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Petar Petrov
Influence of Organizational Changes on Attitudes Towards Human Resource Management Activities
JEL: M50

Keywords: attitudes, organizational changes, human resource management activities

Summary: Each organization is subject to various changes. These changes exert influence in different directions. In the field of human resources management, employees' attitudes are essential for the success of the implemented HR activities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of organizational changes on attitudes towards human resource management activities. On this basis, recommendations are made for the successful management of this interaction and for achieving positive effects for the organization, both in the implementation of HRM activities and in the implementation of organizational changes.
Pavlina Peeva
Effects of the Consumer Positioning of Life Insurance Companies in Bulgaria
JEL: M31

Keywords: life insurance, consumer attitudes, questionnaire survey, competition

Summary: Life insurance has become a contemporary topic in specialized literature, which is attracting the interest of practitioners and scientists. The life insurance market in most EU countries has been growing over the years. Despite the growth of 600% in 2017, compared to 2003, only 3% of the Bulgarian population owns life insurance, which opposes the European trends. A Western European citizen usually spends 1,188 EUR a month on life insurance products compared to a Bulgarian, who spends an average of 33.4 BGN (about 17 EUR). In this regard, the purpose of this study is to present the effects of consumer attitudes on the demand for life insurance products and on the positioning of life insurance companies in Varna. For this purpose, data were gathered using a questionnaire survey of life insurance in Varna and it was analyzed using descriptive and deductive statistical methods. The results obtained show that the demand for life insurance products is influenced by economic, psychological and socio-demographic factors, and each of these groups has specific effects on the development of life insurance products trade.
Siyka Kovacheva, Donka Keskinova
Public Attitudes towards European Social Policy (according To ESS 8 Wave)
JEL: H55, H59

Keywords: European integration, European social policy, all-European measures for social protection, mass attitudes

Summary: Social policy is often overlooked in public discourses over European integration despite that it is a significant instrument for raising its legitimacy. On the basis of systematic analysis of mass attitudes to European unification, measured in the 8th wave of European Social Survey (ESS), this paper shows that in the EC as a whole European tend to support the introduction of an all-European scheme for social assistance and to consider that more decisions taken on the supranational level will improve social security for all. At the level of the separate countries the citizens are divided in their preferences for a national or a supranational European social security system. On the individual level, the low-status groups are more inclined to support all-European social measures than the citizens at the higher ranks of the social hierarchy. The expansion of integration towards a more pro-active supranational social policy will secure the support precisely of the groups who today feel left behind in the European project.

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