Features of the Implementation of the Concept of Managing Decent Work Conditions at Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Construction Industry

In modern conditions, the development of any industry directly depends on the provision of highly qualified labor resources. Due to the constant shortage of personnel, it is important for employers to implement systematic measures to attract, retain and optimally use the required specialists of various qualifications. It is these tasks that the enterprise solves when organizing personnel work in accordance with the basic principles and ideas of decent work. The construction industry in the Russian Federation is one of the most dynamically developing, making a significant contribution to the country’s GDP, but companies from this sector are faced with a global shortage of both labor and highly qualified specialists. It should also be noted that this sector is considered to be one of the most hazardous, injury-prone and requiring increased attention to occupational and labor safety. The purpose of the study is to identify a set of external and internal factors that determine the features of decent work management at enterprises in the construction industry. To achieve this goal, the methods of interdisciplinary analysis of scientific literature and the regulatory framework, economic analysis and analytical statistics were used. The application of counter modeling made it possible to decompose the theoretical model of decent work management and highlight the real conditions of the production, financial and socio-economic activities of enterprises in the construction complex. The results of the study are related to identifying the role of government policy, the labor market, general trends in the construction industry, vocational professional education, as well as personnel policies within the organization in the process of implementing the concept of decent work. The conclusions drawn may be of interest to managers of construction companies, and human resources and personnel management services for analyzing their own practices and carrying out measures to introduce the principles of decent work at individual enterprises in this economic sphere.

1. Smirnova T.V. Transformation of approaches to human resources while implementing the concept of sustainable development. Vestnik Udmurtskogo universiteta. Sotsiologiya. Politologiya. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya = Bulletin of Udmurt University. Sociology. Political science. International Relations. 2022;6(3):317–323. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.35634/2587–9030–2022–6–3–317–323

2. Burchell B., Sehnbruch K., Piasna A., Agloni N. The quality of employment and decent work: Definitions, methodologies, and ongoing debates. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 2014;38(2):459–477. DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet067

3. Zonova O.V., Nekhoda E.V. Methodological approaches to measuring the quality of employees’ working life at a regional level. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ekonomika = Tomsk State University. Journal of Economics. 2019;(46):92–107. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.17223/19988648/46/6

4. Solodovnik A.I., Yakovlev N.A. The concept of e-government in the information society and the digital economy: Practice and prospects. Innovatsii i investitsii = Innovation & Investment. 2020;(11):50–52. (In Russ.).

5. Milyaeva L.G. On diagnosing the quality of enterprise employees’ working life in the context of the concept of decent work. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ekonomika = Tomsk State University. Journal of Economics. 2021;(55):105–118. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.17223/19988648/55/7

6. Gileva K.V. Decent work systems: Management model analysis on the example of Russian Railways. Upravlencheskie nauki = Management Sciences. 2022;12(4):103–114. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.26794/2304–022X2022–12–4–103–114

7. Majumder S., Biswas D. Decent work-life in business: Essential tool for sustainable development. New Delhi: Routledge India; 2023. 138 р.

8. Mazur L.N. Human capital as a topic of historical research. Chelovecheskii kapital = Human Capital. 2020;(11):34–48. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.25629/HC.2020.11.02

9. Reprintseva E.V., Furman E.N. Management of the country’s human resource potential. Vestnik Kurskoi gosudarstvennoi sel’skokhozyaistvennoi akademii = Bulletin of the Kursk State Agricultural Academy. 2022;(5):166–172. (In Russ.).

10. Ivanova O.K. Improving human resources management mechanisms. Menedzher. 2017;(3):224–230. (In Russ.).

11. Kolesnikova O.A., Maslova E.V., Zenkova O.A. Non-standard employment and precarization of the population: Problems of interpretation, study, regulation. Region: sistemy, ekonomika, upravlenie = Region: Systems, Economy, Management. 2021;(1):74–81. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.22394/1997–4469–2021–52–1–74–81

12. Kolmakova I.D., Kolmakova E.M. Social and labor sphere: Trends of the new millenium. Human Progress. 2021;(3):8. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.34709/IM.173.8

13. Maslennikova E.V., Kolesnik E.A., Antonova O.A. The study of forms of non-standard employment in the context of the implementation of signs of decent work. Vestnik Omskogo universiteta. Seriya: Ekonomika = Herald of Omsk University. Series: Economics. 2022;20(1):102–114. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.24147/1812–3988.2022.20(1).102–114

14. Anxo D., Hussain S., Shukur G. The demand of part-time in European companies: A multilevel modelling approach. Applied Economics. 2012;44(8):1057–1066. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.534075

15. Hipp L., Bernhardt J., Allmendinger J. Institutions and the prevalence of nonstandard employment. SocioEconomic Review. 2015;13(2);351–377. DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwv002

16. Kim H.J., Duffy R.D., Allan B.A. Profiles of decent work: General trends and group differences. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 2021;68(1):54–66. DOI: 10.1037/cou0000434

17. Kupchekov A.M., Lustina O.V. Problems of small and medium-sized businesses in the construction industry. Molodoi uchenyi = Young Scientist. 2016;(17):430–433. URL: https://moluch.ru/archive/121/33363/ (accessed on 31.01.2023). (In Russ.).

18. Zvereva Yu.N. Some problems of using the labor of foreign citizens in the construction sector. In: Current problems of the humanities, engineering and socio-economic sciences. Proc. Nat. sci.-pract. conf. (Nizhny Novgorod, December 11, 2020). Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering; 2020:40–43. URL: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.elibrary.ru/download/elibrary_44799745_35196816.pdf (accessed on 28.08.2023). (In Russ.).

19. Repina T.A. Labor migrants and their importance for the functioning of production in Russia (using the example of construction). In: Kryukov V.V., Ignat’ev V.I., eds. Social ontology of Russia. Proc. 12th All-Russ. Kopylov readings (Novosibirsk, March 01–31, 2018). Novosibirsk: Novosibirsk State Technical University; 2018:120–128. URL: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.elibrary.ru/download/elibrary_41851218_33318154.pdf (accessed on 28.08.2023).

20. Ryazantsev S.V., Krasinets E.S. Labor migrants and domestic workers on the Russian labor market: Competition or mutual complementarity? Migratsionnoe pravo = Migration Law. 2015;(4):32–36. (In Russ.).

21. Soshenko B. How to work without injuries and accidents: Where there is a trade union, there is a reduction in the number of accidents. Stroitel’naya gazeta. Nov. 03, 2022. URL: https://stroygaz.ru/publication/regulation/kak-rabotat-bez-travm-i-avariy-gde-profsoyuz-tam-i-snizhenie-kolichestva-neschastnykh-sluchaev/ (accessed on 28.08.2023). (In Russ.).