Monitoring changes at work: cross-cultural difference in employees’ evaluation

¹ Ural Federal University, Department of the HR Management and Psychology, Mira 19, 620002 Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
² University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, School of Business, Technická 5, 166 28 Praha 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic
³ Daugavpils University, Prague, Centre of Cultural Research, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, Latvia LV-5401, Latvia
⁴ Adiyaman University, Department of Marketing and Advertising, Vocational School of Social Sciences, Adiyaman 02000, Turkey
⁵ Turan University, Language Training Centre, Satpaeva, 16A, Almaty, 050013, Kazakhstan

^* Corresponding author: dekan_2002@mail.ru

Abstract

Research background: Globalization and digitalization of society are leading to fundamental alterations in the labour sphere. Global trends and turbulent times are changing the work environment, stipulating the emergence of new forms of labour relations and employment models. Thinking on the on-going transformation processes requires a monitoring study of new phenomena, as well as the creation of a knowledge system about the directions and prospects of human resources management and labour relations development.

Purpose of the article: The article presents the interim results of the current monitoring changes in labour relations conducted by the international research team members. The empirical data obtained are considered in the context of the social and cultural features of respondents from different countries that contributes to a deeper understanding of the phenomena under study.

Methods: In 2020, the authors carried out a sociological survey involving employees of enterprises operating in various sectors of the economy in the Russian Federation, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Turkey and Kazakhstan. The total number of respondents formed by random sampling is amounted to 1138 people. For the purpose of a comprehensive typology of the surveyed workers from different countries, a cluster analysis of the collected data was carried out.

Findings & Value added: A comparative analysis of the sociological survey results reflects the trends in work transformation and labour relations that have developed under the Covid-19 pandemic. Cross-cultural analysis reveals the impact of social and cultural factors on respondents’ assessment and companies’ human resource management practices.