HR TRENDS AND TENDENCIES IN HUNGARY IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE LATEST CRANET SURVEY 2021

József POÓR; Ákos JARJABKA; Zsuzsa KAROLINY; Gábor BALOGH; Mónika GALAMBOSNÉ TISZBERGER; Zsolt Sándor KŐMÜVES; Katalin SZABÓ; Gábor SZABÓ-SZENTGRÓTI

doi:10.2478/subboec-2022-0011

Authors

József POÓR Hungarian University of Agrarian and Life Sciences, Hungary; J. Selye University, Slovakia. *Coresponding author: poorjf@t-online.hu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-0646
Ákos JARJABKA University Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-4715
Zsuzsa KAROLINY University Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4235-7169
Gábor BALOGH University Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1060-2414
Mónika GALAMBOSNÉ TISZBERGER University Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6940-5327
Zsolt Sándor KŐMÜVES Hungarian University of Agrarian and Life Sciences, Hungary
Katalin SZABÓ Hungarian University of Agrarian and Life Sciences, Hungary
Gábor SZABÓ-SZENTGRÓTI https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2129-9067 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2129-9067

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/subboec-2022-0011

Keywords:

Human Resources Management, trends and tendencies, Hungary, Cranet

Abstract

The regime change in 1989 marked a significant milestone in the development of human resource (HR) management in Hungary. Changes in the legal, institutional and ownership environment placed significantly different demands on the HR work of companies and institutions. It has become very important for organizations to have access to comparative HR data with other organizations related to HR activities. The Cranet international HR university non-for-profit research network, founded in 1989 in Cranfield, England, has a long tradition in this field. Hungarian researchers have participated in Cranet’s international HR research on four occasions so far. In this article, we aim to present the main features of the Cranet HR research in Hungary in 2021. We review the findings and noteworthy results of the research. Where possible, we compare it with relevant data from the 2014-2016 survey.

JEL classification: M50, M51, M52, M53, M54

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