Age management as a human resources management strategy with a focus on the primary sector of the Czech Republic

Urbancová, Hana; Vrabcová, Pavla

doi:10.17221/11/2020-agricecon

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“…Similar results were stated also by Urbancová and Vrabcová (2020) and Rietveld et al (2022). A certain correlation between perceiving motivational factors in forest enterprises with our research is observed.…”

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Employee motivation during the time of the crisis in agricultural and forestry organizations: Case study

Hitka¹,

Lorincová²,

Gejdoš³

et al. 2022

AGR ECON-CZECH

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The aim of the paper was to define the effect of the pandemic on employee motivation. Following the questionnaires, the level of motivation in agricultural and forestry organizations before the COVID-19 pandemic in the years 2018–2019 and after the crisis in the years 2020–2021 was defined. The hypotheses were tested using the variance analysis with interactions. The analysed field (financial, social, work, and career-related) was presented by the dependent variable. The categorical independent variables were used to describe the age, gender, and the time before or after the COVID-19 pandemic. A reduction in the level of the requirements in all areas of motivation in terms of age and gender is the result of the study. The needs and requirements of the employees of agricultural and forestry organizations are reduced. The order of importance of the groups stays almost the same. The finding that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has, besides others, effect on human resource management, especially on employee motivation, is considered the main contribution of the study. The results of the study result in enhancing the knowledge about economic development through human resource management at the time of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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confidence: 92%

Employee motivation during the time of the crisis in agricultural and forestry organizations: Case study

Hitka¹,

Lorincová²,

Gejdoš³

et al. 2022

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“…Harnessing the potential of all workers in the labor market effectively should be an essential strategy for the human resource management of organizations (von Bonsdorff et al, 2018;Birkinshaw et al, 2019). It can be observed that there are some risks for organizations neglecting age-specific human resource management (Fuertes et al, 2013;Joniaková & Blštáková, 2015;Garavaglia et al, 2021).…”

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Activities of Organizations in the Field of Social Responsibility in the Context of Human Resource Management with a Focus on Age Management

Vrabcová¹,

Urbancová²

2022

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference Hradec Economic Days 2022

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Organizations are expected to be more actively engaged in the current issues within their respective focus field, including, but not limited to, social responsibility. The traditional business approach ignores social issues in management objectives. Determining the direction of the age management development is a criterion for the successful implementation of the concept of corporate social responsibility. Strategic documents support the implementation of age management at the society-wide level but not at the organizational level. Age management represents a specialized approach to management while taking into account the current unfavorable demographic conditions. The main aim of the paper is to identify problem areas of age management in the time of COVID-19 in the selected organizations in the Czech Republic and to make recommendations for their optimization. The research is based on the quantitative questionnaire survey (n = 183) and the statistical evaluation of data while looking for relations between the application of management practices with respect to the age of employees and identifying factors of organizations. The key findings of the study reveal that the greatest benefit of collaboration among all generations of employees in organizations lies in improving employee motivation and performance (67%), followed by the increased performance (59%).

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“…Current studies focused on the management of agricultural enterprises only partially map selected managerial problems in this sector, and due to technological development and other related trends it is necessary to direct research to the possibilities of innovative potential of employees and its support by managers in relation to company performance. Innovative approaches are partly captured in the study of Urbancová and Vrabcová (2020) who point out the benefits of implementing age management in the agricultural sector of the Czech Republic. Jankelová et al (2017) deal with management of human resources and its readiness for implementation of new roles of human resource professionals.…”

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“…The ongoing industrial revolution and current Covid-19 pandemic have pointed out other facts as well; specifically, that in the times of a crisis it is necessary to search for new procedures and innovative so-lutions, sustainable also in the post-crisis period and also reflecting the new conditions in which current agricultural companies operate. These are technological developments (Min et al 2019;Lezoche et al 2020), e-environment, use of social media (Thakur and Chander 2018), demographic structure of employees (Chand and Markova 2019) linked to the limited workforce fund (Lähdesmäki and Suutari 2020), its different views of the working world and approaches to it, way of life, and efforts to balance professional and personal life (Urbancová and Vrabcová 2020), as well as many others. The crisis accelerated adaptation of Industry 4.0 and it appears that smart farming is the way of the future, with the potential of ensuring sustainable agricultural production.…”

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“…It is true that Slovak agriculture, in the context of the EU, is characterized by its large average size of companies. On the other hand, the large size of companies accompanied by Industry 4.0 processes provide opportunities for innovation and de- https://doi.org/10.17221/319/2020-AGRICECON velopment due to lower fixed area costs (Urbancová and Vrabcová 2020); however, they also place higher demands on management skills of agricultural managers. The need for innovation as well as innovative approaches to management is becoming a necessity for all entities, and agriculture is no exception.…”

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How to increase production performance of Slovak agricultural companies: The key task of supporting innovative work behavior and information sharing

Jankelová¹,

Joniaková²

2021

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The goal of this paper is to test the hypothesis of positive correlation between the innovative work behavior (IWB) support on the part of agricultural managers and the production performance of agricultural companies, mediated through information sharing in the companies. The research was performed on a sample of 175 companies of primary agricultural production in Slovakia. All data was analysed using the SPSS version 22.0 software package. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency of scales reliability. The Baron and Kenny mediator model was also used. The hypothesis was confirmed by the research. Complete mediation was identified where up to 91.6% of the overall effect is mediated through the sharing of the information variable. The practical implications of the research point out that the transparency of communication and support of innovations introduce positive effects in relation to the performance of agricultural companies. The IWB support is a predictor of production performance of agricultural companies. However, it does not have a clear effect; the effects of other factors are important. The IWB support positively affects the production performance of companies through the sharing of information between the managers and the employees, which becomes an important tool of innovative management. Agricultural cooperatives and joint stock companies can profit less significantly from the IWB support through the sharing of information than limited liability companies. The effect of IWB support on the production performance of cooperatives in natural expression shows statistically less significant impact.

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Age management as a human resources management strategy with a focus on the primary sector of the Czech Republic

Cited by 17 publications

References 22 publications

Employee motivation during the time of the crisis in agricultural and forestry organizations: Case study

Employee motivation during the time of the crisis in agricultural and forestry organizations: Case study

Activities of Organizations in the Field of Social Responsibility in the Context of Human Resource Management with a Focus on Age Management

How to increase production performance of Slovak agricultural companies: The key task of supporting innovative work behavior and information sharing

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