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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Alpeza, Mirela
• Has, Maja

Titel

Human resource management in small enterprises: Findings from Croatia

Ist Teil von

• Management, 2024-06, Vol.29 (1), p.19-30

Ort / Verlag

Sveučilište u Splitu, Ekonomski fakultet

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

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EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

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• Small enterprises with fewer than 50 employees form the backbone of the economy in many countries and significantly contribute to gross domestic product, employment, and exports. Given their importance and role in economic development, economies can benefit from a strong, productive, innovative, growing small enterprises sector. Employees play an essential role in the development of small enterprises. For this reason, it is important to examine the extent to which small enterprise owners pay attention to human resource management and its development. Previous research on human resource management has mainly focused on large enterprises, while there is little evidence on how small enterprises manage and develop their employees. This paper analyses the approach to human resource management in two small Croatian enterprises. Based on six semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with three different groups of employees – the senior manager, the middle manager, and the senior staff, two qualitative case studies were conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the approach to managing and developing employees in small enterprises. The findings suggest that small enterprise managers know the importance of their employees and the need to support their future development. Although small enterprises implement and adapt human resource management practices according to their capabilities and limitations, it is evident that fostering and empowering employees is embedded in their organizational culture. Mala poduzeća s manje od 50 zaposlenika čine okosnicu gospodarstva u mnogim zemljama i daju značajan doprinos bruto domaćem proizvodu, zapošljavanju i izvozu. S obzirom na njihovu važnost i ulogu u gospodarskom razvoju, ekonomije mogu imati koristi od snažnog, produktivnog, inovativnog i rastućeg sektora malih poduzeća. Zaposlenici igraju ključnu ulogu u razvoju malih poduzeća. Iz tog razloga, važno je ispitati do koje mjere vlasnici malih poduzeća obraćaju pažnju na upravljanje ljudskim resursima i njihov razvoj. Prethodna istraživanja o upravljanju ljudskim resursima uglavnom su se fokusirala na velika poduzeća, dok je malo dokaza o tome kako mala poduzeća upravljaju ljudskim resursima i razvijaju svoje zaposlenike. Ovaj rad analizira pristup upravljanju ljudskim resursima u dvama malim hrvatskim poduzećima. Na temelju šest polustrukturiranih kvalitativnih intervjua provedenih s tri različite grupe zaposlenika - viši menadžer, srednji menadžer i viši zaposlenici, provedene su dvije kvalitativne studije slučaja kako bi se dublje razumio pristup upravljanju i razvoju zaposlenika u malim poduzećima. Nalazi sugeriraju da menadžeri malih poduzeća prepoznaju važnost svojih zaposlenika i potrebu za podrškom njihovom budućem razvoju. Iako mala poduzeća implementiraju i prilagođavaju prakse upravljanja ljudskim resursima sukladno svojim mogućnostima i ograničenjima, očito je da je poticanje i osnaživanje zaposlenika ukorijenjeno u njihovoj organizacijskoj kulturi.