High-quality Labor Research Articles

Standards of living and human potential development: Assessing risks to regions’ economic security

The possibility of high-quality labour force reproduction is a key condition for forming a knowledge-intensive production system, ensuring the necessary level of technological sovereignty and economic self-sufficiency against the background of the deteriorating geo-economic situation. The study’s aim is to identify and assess the risks to economic security in the context of human potential development on the example of regions in Russia’s Volga Federal District. Methodologically, the re search relies on Senchagov–Mityakov zonal theory as well as on a political economy approach. The methods include a historical-logical method, comparative analysis, and an index method. The data is the indicators reflecting the standard of living and the degree of human potential development for 2010–2022 coming from the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. The decile ratio and the percentage of population with income below the subsistence level capture the greatest risks to regional economic security. The problem traced by the decile ratios is the acutest in the Perm krai and the Nizhny Novgorod oblast, in terms of poverty – in the Mari El Republic, the Chuvash Republic, and the Republic of Mordovia. The most favourable situation has emerged with the unemployment rate, especially in such industrially de veloped regions as the Republic of Tatarstan, the Udmurt Republic, and the Republic of Bashkortostan. The findings confirm the need for an active state policy focusing on the development of social sphere and reduction of inequality, prioritising the development of the institutional environment, and expanding financial incentives in the innovative segment of the national economy.

Research on the Impact of Environmental Inequality on Labor Mobility—A Study Based on the China General Social Survey (CGSS)

In recent years, as the capital-driven economic growth model gradually encounters bottlenecks and regional economic competition intensifies, governments at all levels have turned to attracting high-quality talent to promote economic transformation and upgrading. Against this backdrop, the quality of the ecological environment has gradually become an important factor affecting labor mobility. This paper explores the impact of environmental inequality on labor mobility by matching provincial and municipal data with micro-data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), especially focusing on how environmental inequality affects labor decision-making through cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. The results from the benchmark regression confirm that environmental inequality significantly suppresses labor mobility, while robustness tests further validate these findings. Additionally, the mediation mechanism analysis reveals that environmental inequality influences labor mobility through impairments in both cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. The study also conducts an analysis of the heterogeneity of different social groups, finding that environmental inequality has a particularly significant impact on groups with higher levels of education, property owners, and residents living in economically disadvantaged areas. Based on this, the paper puts forward policy recommendations for different groups, emphasizing the importance of optimizing environmental quality, improving education levels, and enhancing the social support system. The research conclusions provide theoretical support for local governments in enhancing regional competitiveness and attracting high-quality labor.

<span><strong>Faculties</strong> <strong>on </strong><strong>activities </strong><strong>of training </strong><strong>highly </strong><strong>qualified </strong><strong>human </strong><strong>resources</strong><strong>:</strong> <strong>Research </strong><strong>in the </strong><strong>Mekong </strong><strong>Delta</strong></span>

The Mekong Delta region currently lacks a high-quality labor force. Many universities have opened postgraduate training programs to provide high-quality labor for this region. On the systematic approach to development and practical activities, this study on the teaching staff with high-quality human resource training activities is to answer two research questions: (1) What are the researches on the teaching staff role in human resource training at the higher education focusing on? and (2) What are the gaps in this line of research on training highly qualified human resources? From there, this study assesses the current strengths and weaknesses of the teaching staff of universities in the Mekong Delta, identifies opportunities and challenges in human resource training in the new context; at the same time, it orients the activities of linking the teaching staff universities​ Open approach, increased autonomy, self-responsibility in the field of training high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of fundamental and comprehensive educational innovation.

Digital Transformation and Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance from a Human Capital Perspective

The strategic adoption of digital technologies has increasingly been recognized as a crucial driver of cost reduction and operational efficiency in enterprises. It optimizes production processes and promotes sustainable growth. In this context, understanding the specific impact of digital transformation on enterprises’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance holds significant practical value for promoting sustainable development in China’s economy and society. This study focused on Chinese A-share listed enterprises from 2010 to 2022, specifically exploring the role of digital transformation in enhancing ESG performance from the perspective of human capital. Our findings reveal that digital transformation significantly augments their ESG performance. Notably, the improvements are more pronounced in non-state-owned enterprises compared to state-owned ones. Specifically, digital transformation initiatives contribute to ESG performance enhancement by increasing the extent of high-quality labor and elevating the skill levels of the existing workforce. Furthermore, environmental regulation moderates the positive impact of corporate digital transformation on the quantity and skill level of labor, thus influencing firm-level ESG performance. The study sheds light on the transformative role of digital transformation and its implications for ESG performance improvement by elucidating the mechanisms through which digital transformation affects human capital and interacts with regulatory environments.

