Abstract
Motivation: Labor market in Poland has been affected by many institutional factors. One of them is social capital, which can be an advantage for its development It influences the ability among the market entities to cooperate with each other and to create their competitiveness on the market. The lack of social capital causes many disadvantages like the lack of ability to cooperate between different actors. That is why strong social capital is a challenge to build long term relations on the labor market. Low social capital or its lack is a barrier in country?s development, weakens the markets, makes the markets impossible to improve in quality. On the basis of the above premises the main hypothesis of the paper claims, that the main barrier which limits the ability among different actors to create social capital on labor market in Poland is low level of trust to each other.
 Aim: The main cognitive aim of this article is to describe the conducted primary research and identify determinants, especially threats and barriers on labor market in Poland in the points of views of different participants who take part in interactions with the other actors on the labor market (entrepreneurs, employees, employers).
 Materials and methods: The research had a character of preliminary study. The main research methods used in this article include desk research and primary research with Individual In-Depth Interviews (IDI method) which were conducted among Polish entrepreneurs from March till June 2018 and from October till January 2019.
 Results: The Respondents, who took part in the research underlined the importance of cooperation and social capital, but they also mentioned about barriers which reduce the level of cooperation and ability to create social capital.
Highlights
Significance of labor resources in contemporary world is constantly growing
The goal of the research was to identify determinants affecting establishment of cooperation between entities on labor market and, creation of social capital in Poland, and to verify the hypothesis which claims, that the main barrier which limits the ability among different actors to create social capital on labor market in Poland is the low level of trust in each other
Analyzing the respondents’ opinions, the following problems faced by entities functioning on the labor market can be identified among others: Ǻ dislike toward other companies and attributing negative features to them, which in result can bring the lack of confidence and willingness to establish relationships supporting closer cooperation; Ǻ lack of confidence, which might be the result of financial problems faced by entities participating in business transactions; Ǻ categorizing and valuation of workers by employers on the basis of their demographic features, social features, etc.; Ǻ conviction about own commitment and its lack at others; Ǻ conviction about insufficient qualifications of workers, colleagues, and trading partners
Summary
Significance of labor resources in contemporary world is constantly growing. The very labor market must adapt itself to rapidly changing conditions of the environment, including globalization, growing competition, or progressing technologization and computerization of production (Frey & Osborne, 2017, pp. 254–280; Goos et al, 2014, pp. 2509–2526). Labor market is one of basic concepts that are used in many research disciplines, and yet, it is not easy to define. It can be assumed in a simplified way that market is a form of establishing contacts between the seller and buyer that allows for determining the terms and conditions for transactions (they include price, quantity, place, and time of completion among others) that can be accepted by both parties to the transaction. Labor is the object of exchange in the transaction, whereas its value is presented in the form of remuneration It is a complex and open system whose operation is determined by external environment. Demand on labor in macroeconomic approach is understood as the demand on workers that is declared by all the employers
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