J 2025

Change in the workload of SME employees during the pandemic

TALÍŘ, Milan; Petra PÁRTLOVÁ; Kristína VYŠÍNOVÁ; Daniel CHAMRADA; Michal RUSCHAK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Change in the workload of SME employees during the pandemic

Authors

TALÍŘ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor); Petra PÁRTLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic); Kristína VYŠÍNOVÁ (703 Slovakia); Daniel CHAMRADA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michal RUSCHAK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2025, 2345-0282

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50204 Business and management

Country of publisher

Lithuania

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.300 in 2024

Organization unit

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

UT WoS

001579204200021

Keywords in English

employees; jobs; crisis; SME; organisational change and strategic business management; impact of business change on regional development; bibliometric analysis; dimensional analysis

Tags

Links

TL04000191, research and development project.
Changed: 5/11/2025 11:22, Ing. Barbora Langšádlová

Abstract

In the original language

The article explores the workload of employees trained for selected jobs during a crisis, filling the gap in the present research. Global thinking tends to believe that recent surveys examined the means of lessening impacts caused by the pandemic rather than focusing on timely detection and prevention. Our methodology combines socio analysis, bibliometric analysis from the Web of Science database, mathematical statistics of the enterprises' database, correlation matrix, ANOVA tests, and dimensional analysis. Bibliometric analysis revealed the same frequency of the words 'impact', 'performance', and 'innovation'. Mathematical statistics showed that most enterprises did not have to cut salaries given effective government aid. Occasional wage adjustments reflected changes in the workload, seen throughout the size and sectoral differentiations. The double-axed factors, regardless of remuneration, included: 'The overall strategy of the Company and 'Flexibility and responsiveness'. Office workers saw the most significant difference in remuneration consistency, suffering a total wage growth arrest. The top management witnessed only a weaker salary increase, while IT and marketing positions spotted no wage fluctuations. Small enterprises applied a 'work organisation' factor, which was later detected in large companies, leaving no trace in medium-sized organisations. The work concludes by proposing the synergy of digitisation and the circular economy on corporate competitiveness and employees during a crisis.

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