Lokalne rynki pracy w górnośląskim obszarze metropolitalnym na przykładzie małych miast

The article takes up an issue of the potential of the local job markets in small towns within the metropolitan areas. The basis of the assessment of the job markets is the amount of the employed as well as directions the people commute from. The research showed the weakness of these towns' influence as job markets what results from the difference in the human and economic potential between the studied centres and the leading cities being the core of GOM. It reflects on a small economic potential translating into a weak economic base and city-creating functions.