Digitalisation and jobs: The case of organisations in the Vitebsk area of Belarus

Àlena V. Vankevich and Iryna N. Kalinouskaya
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Àlena V. Vankevich: Vitebsk State Technological University, Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus
Iryna N. Kalinouskaya: Vitebsk State Technological University, Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus

Journal of New Economy, 2024, vol. 25, issue 4, 106-126

Abstract: A two and a half increase in the number of vacancies in the Republic of Belarus does not correlate with the dynamics of the main macroeconomic indicators for 2000–2022, such as GDP index and CPI, volumes of industrial and agricultural production, investment, real wages, which may signify an ambiguous impact of digitalisation on the quantity of jobs and their content. Lack of insight into the reasons behind organisations generating admittedly oversized number of vacancies leads to making irrelevant decisions on the regulation of the labour market. The paper aims to determine the impact of digitalisation on the quantity of jobs and their content in Belarus. Methodologically, the paper rests on the theoretical approaches of labour economics. The methods of comparative analysis, descriptive statistics and a questionnaire method are used. The evidence is the data on digitalisation of the Belarusian economy for 2022 2023, as well as the results of the anonymous survey of the heads and specialists of HR departments in 68 organisations located in the Vitebsk oblast, which was conducted in January–March 2024. The research reveals a varying impact of the form of ownership, size of an organisation, and types of economic activity on the change in staff numbers in the context of digitalisation. In addition, a significant growth in the number of jobs is not accompanied by the alteration of the job content conditioned by the digitalisation. The findings may help adjust the estimates of labour demand in the Belarusian economy. Shifting emphasis from the quantity of jobs on the job content (resposibilities, competencies) will improve labour productivity due to the adaptation of business processes and development of digital skills

Keywords: digitalisation; labour market; employment; digital skills; job responsibilities; Republic of Belarus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.29141/2658-5081-2024-25-4-6

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