카지노 리더⋅구성원의 교환관계가 잡크래프팅과 인게이지먼트에 미치는 영향

Due to the impact of COVID-19 over the past three years, most casino companies in Korea have experienced a significant loss in sales, the departure of key personnel, and organizational downsizing. Particularly, the issue of key personnel leaving casino companies, while an inevitable survival strategy during the pandemic, now poses a major challenge for businesses due to the resulting shortage of high-quality labor. To address this issue, company members must find personal meaning in their work and fully engage with their responsibilities, and the relationship between leaders and the members they oversee should be strengthened. Thus, this study aimed to elucidate the effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) on members' job crafting and engagement, and to examine whether members' core self-evaluations moderate the relationship between LMX and job crafting. We employed structural equation modeling to analyze the relationship between the independent variable (leadermember exchange), the mediating variable (job crafting), and the dependent variable (engagement), and used SPSS Process Macro's model 4 and model 7 to analyze the moderating effect of core self-evaluation. The survey participants were employees of domestic casino companies, selected as the study population. Over three weeks, from July 3 to July 23, 2023, we distributed 270 surveys through both online and offline methods, and analyzed the 255 responses collected. The findings are as follows: First, LMX was shown to impact members' job crafting. Second, the job crafting of members was found to influence engagement. Third, LMX was found to affect members' engagement directly. Additionally, the mediating role of job crafting in the relationship between LMX and engagement was confirmed. Lastly, it was determined that members' core self-evaluation moderates the relationship between LMX and job crafting. Therefore, to enhance human resources post-COVID-19, casino companies should implement and manage the concepts of LMX, job crafting, core self-evaluation, and engagement within their management practices.

Work readiness of graduates in the digital age: A literature review

The robust development of the knowledge economy, profound globalization process, and digitalization in every corner of modern life have created an urgent need for high-quality labour. Thus, this review-of-literature research is an attempt to synthesize theories relating to students’ work-readiness in the digital era. The study draws on the information collected from Scopus-data-based journal articles published from 2010 to 2023 pertaining to the work readiness of graduate students, factors affecting their capabilities to meet the job requirements in the digital age, and recommendations for stakeholders. It is revealed that the dominant factors influencing students’ work readiness include human capital, social capital, cultural capital, psychological capital, and digital literacy. Some suggestions to enhance work-readiness for graduate students in the digital workplace are further discussed. Accordingly, the need to raise students’ awareness of self-improving their capital, the integration of career responsiveness into educational programs, and the collaboration between enterprises and universities should be taken into consideration.

Labor Supply in the Labor Market of the Northern Region of Resource Type: the Case of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Studying the labor market of Yakutia is impossible without its two components: demand and supply for labor. The study of the dynamics of labor supply is based on a generalization of materials from the population census 2010 Russian Census and 2020 Russian Census, as well as official statistics. The analysis is based primarily on the quantification of labor supply. The results of the study showed insufficient attention to the study of the labor market of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) at the municipal level. Calculations of the level of labor force participation as an indicator characterizing labor supply revealed a significant decrease during the period between the last two censuses in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) at the municipal level. The factors that have the greatest impact on this situation were selected, which also require a more detailed study. Among the factors we can note decreased production volumes, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an aging population, and the increasing influence of intraregional migration. Indirectly, the decrease in the labor force participation rate confirms the fall in median per capita income and modal average per capita income for 2015-2021 in comparable prices by 2010, which more accurately demonstrate the low standard of living of the majority of the region’s population, in contrast to average per capita cash income. At the same time, the reduction in the labor force imbalance was undoubtedly influenced by the decrease in the unemployment rate. In the future, it is necessary to focus on a more detailed description of the labor reserve, as well as on the formation of high-quality labor costs at the municipal level. In addition, the study of imbalances in the labor market is impossible without the demand for the labor force, its other component.

