Lukáš Smerek

• Assoc. Prof.
• Professor (Associate) at Matej Bel University

https://obchod.wolterskluwer.sk/sk/riadenie-ludi-v-digitalnom-svete-management-of-people-in-the-digital-world.p6725.html Bilingválna učebnica „Riadenie ľudí v digitálnom svete“ je odborná publikácia vytvorená tímom trinástich autorov z deviatich univerzít. Učebnica podrobne analyzuje súčasné praktiky a budúce trendy v oblasti riadenia ľudských zdr...

Background and purpose The Covid-19 pandemic brought about a shift in the way businesses operate, accelerating the adoption of digital communication tools. The study examines the effectiveness of communication tools in Slovak enterprises, comparing the dynamics before and during the pandemic. The study highlights the need for businesses to address...

Translation, adaptation, and validation of instruments for cross-cultural investigation requires a rigorous methodological procedure that should be carefully planned to deliver instruments with adequate reliability and validity. This process was applied to a questionnaire measuring Organizational Citizenship Behavior toward the Environment (OCBE),...

Purpose: The primary objective of this paper is to identify similarities and differences between Slovak and Polish companies for selected elements of HRM. Design: Literature review and questionnaire research were conducted among 811 Polish and Slovak companies. The possibility of comparing these countries resulted mainly from the fact that both cou...

The theory of economics and management has a decisive influence on the formation of opinions about managing people in the work process. Personnel work begins even before the first employee is hired and represents work with people, regardless of their level of development. Human resources, as the only element of the work process, are the object of a...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world and in a relatively short time has grown global and has changed the behaviour of individuals and companies for more than three years now. We can observe its consequences in every sphere of life, including HRM and its components. The aim of the paper is to find out whether there were changes in the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been indelibly written in the history of mankind. Its greatest tragedy is that it claimed a large number of human lives. At the same time, however, it paralyzed cities, businesses and cut people off from their loved ones for many months. We can observe its consequences in every sphere of life, including HRM and its compone...

In our article, we have followed a path that has not been taken so far. We had to develop our research questionnaire and review the relevant literature in a very short time. In the introduction to our article, we refer to the specific nature of our topic. In our article, we first review the most important literature sources related to our research...

Založenie a vedenie organizácie nie je ľahká úloha. Akonáhle sa organizácia rozhodne zamestnávať zamestnancov, úlohy a povinnosti pribúdajú. Prácu s ľuďmi na akejkoľvek úrovni môžeme smelo označiť za náročnú, s veľkým množstvom výziev, úskalí a prekvapení. Často si vyžaduje znalosť zákonných predpisov a nariadení, trendov, postupov a viac alebo men...

The aim of the article is to identify the factors that motivate employees in tourism in Slovakia to stay working for their current employer and to assess the differences in the perception of chosen motivational factors between the genders and employees with different levels of education. The analysis is based on the questionnaire survey. The articl...

The aim of the article is to identify the main barriers in internal communication in the company, which are perceived by employees of Slovak companies. The identification of the most common barriers in internal communication was carried out using a questionnaire survey among 508 employees of Slovak companies. The results were analyzed using descrip...

The year 1989 in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe is associated with the transformation of the economy and the gradual transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. The basis of the transformation process was the privatization of small, medium but also large state-owned enterprises, the formation of a business environment, the...

The separation of owners, entrepreneurs, managers and employees is not only a formal process, but also manifests itself in the interests and goals of them. Owners are interested in valuing investment capital, paying dividends and growing the value of capital. The goal of managers is to grow the size of the company, prestige and social recognition,...

Cieľom príspevku je identifikovať najčastejšie využívané metódy vyhľadávania a výberu zamestnancov na Slovensku, v Českej republike a v Poľsku. Výsledky dotazníkového prieskumu na vzorke 1317 podnikov ukázali, že vo všetkých troch krajinách sa na vyhľadanie zamestnancov najčastejšie využívajú elektronický inzerát a referencie od súčasných zamestnan...

