HOW CAN WORK BE AN EXPERIENCE?

• Published in: Analele Universităţii din Oradea. Ştiinţe economice Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 356 - 366
• Main Author: HÉDER-RIMA Mária
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: University of Oradea 01-07-2020
• Subjects: Workforce shortage; flow; retention; attractiveness; happiness; satisfaction
• ISSN: 1222-569X; 1582-5450

Due to the fact, that there is a lack of workforce in the labour market, the importance of attraction and retention is becoming essential in corporate’s operations. For ensuring the workforce which is needed for the operation, creating these activities and processes can be a key possibility from an organizational point of view. The aim of the study is to find out those everyday activities that make positive feelings on students of the University of Debrecen, Hungary. From the companies’ perspectives it can be important to know those facts which cause positive impressions on students because of making purposeful action for achieving the potential target group in the labour market. Furthermore, it is essential to know these factors to strengthen organizational attractiveness and retention. The research was based on a questionnaire survey as a primary research. A significant part (67.8%) of the respondents feel that although their current lives are rather interesting and enjoyable this can be enhanced and they think that it is essential in terms of weekdays to be enjoyable and interesting. The survey exercise shows that in the examined target group the activity related to positive feelings was mainly due to sports, meals, learning, films, personal relationships, social media and computer activities. The most adverse feelings for students are caused by attending university classes, doing different kinds of housework and the commuting between the university and their residence. Based on the results of the examination we can identify those activities which rather support or rather block the creation of flow experience in terms of the students as the layer of potential employees. These factors can be well emphasized and developed in the case of an appropriate corporate strategy and can be supported by different HR activities and this way, the positive experiences by the company can be assured.