Human Resource Management Risks: Sources and Control Strategies Based on Dairy Farmer Focus Groups

Bitsch, Vera; Kassa, Getachew Abate; Harsh, Stephen B.; Mugera, Amin

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“…Thus, decreasing employee turnover is a major issue for dairy farmers, because when permanent employees leave the farm before the end of their contracts, farmers have to deal with a loss of technical skills and search for and hire new employees with skills matching the work to be performed (Bitsch et al, 2006;Greenhalgh and Tipples, 2013). This situation is particularly tense on dairy farms because of the consistently high workload due to routine work (milking two or three times a day, feeding and animal care) associated with seasonal work peaks during the year (Cournut and Chauvat, 2012).…”

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Evolution pathways of employees' work on dairy farms according to task content, specialization, and autonomy

Malanski¹,

Hostiou²,

Ingrand³

2017

Cah. Agric.

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-Evolution of employees working on dairy farms is related to the increase in farm size and the decrease in the size of family workforce. Thus, maintaining employees on dairy farms is a major problem for dairy farmers. We hypothesize that maintaining employees is related to their evolution pathways of work according to the tasks assigned, the level of versatility vs. specialization and the level of autonomy. Our aim was to describe different pathways for employees according to these three dimensions of work. Eight farmers and 14 permanent employees on eight French dairy farms were interviewed individually. Eight variables were identified to describe the evolution of tasks assigned to employees, the trend toward versatility vs. specialization, and the evolution of autonomy. Five evolution pathways of employees' work were identified. The longer-term goal is to discuss these results with farmers, employees and agricultural advisors to validate the results and assess their usefulness in a reflexive process concerning employees' career on farm.Keywords: work / hired labor / permanent labor / dairy farms / France Résumé -Trajectoires d'évolution du travail des salariés dans les élevages bovins laitiers selon le contenu des tâches, le niveau de spécialisation et d'autonomie. Le développement du salariat dans les élevages laitiers est lié à l'agrandissement des exploitations et à la diminution de la main-d'oeuvre familiale. Ainsi, pérenniser les salariés sur les exploitations laitières est un enjeu pour les éleveurs. Notre hypothèse est que la pérennisation des salariés relève de leurs trajectoires d'évolution du travail, que nous caractérisons par trois dimensions : l'attribution de tâches, la polyvalence vs la spécialisation et le degré d'autonomie. Notre objectif est de décrire les différentes trajectoires possibles pour des salariés en tenant compte de ces trois dimensions du travail. Huit éleveurs et 14 salariés permanents de huit exploitations laitières françaises ont été interrogés individuellement. Huit variables décrivent les évolutions dans les tâches attribuées aux salariés, la tendance vers la polyvalence vs la spécialisation et l'évolution du niveau d'autonomie. Cinq types de trajectoires d'évolution du travail des salariés ont été identifiés. Les perspectives de ce travail sont de discuter ces résultats avec les employeurs, les salariés et les conseillers, afin d'évaluer leur utilité dans un processus réflexif sur la carrière des salariés en élevage.Mots clés : travail / main-d'oeuvre salariée / main-d'oeuvre permanente / exploitation laitière / France

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Evolution pathways of employees' work on dairy farms according to task content, specialization, and autonomy

Malanski¹,

Hostiou²,

Ingrand³

2017

Cah. Agric.

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“…Ancak aile ortamı veya işçilerin birbirleri ile iyi geçinmelerinin bazı riskleri de beraberinde getirdiğine yönelik görüşler de mevcuttur. Bitsch ve ark (2006) çalışmalarında işgücü olarak kalabalık aile bireylerinin kullanıldığı hayvancılık işletmelerinde işten çıkarma durumlarında işlerin sekteye uğraması riskinin yüksek olduğunu bildirmiştir (23). Yapmış olduğumuz bu çalışmada ise ailesi ile beraber çiftlikte yaşayabilecek personelin işe alımına daha çok önem verildiği ortaya çıkmıştır.…”

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Büyükbaş Hayvancılık İşletmelerinde Yöneticilerin İşgücü Memnuniyet Düzeyleri

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Veterinary Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

