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    Human resource practices in small businesses in Republic of North Macedonia
    (Institute of Economics – Skopje, 2023-04)
    Irina Piperkova
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    Elizabeta Djambaska
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    Aleksandra Lozanoska
    The primary objective of this paper is to identify human resource practices implemented by small firms, so as to better understand the specifics of human resource management in small businesses. An online survey was conducted among small businesses in the Republic of North Macedonia. The research findings4 reveal that small firms in North Macedonia use employee referrals as a recruiting strategy and a traditional selection process based on CV/interview analysis. Most of small businesses have some form of consistent and continuous compensation system, with employee performance as a main criterion for determining the compensation level. Employee training has been identified as one of the biggest challenges that small businesses face. Most small firms conduct employee training to improve job-specific skills for current job tasks. In addition, employee trainings are implemented on an ad hoc basis and largely depend on firms’ available financial resources, since high training costs remain to be an obstacle to small firms.
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    Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the mortality in Republic of North Macedonia
    (Institute of Economics - Skopje, 2022-04)
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    The aim of the paper is to determine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mortality in Republic of North Macedonia. In terms of identifying the influence of Covid-19 on mortality changes, demographic and other features, as well as causes of death, are analyzed in pre-pandemic and in 2020-2021. The available data of State Statistical Office, Institute of Public Health and foreign data sources are used. The analysis shows great increase of the mortality, due to Covid-19 as well as non-Covid deaths. The provisional data for 2021 shows that total mortality is about 40% higher than in 2019. Besides that, significant changes in the demographic and ethnic structure of deaths happened in 2020 compared to 2019, accompanied with changes in the causes of death. One of the main impacts of Covid-19 in Republic of North Macedonia is the high excessive mortality.
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    Human resource practices in small businesses in Republic of North Macedonia
    (Institute of Economics - Skopje, 2023-04)
    Piperkova, Irina
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    Djambaska, Elizabeta
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    The primary objective of this paper is to identify human resource practices implemented by small firms, so as to better understand the specifics of human resource management in small businesses. An online survey was conducted among small businesses in the Republic of North Macedonia. The research findings reveal that small firms in North Macedonia use employee referrals as a recruiting strategy and a traditional selection process based on CV/interview analysis. Most of small businesses have some form of consistent and continuous compensation system, with employee performance as a main criterion for determining the compensation level. Employee training has been identified as one of the biggest challenges that small businesses face. Most small firms conduct employee training to improve job-specific skills for current job tasks. In addition, employee trainings are implemented on an ad hoc basis and largely depend on firms’ available financial resources, since high training costs remain to be an obstacle to small firms.
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    Recruitment and selection methods in SMEs in Republic of North Macedonia
    (Institute of Economics - Skopje, 2020-12)
    Valerija, Miloshevik
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    Recruitment has become one of the most important human resource practices for firm’s performance. Leading firms in the world continuously develop proactive recruitment strategies that encompass various mechanisms and techniques to attract bigger applicant pool. Tight labor markets and fierce market competition impose greater challenges to SMEs. Hence, small and medium enterprises face additional challenges in recruiting adequate skills. A primary research was conducted among SMEs in the Republic of North Macedonia to examine their most practiced recruitment and selection methods. The findings reveal that SMEs apply a variety of traditional recruitment and selection methods, yet they need to develop more comprehensive recruitment strategy and seek additional alternative recruitment channels.