Evaluation of the Changes and Achievements Perceived in Graduate Tourism Education On the Basis of Transformative Learning Theory

Abstract
 It is seen that postgraduate education gains importance to have new information, skills and experiments in a constantly changing and transforming the world. Postgraduate education in a field that shows a need for high-quality labor, such as the tourism industry, is expected to comply with this structure and create a transforming effect on the learners. This study aims to evaluate the personal changes, skills and learning outcomes that the students studying in postgraduate programs in the field of tourism can perceive as a result of the educational process on the basis of Transformative Learning Theory, and has been built according to the qualitative research model. As the data collection technique, the interview technique was employed to the study group which consists of 34 people who were designated through a purposeful sampling method. From the data obtained, totally eleven main codes and six groups of themes derived. The study findings showed that postgraduate tourism education generally provides the expected academic and vocational gains; however, they are not at a level that is effective in causing a transformation in individuals. On the other hand, it was detected that some transformations occurred in a small part of the study group in compliance with the transformative learning theory. Critical thinking, self-expression and showing empathy are remarkable among the new knowledge and skills defined as an achievement. Interrogative manner, acting self-confident, and being kind to different thoughts and cultures became prominent as the new personality traits. It will be beneficial for the researchers in the future to focus on the methods to improve the quality of education through program development in postgraduate tourism education. Furthermore, it can be suggested to implement such research periodically as long-term projects and to design them in mixed patterns.

Unleashing the horizons of labor quality, digitalization on upgradation of industrial structure in Asian economies.

A country's industrial structure plays a pivotal role in determining its competitiveness, growth, and sustainability. Recently, many Asian countries have experienced significant economic upgradation and transformation and have emerged as major players in global trade. It is crucial to understand the factors contributing in upgradation of industrial structure of Asian economies for their continuous progress and it is little focused in literature. This study explores the effect of labor quality and digitalization on the upgradation of the industrial structure in 32 Asian countries covering the time period from 2010-2021. Multiple econometric techniques are applied for a comprehensive analysis of data, and the findings show that high-quality labor has a positive contribution to upgrading the industrial structure. Moreover, digitalization upgrades the industrial structure by improving connectivity, fostering collaboration, and enhancing productivity. Based on the findings of this study, Asian countries should prioritize investments in education and skill development to enhance human capital quality. Additionally, they should promote policies that facilitate digitalization, including investments in digital infrastructure, the development of digital skills, and the creation of a supportive regulatory environment. Thus, Asian countries can accelerate the upgradation of their industrial structure, leading to sustainable economic growth, increased competitiveness, and improved living standards.

A Student-Centered, Expanded Approach to the Undergraduate Research Experience

ABSTRACTStudent involvement in faculty research is on the rise because it serves at least three sets of interests: (1) students’ desire to build their résumés and develop close relationships with faculty members; (2) faculty members’ hope of getting research support from bright, attentive assistants; and (3) universities’ wish to publicize these opportunities to incoming student and faculty cohorts. At times, faculty members may come to see their undergraduate researchers as a source of inexpensive but high-quality labor, forgetting that they are students who are at the university to learn critical skills. In this article, I make the case for a student-centered approach to the undergraduate research experience (URE), which combines a traditional apprenticeship with a curriculum in the “what,” “why,” and “how” of research and expands the program over multiple semesters, supporting a team of student apprentices. I argue that this approach meets more of students’ goals while also supporting faculty and university interests. I describe the multi-semester URE that I have developed and provide tools to faculty members who want to adapt this program to their home institution.

Identification and driving mechanism of the industrial land use transition in China

With China's rapid advancements in urbanization and industrialization, accurately identifying the stages and driving factors of industrial land use transition (ILUT) can help in the optimization of land resource allocation and in the improvement of resource usage efficiency. Based on the ILUT connotations, an index using dominant morphologies expressed by visible features and recessive morphologies expressed by invisible features is constructed. Moving t-test and random forest model are applied to identify the time points and critical drivers of ILUT in China from 2003 to 2018. The results reveal that 2011 is the point of ILUT in China, transforming from a high-speed development mode with rapid expansion and efficiency orientation to a high-quality model with intensive utilization and green development. By region, the eastern region has realized ILUT, whereas the northeastern region has not yet transformed. Additionally, the central region has realized the dominant transition, and the western region has realized the recessive transition. ILUT is the result of internal coupling and external driving. The external drivers of dominant transition are mainly high-quality labor in the socioeconomic dimension and natural factors. The critical drivers of recessive transition include innovation input in the socioeconomic dimension and environmental regulation. The key drivers vary across regions due to the different ILUT stages. These results are invaluable for elucidating the ILUT development trajectory in China, providing a reference for relevant policymakers to formulate industrial land use policies.