The two decades of the 21st century relate to the appeals, such as globalization and internationalization, the development of information and communication technologies as well as financial crisis, and connected with it the decrease of economic growth, growing migration of population and unemployment. Not only the managers of small and medium-sized...

After 1989, the countries of Eastern and Central Europe began to undergo significant social and economic changes associated with the process of transformation of the economy into a market economy. Transformation is not only associated with the creation of a business environment, with the formation of new legal and institutional mechanisms, but also...

The article is focused on leadership in slovak companies. its aim is to analyse the perception of leadership by employees of slovak companies and to identify the characteristics, abilities and skills that a leader should have. We carried out our own research in the form of a questionnaire survey on a sample of 508 respondents working in slovak comp...

Communication is a daily part of every person and is necessary and essential in the work of a manager. In their work, each manager uses communication in different situations. Communication is one of the primary prerequisites of success. All communication processes within the internal as well as external functioning of the company lie on its shoulde...

The paper presents the views of several authors on the development of human resources with an emphasis on career development in multinational companies, local enterprises and companies ranked in Coface CEE TOP 500 ranking. The multinational companies established in Slovakia are beneficial in terms of modernization, application of new high-tech tech...

The position of Slovakia in the region of Central and Eastern Europe is analysed in this paper. In examining this, we build on the axiom of the dominant position of multinational companies, which are an important part of international business, international economy and trade. They affect global competitiveness on international markets, including t...

The current stage of our society’s development is characterized by the escalating effects of globalization worldwide. It is also a significantly reflected in personnel work in the companies. Working in an international environment is demanding and requires collaboration among people of different cultures. Local policies used and accepted in domesti...

The support of talented employees is closely related to the success of the company and its attractive position on the market compared to the competition. Ineffective communication causes that employees are less involved and willing to find their own talents. The activities and benefits should be intended to provide opportunity and develop their kno...

The paper deals with the issue of the selection process in Slovak enterprises. The aim of the paper is to identify and analyse the main factors influencing the selection of employees in Slovak enterprises and to find out whether the type, history and reputation of the university graduated by job seekers can be included among these factors. Using a...

The aim of the paper is to analyze the use of innovative forms of recruiting in Slovakia and to identify the advantages and disadvantages of such forms in corporate practice. The paper analyzes the forms of recruiting as an important part of personnel work with the minimal costs and such quantity and quality of employees that are desirable to satis...

Mixing cultures is nothing new in the world. In the last decades, however, we are witnessing a much more intense encounter of people from different parts of the Earth. People travel a lot more, they communicate across the planet, enterprises are exceeding the borders of their home countries and are expanding their spheres across the globe. In addit...

Podniky predávajúce tovar či poskytujúce služby hľadajú čoraz originálnejšie prístupy ku svojim existujúcim aj potenciálnym zákazníkom, pretože na zaujatie cieľovej skupiny už overené marketingové procedúry nestačia. V posledných rokoch sme preto svedkami vzniku nových marketingových postupov, ako napríklad obsahový marketing, zážitkový marketing,...

The aim of the paper is to compare the requirements of Slovak enterprises with the current situation on the labor market when selecting employees. The target group was enterprises located on the labor market of the Slovak Republic. A questionnaire was used to obtain the data. By analyzing the answers, we have found that there is a shortage of quali...

The approaches of multinational companies to the international human resources management are influenced by the degree of convergence and divergence in attitudes and management of the company. Examining the specificities of international human resources management and differences in the approaches of the multinational company's headquarters to subs...

Recruitment strategy and policy are significantly affected by both the internal conditions of the enterprise and the external environment. It is important to anticipate and react to changes in the labor market in a timely manner, to eliminate potential threats and take advantage of opportunities to continuous staffing of current and future needs of...

The shortage of skilled labor and the rising fluctuation of employees in Slovakia have been the most discussed issues of personnel policy in the recent years. Managers need to replace outgoing employees and create a stabilizing environment in enterprises. Based on the uniqueness of each employee, we believe that employee selection and adaptation ne...