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ÖZ Hayvansal üretim faaliyeti gerçekleştiren çiftliklerde İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi (İKY) konusu, işletme yönetici/sahipleri tarafından genellikle göz ardı edilebilen bir husus olmaktadır. Hâlbuki hayvansal üretimde ekipman sayısı ve teknoloji kullanımı artmasına rağmen, çiftliklerde nitelikli işgücünün önemi azalmamaktadır. Bunun en önemli sebeplerinden birisi hayvansal üretimin temelinde canlı süje olması ve deneyimli personelin varlığının çiftliğin hedeflediği başarıya ulaşmasını kolaylaştırmasıdır. Bu araştırma ile Türkiye'de örneklem dahilinde büyükbaş hayvancılık işletmelerinde işletme yöneticilerinin/ sahiplerinin; işgücü yönetimi, personel temini ve devamlılığı konularındaki temel uygulamaları ile bu konudaki görüş ve beklentilerinin ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda Aksaray, Burdur, Isparta ve Konya illeri genelinde 65 çiftlik yöneticisi/sahibi ile yüz yüze görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada kullanılan "Çiftlik Yöneticisi İş Gücü Memnuniyeti Formu" (ÇYİGM-Formu) çiftlik yönetici veteriner hekim, işletme müdürleri, akademisyenler gibi alanında uzman kişilerle birlikte Delphi süreci ile geliştirilmiştir. Çiftlik Yöneticisi İş Gücü Memnuniyeti-Ölçeği (ÇYİGM-Ölçeği) soruları sırası ile "Personelle İletişim", "Çiftlik Başarısında Personel", "Terfi ve Aidiyet" ve "İşgücü Yönetimi" olmak üzere 4 faktör altında isimlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler faktör analizi yöntemi ile değerlendirilmiştir. İlgili ölçeğin verilerinin faktör analizine uygun olduğu (p<0,05) ve genel olarak faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre ölçme aracının yapı geçerliliğinin sağlandığı söylenebilir. Sonuç itibariyle Türkiye'de hayvancılık sektöründe insan kaynakları yönetimi, artan ölçek ve yatırım miktarları ile her geçen gün daha da önem kazanmaktadır. Orta ve büyük ölçekli işletmelerde kalifiye personelin devamlılığı, personel verimliliği işletmelerin karlılığını ve ekonomik hedeflerine ulaşabilmesinde doğrudan rol oynamaktadır. Bu nedenle hayvancılık sektöründe yönetici pozisyonundaki kişilerin değişen üretim yapısı ile birlikte çiftliklerinde işgücü memnuniyetini artırmaları, İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi (İKY) konusunda gerekli eğitimi almaları ve sahada-işletmelerinde buna yönelik uygulamaları hayata geçirmeleri çiftliğin ekonomik hedeflerine başarıyla ulaşmasında hayati bir öneme sahiptir. Labour satisfaction levels of managers in cattle farms ABSTRACT The issue of Human Resources Management (HRM) in farms engaged in animal production is an issue that can often be ignored by business managers/owners. However, although the number of equipment and technology use in animal production has increased, the importance of a qualified labour in farms is not decreasing. One of the most important reasons for this is that it is a live subject based on animal production, and the presence of experienced staff makes it easier for the farm to achieve its target. This study sample with Turkey in livestock enterprises within the business managers/owners; it is aimed to reveal the basic practices on labour management, personnel recruitment a...

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“…For example, precision livestock farming is impacting working routines on farms by decreasing the time needed to perform tasks, due to labor-saving technologies (Morgan-Davies et al 2018), which in turn changes how farmers work with animals by modifying interaction situations (visual, aural, and tactile) (Hostiou et al 2016). In the same way, concerns about human resource management in agriculture are rising in the literature, including studies focusing on employees' skills and career development (Klupšas and Serva 2009;Moffatt 2016;Malanski et al 2019), employers' management practices (Bitsch et al 2006), advantages for farm performance (Mugera 2012), and adaptation of advisory services to respond to farmers' needs (Brasier et al 2006;Nettle et al 2018a;Dockès et al 2019).…”

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Characteristics of “work in agriculture” scientific communities. A bibliometric review

Malanski

Schiavi

Dedieu

2019

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Work is a central concern for sustainable farming systems and rural communities, especially regarding specific issues of the agricultural sector, as the strong decrease in rural employment and the less attractive working conditions. Many articles covering diverse related topics have been published. However, the few studies analyzing the state of worldwide scientific research on work in agriculture give only a fragmented view, since they focus on specialized topics and disciplines. To fill this knowledge gap, the aim of this study was to review the state of research on work in agriculture addressed by the scientific literature, through a bibliometric analysis by country, institution, journal, author, and keywords. Our main finds are that (1) work in agriculture issues is divided into six main research domains: occupational health and safety, labor market and rural employment, labor and farm sustainability, work organization, agricultural policy and agrarian changes, and labor and family farms; (2) these research domains are analyzed by five scientific communities: ergonomics, agricultural economics, livestock farming systems, rural sociology, and agricultural policy; (3) the reference authors, most-cited articles, and main journals were identified for each scientific community; (4) USA, France, and China arise as leaders in the scientific landscape. We show for the first time the characteristics of the main scientific communities worldwide that have performed the most relevant research related to work in agriculture over the past 10 years. This review provides a benchmark for future research on agricultural work-related topics and encourages collaborations between researchers from different scientific communities for interdisciplinary innovation, which support sustainable working conditions in agriculture. Keywords Work. Agriculture. Bibliometric analysis. Communities Contents 1. Introduction 2. Building and analyzing the database 3. Characteristics of literature on work in agriculture 3.1 Institutional context of research: countries, institutions and funding agencies 3.2 Overview of journals and disciplines 3.3 Productive authors, their affiliation and the journals of publication 3.4 Most-cited articles 3.5 The domains of research from keywords to linkages and pools 4. Scientific communities researching work in agriculture over the past 10 years 5. Scientific communities working towards interdisciplinary innovation 5.1 Major current issues addressed by the scientific communities 5.2 Looking beyond limitations for further research on work in agriculture 6. Drawing the scientific landscape of work in agriculture Conclusion References

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Human Resource Management Risks: Sources and Control Strategies Based on Dairy Farmer Focus Groups

Cited by 29 publications

References 12 publications

Evolution pathways of employees' work on dairy farms according to task content, specialization, and autonomy

Evolution pathways of employees' work on dairy farms according to task content, specialization, and autonomy

Büyükbaş Hayvancılık İşletmelerinde Yöneticilerin İşgücü Memnuniyet Düzeyleri

Characteristics of “work in agriculture” scientific communities. A bibliometric review

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