A Cross-Sectoral Study of Value Profiles and Differences between Employees in Private and Public Sector in South East Europe

Gashi Ljuan Marko (), Pozega Zeljko () and Crnkovic Boris ()
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Gashi Ljuan Marko: Chair of Production Systems, Organization and Management, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Pozega Zeljko: Chair of Economics and Business Management, Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Croatia
Crnkovic Boris: Chair of Economics and Business Management, Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Croatia

South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 2017, vol. 12, issue 2, 7-19

Abstract: This study of cultures across 6 countries (7 regions) shows that each region has its own specificity and its own unique employee value profile. Value profiles have been explored as a potential diagnostic tool on the basis of Hofstede’s value dimensions in the service of human resource development at the local level. The resulting employee value profiles are based on a representative sample of employees in the private and public sectors. Significant similarity in value profiles have been found for employees from Croatia and Serbia compared to Romania, Hungary, Slovenia and Italy, both in the public and private sector. The research results suggest the direction that managers and policymakers need to take in order to understand what employees’ values are, how they can be used, and how to address the challenges of human resource development in their region.

Keywords: employees; private/public sector; enterprises; local administrative units; countries; regions; human resources; value dimensions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/jeb-2017-0013

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