Interpersonalne kompetencje komunikacyjne badacza w badaniach jakosciowych w obszarze MSP (Researchers’ communication interpersonal competencies in qualitative studies of SMEs)

The first aim of the article is to focus on the reasons why it is worthwhile to conduct qualitative research in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises. The author indicated a number of characteristics of small businesses, which may guide the researcher’s decision to adopt a particular research strategy (another important thing is the way the research problem was formulated). The second adopted goal is to explain what is meant by the term interpersonal communicative competence of the researcher embedded in qualitative methodology and to point out their significance for the ICC of research for the SME sector with particular emphasis put on small enterprises. By reference to the literature and the author’s own practice three aspects of communicative competencies of a researcher are described in detail: individual, relational and technical aspects.