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Received: 2025-05-14  |  Accepted: 2025-07-15  |  Published: 2025-09-30

Title

Impact of HRM digitalisation on companies' performance


Abstract

The article's main aim is to specify the importance of HR digitalisation from two points of view: economic short-term impact and perceived meaning for the company. Two questionnaire surveys were carried out: in the Czech Republic in 2020-2021 to determine the short-term impact of selected elements of digitalisation on the change in economic performance during a pandemic; in Bulgaria in 2023-2024 to determine the perceived meaning of HRM digitalisation during a pandemic and post-pandemic recession. There was no association between the change in the level of digitalisation and the change in economic performance. Data and document sharing are associated with improved economic performance in the short term. Although HR training in IT is not related to improving the financial result in the short term, it is perceived by the podcasts as part of the long-term development plan of the companies and as an opportunity to improve the employees' work. The main recommendation for the target segment is to monitor the long-term impact to specify the expected effect on the company's overall efficiency. The results have limitations in the field of the specific research period, the geographical aspect of entrepreneurship, and the limited scope of examined links. The basic directions for future research include conducting international research on a broader scale and over extended periods, involving more aspects of HRM digitalisation among the elements studied.


Keywords

HR digitalization, training, support activities, effectiveness


JEL classifications

M10 , M15 , M53


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1342


DOI


Pages

259-273


Funding

This paper has been prepared with the support of the VSTE Institute of Corporate Strategy, Department of Management. Article ID: IDUPS24022. The paper has been prepared as a part of the fulfilment of the Burgas Free University contract No. KP-06-Н65/12 dated 12.12.2022 for a project " Attitude of Bulgarian Entrepreneurs and Managers towards Continuing Vocational Education and Training of Organisation's Human Resources (ABECVET)", with the Bulgarian National Science Fund.

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Authors

Chytilová, Ekaterina
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic https://www.vstecb.cz
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Yorgová, Yuliya
Burgas Free University, Burgas, Bulgaria https://www.bfu.bg
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Kušnirová, Romana
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic https://www.vstecb.cz
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

13


Number

1


Issue date

September 2025


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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