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Tamara Kalistratova
Burn Out in Middle Management and its Prevention in The Context Of Remote Work
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The shift to remote working has a significant impact on the way people work, especially middle managers who play a pivotal role in organizations. There is broad consensus that they have key responsibility in implementing strategies and in terms of operations and organizational culture. The analysis suggests a competing mediating effect of role switching on the relationship between job stress and well-being. The study also provides theoretical and practical implications for human resource management and the design of flexible work policies from a sustainability perspective.
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Stefka Masaldzhiyska
Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Job Performance of Managers in Business Organizations
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In recent years, emotional intelligence has become exclusively popular. Research related to it has increased significantly. More and more representatives of the management realize its important role and significance for organizational success. This article reveals the essence of emotional intelligence - first, by drawing out a number of the many definitions that characterize it and second, by presenting the most established models of emotional intelligence until now. The theoretical models describe emotional intelligence and distinguish it from classical intelligence. The main objective of the article is to present and argues the influence of emotional intelligence on the behavior of managers in business organizations and hence on their job performance.
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Penka Shishmanova
The Electronic Form of Distance Learning – a Modern Approach to Improve Vocational Training
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The rapid development of modern economies and the dynamic changes in the labour market require continuous updating of the skills of staff. This brings to the fore continuing vocational training as part of the concept of lifelong learning. The electronic form of distance learning is a viable opportunity for maintaining and improvement of the professional skills of staff. Its significance has been growing given the fact that it creates conditions for acquiring new knowledge and skills without discontinuing work and family commitments. As an example of good practice in this respect, we have presented the training in Operational Accounting at the CPT at the Academy of Economics - Svishtov.
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Andrey Zahariev
Prospective Reflections on Human Capital
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Guided by the understanding of the pulsing nature of economic thought, in this article we set ourselves the task of developing prospective ideas and grasping of the past, the present and the future of the theory of the investment in human capital as responsibility of the key economic agents: the government, the companies and the households. The structure of this study consistently reviews the historical development of the human capital theory. It gives the corporate point of view within the range of views of financial management of human resources. It gives prospective argumentation of possible evolution lines of human capital knowledge. The developed verbal-graphic model of investments in the formation of human capital adduces arguments in support of consolidation of the five types of activities for formation of human capital with the three sources of resources, aimed at human capital in its individual and national (global) dimension. In the course of research the conclusion is derived that there is no need to counterpoise capitalism and talantism but on the contrary, through capitalism (the world of capital) the era of talantism (the world of intellect, faculties, family values and talent) should be promoted.
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Desislava Koleva Stefanova
The Human Capital and its Significance for our Present
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The article describes basic economic theories examined through the prism of human capital and its development over the years.The significant role of the human factor for the modern world has been underlined. The educational level of labour markets is analysed through the used data from Eurostat. Major negative trends have been identified, related to the development of human capital in the educational, social and economic sectors. Measures and recommendations have been outlined to improve the knowledge and skills of the active labour force and its positive integration into the labour markets.
