TY - JOUR

T1 - Approaches to HRD in Russian IT-companies in the period of economic crisis

AU - Zavyalova, Elena K.

AU - Kucherov, Dmitry G.

AU - Tsybova, Victoria S.

N1 - Zavyalova, E. K. Approaches to HRD in Russian IT-companies in the period of economic crisis / E. K. Zavyalova, D. G. Kucherov, V. S. Tsybova // Human Resource Development International. – 2018. - Volume 21, Issue 4. - P. 319-339.

PY - 2018/8/8

Y1 - 2018/8/8

N2 - Economic crisis differently impacts on the decisions of companies how to manage human resource development (HRD) initiatives. For the IT sector, intellectual capital becomes a core source of sustainable competitive advantages where HRD is seen like a tool to develop the internal stock of human capital. This article explores the approaches to HRD used by Russian IT-companies during the crisis. On the basis of the conceptual debates regarding the necessity to invest more in HRD programs even in the crisis conditions and our own empirical research, we tried to find out what happened with HRD costs during the crisis and what was the relationship between HRD costs and company’s performance during the crisis in Russian IT-companies. We conclude that Russian IT-companies perceive the value of HRD programs; hence, the most innovative-active and fast developing IT-companies prefer to constantly invest more in HRD initiatives. In crisis conditions, we recommend them to develop and implement more internal training programs.

AB - Economic crisis differently impacts on the decisions of companies how to manage human resource development (HRD) initiatives. For the IT sector, intellectual capital becomes a core source of sustainable competitive advantages where HRD is seen like a tool to develop the internal stock of human capital. This article explores the approaches to HRD used by Russian IT-companies during the crisis. On the basis of the conceptual debates regarding the necessity to invest more in HRD programs even in the crisis conditions and our own empirical research, we tried to find out what happened with HRD costs during the crisis and what was the relationship between HRD costs and company’s performance during the crisis in Russian IT-companies. We conclude that Russian IT-companies perceive the value of HRD programs; hence, the most innovative-active and fast developing IT-companies prefer to constantly invest more in HRD initiatives. In crisis conditions, we recommend them to develop and implement more internal training programs.

KW - WOS

KW - SCOPUS

KW - human resource development (HRD)

KW - national crisis

KW - HRD costs

KW - WOS

KW - SCOPUS

KW - Human resource development (HRD) practices

KW - IT-companies

KW - Russia

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044949316&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/13678868.2017.1419736

DO - 10.1080/13678868.2017.1419736

M3 - Article

VL - 21

SP - 319

EP - 339

JO - Human Resource Development International

JF - Human Resource Development International

SN - 1367-8868

IS - 4

ER -