Employee retention within the new world of work and flexible workforce management framework
Abstract
Subject. The flexible workforce management model emerging within the "New World of Work" concept enables employers to respond to environmental challenges while developing algorithms for retaining key personnel.
Purpose. To identify effective methods and tools for employee retention within the contemporary context of a volatile and unpredictable business environment. The study examines mechanisms for enhancing employee loyalty and mitigating the adverse effects of staff turnover.
Methodology. The methodological framework is grounded in the VUCA, BANI, SHIVA and TACI theories, which characterize the dynamics and uncertainty of the modern operating environment. The empirical basis incorporates insights from European universities and organizations that have confronted employee retention challenges.
Results. We proposed the scientific discourse regarding the feasibility, contradictions, and implementation challenges of employee retention amid illusory stability, complex future forecasting, labor shortages and impulsive employee behavior. Incorporating functional turnover consequences into strategic planning helps organizations focus on employees whose weakening organizational attachment creates risks of competence portfolio depletion, information leakage and employer brand degradation. Employee attachment strategies and soft mobility constraints can be implemented through a logical step-by-step algorithm.
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