PhD Viktoria Blyzniuk (vikosa72@gmail.com; viktoriablyzniuk72@gmail.com)
State Organization “Institute for Economicsand Forecasting”, NASU, Ukraine
Liubov Yatsenko (yatsenkol59@gmail.com)
National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine
Abstract
The article highlights the emergence of the problem of formation of labor mobility, taking into account the specifics of the challenges in the modern globalized world, which concern all spheres of social and economic life and create new requirements for the quality characteristics of the workforce. The authors establish that global integration, new technologies, automation of production, digitization and changes in the production organization and the greater role of market regulators on the labor market in combination with structural sectoral and professional changes are the key factors leading to shifts in labor relations and the spread of new forms of employment. Changes in the content, structure and forms of employment affect the value system of the modern worker and his desire to improve his economic, social or professional status via spatial, vertical or horizontal movements. Emphasis is placed on the advisability of the progress of labor mobility, which is one of the important self-regulators of the labor market, which under the conditions of rapid socio-economic changes enriches the qualitative characteristics of the workforce, increases their ability to adapt to structural and conjunctural changes in labor application, flexibly respond to market demands and fully pursue their interests regarding the development and use of their ability to work. Also, labor mobility reduces the risk of loss of sources of livelihood and decline in well-being and acts as a restraining factor as to interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts.The article deals with various factors affecting labor mobility and approaches to their classification, taking into account their nature, direction and nature of influence, and term and method of action. Considering the specifics of the functioning of labor market, as well as the trends in the economic system, the authors reveal the role of individual subjective and objective factors in the formation of labor mobility and the nature of their influence. Highlighted various qualitative characteristics of the individual that enable manifestations of labor mobility, such as social maturity, professional competence, cognitive skills, self-awareness, adaptive capabilities, motivation, creative abilities, critical thinking, cognitive flexibility, strategic thinking, and communication.
Keywords: labor mobility, trends, factors, labor market, workforce, modern challenges
JEL: J
