carried 3.6 billion passengers on scheduled services; an increase of 7.2% over 2014, representing an additional 240 million air trips. In addition, airlines transported 52.2 million tonnes of cargo [2].Although the global economic performance remains a concern, the strength of the economic cycle will play a key role in the continuous expansion of demand growth for air travel in 2017. However, experts warn that the questions over the durability of the economic upswing, rising oil prices [3], financial crisis in Greece, recent weakness in regional trade activity in the Asia-Pacific area, and the renewed terrorism threats and continued geopolitical tensions have the potential to dampen the performance on these markets [2]. These are all reasons that further encourage the examination and monitoring of air travel services. The growing competition, rising demand, and described potential threats require constant delivery of high-quality services within the airline industry. Simultaneously, continuous improvements are essential for airline profitability and sustained development. Therefore, a better understanding of the relationship between determinants affecting passenger's service quality perception, their perceived value, and consequently their behavioural intentions are of the utmost importance, and the focal point of the present research.Researchers have studied various dimensions of airline services quality from the passenger's perspective, most of which investigated passengers' perception of airline service quality in relation to their behavioural intentions, taking into consideration the theory of airline services value, price, feedback, and passenger satisfaction [4,5,6,7,8]. Since transport service is a chain process, passengers' air travel experiences can be observed from the perspective of airport ground services and in-flight services [1]. The latter has gained considerably less attention among researchers. That is why the present study pays attention to specific areas, such as in-flight airline services quality in relation to perceived value and passengers' recommendations (word of mouth -WOM) (which, in our case, is regarded as a proxy for passengers' behavioural intentions), as well as passengers' perception of airline seat comfort. The quality of airline seats Human -Transport Interaction Preliminary Communication

Background and Purpose:This research aims to achieve two main objectives: to investigate differences between male and female managers regarding the perceived gender equality in organizations and to analyze the gender differences in relationships among the perceived gender equality, the perceived satisfaction with employment position and career, the perceived satisfaction with work, and the perceived work-family conflict. Design/Methodology/Approach: The sample of research includes 82 managers in Slovenian organizations. In first stage, we analyzed with t-test differences between male and female regarding perceived gender equality in decision-making positions. In the next step we developed the conceptual models and used structural equational modeling (SEM), and analyzed differences between constructs in two conceptual models. Results:The research results show that female managers perceive gender equality in organizations in general to be significantly lower than males; furthermore, perceived gender equality is positively related to the perceived satisfaction with employment position and career as well as to the perceived satisfaction with work, but both relationships are significantly stronger for female managers. On the other hand female managers seems to cope more efficiently with the perceived work-family conflict since it has significantly different impact on female managers' perceived satisfaction with work, as compared to the male managers. Conclusion: To achieve more gender equality within organizations and a reduction of the gender gap, the legislative initiatives cannot be successful without appropriate corporate strategy sets, which presents the framework for doing business and determines the internal working culture. The findings offer several policy, as well as business practice-oriented implications.