The perypherial literary myth as a source of workplace cultural capital

The paper discusses the selected literary “indicators” of workplace cultural capital which were embodied in the particular Eastern European experiences form the late of 19th and the beginning of 20th century. This analysis suggests focusing on the pro-entrepreneurial and intercultural, yet provincial, myth of "Lozdremensch". On the examples of writings of Wladyslaw Reymont, Joshep Roth, Israel Joshua Singer and Charles Dedecius, it could be assumed that the Lodzermensch myth can be read as a tale, grown on the Polish provincial territory, of a businessman and worker who are aware of the tension between the "human factor" and the struggle for profit. "Lodzermensch", the cultural heritage carried by the literary narrative of the myth may prove to be important also today as a regional (Eastern European) contribution to cultural issues of contemporary business.