Person-centered approach effectiveness in Human Resource Management in the agriculture of Azerbaijan

Shafa Guliyeva,Shahla Aliyeva,Narmin Guliyeva,Leyla Isayeva,Yunus Sadigov

doi:10.15549/jeecar.v8i2.713

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to substantiate employee value (EV) and its impact on labor productivity in agriculture using the example of Azerbaijan. Using a survey of employees in agricultural enterprises, personnel values have been determined that determine the level of labor productivity in agriculture. A factor structure of EV has been determined, which has the following form: basic moral values, values of self-development and self-realization, democratic values, hedonistic values, dedication, tolerance, and power factor. The modeling by structural equations method has been used to determine the relationship between the priority of EV, the level of consistency of the system of EV, and labor productivity. The study has determined that a stimulating effect on labor productivity is provided by an increase in the priority and development of moral values, democratic values, values of self-development and self-realization of employees. The development of hedonistic values, however, has a destabilizing effect.

Highlights

The agricultural sector is the most important component of the national economy of Azerbaijan, playing a major role in the development of the country and providing the population with necessary consumer goods
The results obtained made it possible to substantiate the influence of the dominant employee value (EV) on labor productivity and partially accept the hypothesis that there is a direct relationship between the level of consistency of EV between employees representatives of different management levels and indicators of labor productivity
This hypothesis has not been confirmed for the variability of the priority of the power factor and its influence on changes in the level of labor productivity

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The agricultural sector is the most important component of the national economy of Azerbaijan, playing a major role in the development of the country and providing the population with necessary consumer goods. The country's government has identified agriculture as one of four priority sectors for diversifying the national economy (International Trade Administration, 2020). In Azerbaijan, the agricultural sector’s sustainability on the economic and environmental aspect is weak. The weakness of the sustainability of agricultural sector in general creates certain inequalities between the rural regions and urban regions (Gulaliyev et al, 2019). This indicates the low competitiveness of the industry in the national economy, caused not by the slow pace of development but by the low level of labor productivity (The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2021). Increasing labor productivity is the most pressing problem on which the rates of expanded reproduction in agriculture and the satisfaction of the population's needs for food depend

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