International staff management at higher education institutions in Czech Republic

• Autorzy: Fichtnerova Eva , Vackova Jitka , Nathan Robert Jeyakumar

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2022.26.1.03

Warianty tytułu

PL

Zarządzanie kadrami międzynarodowymi na uczelniach wyższych w Czechach

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This research empirically analyzes issues of the management of a highly skilled workforce - foreign scientific and academic staff in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the Czech Republic (CR). Based on the dimensions of Person-In-Environment theory, this study formulated a research framework to study the integration of international talents and factors impacting their adapting to the workplace and local communities. For international HR management, it is vital to consider the foreign talents’ barriers to entering into employment in the host country. Favourable living and working conditions are operationalized in this study as living standards for expatriates. Quantitative data from 221 respondents were statistically analyzed, and results show expats’ living standards in CR were highly influenced by their feeling “Like at Home”, followed by employer’s HR management and their mastery of the Czech language. Based on these findings, in order to increase the attractiveness of HEIs helping with brain gain from abroad, the solution is to remove unnecessary barriers and improve the conditions that will support foreign talent adaptation at the local workplace, Czech language acquisition, ensure sufficient income and equipment for research, and above all comprehensive and coordinated expatriate services. With these improvements, the HEIs can be attractive to sustain brain gain for international academic talents.

PL

W niniejszej pracy podjęto empiryczną analizę zagadnień związanych z zarządzaniem wysoko wykwalifikowaną siłą roboczą - zagraniczną kadrą naukową i akademicką pracującą na uczelniach wyższych w Czechach (CR). Opierając się na aspektach teorii osoby w środowisku (PIE), sformułowało ramy badawcze ukierunkowane na badanie integracji międzynarodowych talentów i czynników wpływających na ich adaptację w miejscu pracy oraz społecznościach lokalnych. W przypadku międzynarodowego zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi istotne jest rozpoznanie barier, jakie napotykają zagraniczne talenty przy podjęciu pracy w kraju goszczącym. W niniejszym opracowaniu zoperacjonalizowano korzystne warunki życia i pracy jako standard życia emigrantów. Dane ilościowe od 221 respondentów zostały przeanalizowane statystycznie, a wyniki pokazują, że na poziom życia emigrantów w Republice Czeskiej duży wpływ miało ich poczucie „jak w domu”, a następnie zasady zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi stosowane przez pracodawcę oraz znajomość języka czeskiego. Na podstawie tych ustaleń, aby zwiększyć atrakcyjność instytucji szkolnictwa wyższego i w efekcie zdobyć talenty naukowe z zagranicy, należy usunąć niepotrzebne bariery i poprawić warunki zarówno pracy jak i życia, poprzez wspieranie adaptacji zagranicznych talentów w lokalnym miejscu pracy, naukę języka czeskiego, zapewnienie wystarczających dochodów oraz aparatury naukowej i co więcej kompleksową i skoordynowaną obsługę emigrantów. Dzięki tym ulepszeniom uczelnie mogą być atrakcyjne, jeśli chodzi o podtrzymywanie rozwoju kadr akademickich w oparciu o międzynarodowe talenty.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

academic and scientific migration; HR management; quality jobs; academic integration; sustainable jobs; expatriate

PL

migracje akademickie i naukowe; zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi; wysokiej jakości miejsca pracy; integracja akademicka; trwałe miejsca pracy; emigranci

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 26, No. 1
• Strony: 45--60
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 47 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Fichtnerova Eva

• Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-5839

autor

Vackova Jitka

• Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0241-1052

autor

Nathan Robert Jeyakumar

• aculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
• Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, Malaysia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0897-0015

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).