Analysing the Impact of Labour Force on the Economic Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

The Yangtze River Economic Belt is an inland river economic belt with global influence, a coordinated development belt featuring interaction and cooperation between the East, the West and the East of China. Labour force has an impact on the economic development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, but the contribution of labour force to the 11 provinces of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has different degrees of impact. The aim of this paper is to explain the difference of labour contribution to the economic development of 11 provinces. By using Cobb-Douglas production function and the data on the local economy and labour force, the paper gets these conclusions: First, except for the abundant and high-quality labour force in Shanghai, labour force has a relatively obvious promoting effect on other provinces. Second, in addition to the effect of labour force on the economy of Hubei Province is not so great, the promoting effect of other provinces is similar and great. Third, the influence of regional factors on the impact of labour on the economy is not obvious.

FEATURES OF THE WINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL TRENDS AND DOMESTIC REALITIES

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the development of the wine industry in different countries of the world and in Ukraine. The wine industry is one of the main budget-generating industries in many countries of the world. The leaders in grape cultivation are the following countries: Spain, France, China and Italy. The purpose of the study is to analyze the peculiarities of the development of the wine industry in the world and in Ukraine. The article uses such research methods as systematic, statistical, dialectical methods, as well as the method of induction and deduction. In recent years, the wine industry has changed dramatically. Lower tariffs, lower logistics costs, and lower barriers to international trade have enabled manufacturers to sell their products beyond a limited region and face competition from distant suppliers. The authors conducted a study of the global and national wine industry in the conditions of the pandemic. It was noted that COVID-19 had a significant impact on the development of the wine industry. Many factors are contributing to the decline in consumption of the world's best wines, including reduced tourism and the closure of some fine dining restaurants due to the pandemic. The characteristics of the leading enterprises of the wine industry of Ukraine are provided. The main factors that influence the production of wine are highlighted. In Ukraine, the Odesa, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions have the largest area of ​​grape plantations. The largest producers are “Shabo”, “Odesavynprom”, “Koblevo”. The wine industry is a promising area of ​​ the Ukrainian economy development, an integral part of its foreign economic potential due to favorable natural and climatic conditions and the availability of high-quality labor and other resources. At the same time, the war of 2022 drastically affected winemaking in all corners of Ukraine. Some wineries are completely or partially destroyed, some are in the occupied territory, others live under the threat of shelling every day. Therefore, the main feature of the modern stage of winemaking enterprises is the increasing influence of the external environment on the efficiency of their activities. Recently, the wine market has been characterized by high growth rates, changes in state regulatory instruments, increased competition, etc. Effective development of winemaking is possible on the basis of a combination of the latest technological developments and organizational and economic conditions. The main direction of the wine industry development is: improving the use of available resources and climatic potential of the regions, expanding the logistics networks of enterprises, organizing and improving the varietal composition of plantations.

Research on the Educational Logic and High-Quality Development of Vocational Education Theory in the New Era

With the development and transformation of China's economy, vocational education plays an increasingly important role in cultivating high-quality labor force and promoting economic development. This article aims to discuss the educational logic and high-quality development of vocational education theory in the new era, and put forward some strategies and suggestions to deal with the challenges of the new era. This article first introduces the background and significance of vocational education in the new era, and then discusses the educational logic of vocational education theory, including practical training and experience, adaptability and innovation. Next, this article puts forward some strategies and suggestions for the development of vocational education in the new era, including strengthening cooperation with industry, improving the quality of teachers, and promoting high-quality development. Finally, this article takes Zhejiang Mechanical and Electrical Vocational and Technical College as a case to introduce its successful high-quality development experience and innovative measures.

Occupational burnout of medical and pharmaceutical professionals: challenges and solutions

Approaches to the implementation for preventive measures of syndrome occupational burnout prevent and correct of medical and pharmaceutical workers are presented. The article outlines the role of additional advanced training programs to ensure high-quality labor process. The importance of effective communications, motivational management and conflict management ensuring positive format of interpersonal relations has been established. It reduces the risk of erroneous decisions in the process of labor activity. Key aspects of goal setting and team formation processes as means of emotional burnout prevention are considered. The importance of introducing organizational diagnostics mechanisms, corrective trainings and post-training support, which allow an employee to form skills in self-regulation, managing his own psycho-emotional state, as well as the use of copying strategies as a way to work with stress, is presented

