Abstract

In this article, the methodical principles for assessing the level of adaptation of employees to the transformational changes in the company have been improved, which are based on the construction of a five-vector map of the readiness of the company’s personnel to change. This five-vector map is presented as a decomposition of the following parameters: gender-age structure, level of qualification, motivation, productivity and corporate commitment of the personnel. Each of the five parameters of staff characteristics is further described with the help of four relevant indicators. The formalization of the selected parameters is carried out by multiplicative convolution of the indicators of their characteristics, normalized by the logistic method. The proposed model allows to determine the percentage of employees’ readiness for transformational changes in the company, to establish the current dynamics of adjustment of the personnel of the investigated company to the transformational changes in the economy and society relative to the previous year or the standard, to identify the necessary tools for activating the company’s personnel management policy.

Keywords: adaptation of employees, transformation processes, system of management, economy and society.

JEL Classification: E24, A1, J53.

Cite as: Ipatov, M., Grebeniuk, N. (2018). Assessing the level of adaptation of employees to the transformation processes in the company. Business Ethics and Leadership, 2(1), 106-115. Doi: 10.21272/bel.2(1).106-115.2018

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