We suppose that enterprises are run by competent managers who have a clear vision, knowledge, goodwill, and they are able to achieve it. Competence of managers is a prerequisite for the development and efficient utilization of the funds invested in the realization of the products demanded by the market. Successful fulfilment of this goal depends on...

As a result of globalization, personnel work has seen a significant change towards its improvement and adapting to new conditions in Slovakia as well as worldwide. Along with increasing presence of multinational corporations and the employment of people of different nationalities, the changes in some processes of human resources management are noti...

From the point of view of corporate practice at all its levels, for the needs of effective management it is necessary to know the composition and relationships between the components of intellectual capital. In economic theory, however, there are several definitions of the intellectual capital of an enterprise and its individual components. The pap...

One of the results of globalization process, which includes Slovak Republic as well, is the formation of multinational companies whose business activities are beyond national boundaries. The national economy is influenced by the global environment which creates and changes conditions for working people. Employees get opportunities for the developme...

The existence of desired corporate culture is one of the prerequisites for business success. The object of this chapter is the corporate culture in Slovak enterprises and the possibilities of its change towards the raising level of human resources development. Based on the analysis of corporate culture in selected enterprises, the aim of the chapte...

Marketing, just like other enterprise processes, evolve over time. We have witnessed the establishment of new marketing tools and approaches in all aspects of the marketing mix in recent years, including marketing communication. The article examines the need for the employees' competencies development in case the enterprise decides to implement new...

The economic interests and activities of many companies go beyond national borders and become transnational. Key factors in their success are recognition and respecting new and important circumstances such as political, economic, legislative, religious or cultural specificities in the international business environment. Moving people, ideas, innova...

Abstract At present, there is an increased demand on the labor market for high-quality and especially skilled employees. Employers are constantly increasing the demands of their employees. At the same time, however, many enterprises try to act more and more responsibly not only externally, but also in fulfilling the everyday tasks of their employee...

Formation of companies with multinational management that act within multinational and transnational corporations is a result of the globalization process. The change in organizational culture and management system is caused by the global environment. Companies' management is changing from ethnocentric and polycentric to management without borders....

The paper deals with the examination of corporate culture in selected medium and large enterprises in Slovakia. Cameron and Quinn´s typology of corporate culture was chosen out of the theoretical defi nitions of several authors as we consider it to be the most complex one. Also their method OCAI (Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument) was us...

The aim of this paper is to present the views of experts on corporate culture and demonstrate the preferred types of corporate culture in selected enterprises in Slovakia. Corporate culture sets management of a company, strengthens or weakens the relationship of employees to work, reflects their attitudes and behavior that is or is not in accordanc...

The aim of this paper is to confront the opinions of academic and business experts in corporate culture and human resource development with emphasis on the distinctiveness of intercultural environment. In drafting the review methodology, the axiom that the primary objective of every business is to achieve success was considered. The factors which s...

Human resources development is a prerequisite for progress of businesses. High quality human resources can bring added value to all the activities that are necessary for the daily competition in the market economy. In this paper, object of research are medium and large businesses in Banská Bystrica region and subject of research is human resources...

Human resource development responds to changing business and social environment. It is the result of several tools that can be used to improve human resource development, such as the performance management and evaluation, talent management, feedback and counseling, career planning, training, change management, remuneration, job rotation and job enr...

The paper is focused on the role of the corporate culture in context of intellectual capital development process. The aim is to emphasize not only the necessity to develop particular elements of corporate culture in order to enhance the total increase of intellectual capital, but also to point out the importance of creation of favourable corporate...

Organizational culture is the core of every organization. Its correct adjustment determines whether the organization will succeed or not. Not always, however, the existing organizational culture corresponds with shared vision and goals of the organization. Organizational culture audit can detect critical points of the existing organizational cultur...

The paper is focused on the role of the human resource development in context of human resource management process. Its aim is to take a stand on the status and importance of the human resource development as a scientific discipline or a tool for achieving strategic goals of a business. As a theoretical basis we use some brief definitions of human...