Labor and Social Security of Women: Actual Problems of Legal Regulation

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the modern economy, which, for national security purposes, must meet the challenges of scientific and technological development, solve the problems of import substitution, digitalization, labor productivity, etc., in conditions of unprecedented sanctions pressure on the country and the conduct of a special military operation, requires increased and high-quality labor returns from Russian women. In addition, demographic problems are currently and in the long term very acute, perhaps even paramount, — a reduction in the birth rate, the need to strengthen the health of the nation and the savings of the people. And here the active participation of women is necessary. The main objective of this article is the theoretical understanding of labor and social security legislation from the point of view of the women' interests and therefore of the whole society. For all the importance of the diverse social roles of women today, it seems that their roles in family are underestimated and requiring special attention of the legislator. In order to solve the problem, the authors developed the structure of the article, consisting of an introduction, nine sections and a conclusion. Each of the sections allows revealing more deeply the causes and essence of the most pressing problems of legal regulation of labor and social security that woman in modern society. The methodology of the article is based both on general scientific methods of empirical comparison, description and interpretation, as well as private scientific methods: historical and system analysis. The obtained scientific and practical results allowed formulating the recommendations and proposals for changing the legislation in the field of labor and social security.

Enlightenment and Reference of Swiss Secondary Vocational Education and Employment Model

Switzerland only with a century, from a small agricultural country into a developed capitalist country, investigate its root cause — the high-quality labor force has played a great role. The secondary vocational education in Switzerland has cultivated a large number of high-quality talents for the society. This paper expounds the current situation, characteristics, successful experience and enlightenment of Swiss vocational education.

Labor capital development of the region in the focus of sociological research: factors and problems

The presented work analyzes the features, problems and factors of labor capital development of the Republic of Bashkortostan based on the data of a sociological study conducted by the Institute for Socio-Economic Research of the Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2021. A number of problems faced by the able-bodied population are considered, including: a relatively low standard of living of the population, which hinders the provision of the quality of life and professional productivity of workers; gender inequality in the distribution of labor incomes of the population; the predominance of negative assessments of the able-bodied population of their physical condition, the quality of their leisure and vacations; discrepancy between the high qualification of employees and the functions performed, which does not allow them to fully realize their labor potential in the workplace. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of values that prevail in the minds of the able-bodied population and determine their labor behavior, and as a result, have a negative impact on the formation of labor capital. Thus, it was revealed that the value orientations of the population of the Republic of Bashkortostan are typical for countries of “catching up” development. In this regard, the authors substantiate the necessity of cultivating the values of rationality of financial thinking, equality, self-expression and autonomy, as well as improving institutions that support these values in society. These values act as factors in the formation of high-quality labor capital in the conditions of modern Russia

WAYS TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

"The article examines the social and industrial infrastructure of the village and develops proposals for the development of the process of investing in social infrastructure and protecting the rural population. A natural and effective form of management in the agricultural sector is farming. At the present stage, there is a need to ensure balanced economic development based on the correct and flexible definition of the needs of social progress and economic development. Without ensuring this condition, there can be no question of the development of the region. One of the main provisions, the need for which does not require confirmation, is the continuous growth of social infrastructure. When analyzing the agricultural sector of the country and the trends of its functioning, modern organizational factors of the formation and development of the labor potential of the agricultural sector and the economic results of the use of labor resources are revealed. Based on the analysis, the main problems of providing the village with high-quality labor resources, as well as problems of increasing the efficiency of their use, are formulated. "

Современные особенности развития комфортной городской среды в малых городах Калининградской области

Given the issue of balanced socio-economic development of the entire territory of the Ka­liningrad region, an important task is to improve the quality of life in small towns in the re­gion, as they serve as supporting elements for the regional settlement frame. Attracting feder­al and extrabudgetary funds could be seen as an effective tool in the context of a local budget deficit. To date, improving the quality of urban spaces has been possible due to participation in the all-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environ­ment, which has been held since 2018. Having accumulated competencies in working on com­petitive project applications, and participating in numerous cross-border cooperation pro­grams, Kaliningrad group actively and very effectively join in this competition, which has already changed the quality of the urban environment. Many small towns of the Kaliningrad region are on the list of federal leaders among the places with the most comfortable urban en­vironment. This circumstance directly improves the possibilities of such cities in attracting investors, maintaining high-quality labor resources and the possibility of expanding their own regional socio-economic specialization.