Globalization as impact factor on the state of labor potential of Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises.

Abstract

The necessity of researching new approaches to development of labor potential in the conditions of globalization factors influence is substantiated. The main approaches regarding the entity definition of enterprise labor potential are analyzed and its definition based on systems approach is formulated, where it is proposed to consider it as a system of abilities and capabilities that are carried out by enterprise personnel, which, if used effectively, allow an enterprise not only to achieve operational goals but also to ensure its sustainable future development. Globalization factors that influence on labor market and employment are highlighted and detailed, namely: social-demographic, associated with the natural reproduction of labor; general economic, based on foreign trade liberalization; transnational, considering the foreign capital impact; innovative and technological, including sectoral changes in employment structure; organizational, which is expressed in simultaneous increasing of employment flexibility and instability, developing of such forms of work organization as outsourcing and offshoring; social and communicative, based on the people's propensity to mobility, including labor migration. New trends in the Ukrainian labor market that affect enterprises' labor potential are identified, namely: intensification of labor migration, development of distance and other forms of precarious work, decrease in state regulation of labor market, development of outsourcing as a form of using attracted workers. Migration processes of metallurgical enterprises' workers are analyzed, their negative impact on the labor potential is assessed, and measures to preserve the personnel potential of metallurgical enterprises are proposed.