Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is reshaping the labour market, involving the enhancement of employees' digital skills and the acquisition of a mix of hard and soft skills. In this study, our objective was to identify, in an original way, the potential for adaptatio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicolae Istudor, Aura-Gabriela Socol, Marius-Corneliu Marinaș, Cristian Socol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura ASE 2024-08-01
Series:Amfiteatru Economic
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3329.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849696651414863872
author Nicolae Istudor
Aura-Gabriela Socol
Marius-Corneliu Marinaș
Cristian Socol
author_facet Nicolae Istudor
Aura-Gabriela Socol
Marius-Corneliu Marinaș
Cristian Socol
author_sort Nicolae Istudor
collection DOAJ
description The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is reshaping the labour market, involving the enhancement of employees' digital skills and the acquisition of a mix of hard and soft skills. In this study, our objective was to identify, in an original way, the potential for adaptation to AI among company personnel in Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) based on four criteria and 17 analysis variables. Given the complexity of the research, we used three specific research methods for Multiple-criteria decision-making to identify the most important variables that influence rapid adaptation to AI and to classify the countries in the sample according to their level of performance. Based on the results obtained, we argue that any skills development strategy for AI should target upskilling and reskilling programmes aimed at developing above-average hard and soft skills. While increasing the number of graduates specialising in educational fields related to AI is essential in the new stage of the industrial revolution, the potential of this resource is underutilised, both due to brain drain and slow technological progress, as well as the migration of technological start-ups. For larger countries, the development of technological enclaves to attract specialised human resources and technology companies is the only way to boost their technological revolution.
format Article
id doaj-art-4edc543845da4440bbf02cdf1dc2a09e
institution DOAJ
issn 1582-9146
2247-9104
language English
publishDate 2024-08-01
publisher Editura ASE
record_format Article
series Amfiteatru Economic
spelling doaj-art-4edc543845da4440bbf02cdf1dc2a09e2025-08-20T03:19:24ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042024-08-012667703 72010.24818/EA/2024/67/703 Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European CountriesNicolae Istudor0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4581-4548Aura-Gabriela Socol1https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5852-8357Marius-Corneliu Marinaș 2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-8208Cristian Socol3https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9452-7290Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is reshaping the labour market, involving the enhancement of employees' digital skills and the acquisition of a mix of hard and soft skills. In this study, our objective was to identify, in an original way, the potential for adaptation to AI among company personnel in Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) based on four criteria and 17 analysis variables. Given the complexity of the research, we used three specific research methods for Multiple-criteria decision-making to identify the most important variables that influence rapid adaptation to AI and to classify the countries in the sample according to their level of performance. Based on the results obtained, we argue that any skills development strategy for AI should target upskilling and reskilling programmes aimed at developing above-average hard and soft skills. While increasing the number of graduates specialising in educational fields related to AI is essential in the new stage of the industrial revolution, the potential of this resource is underutilised, both due to brain drain and slow technological progress, as well as the migration of technological start-ups. For larger countries, the development of technological enclaves to attract specialised human resources and technology companies is the only way to boost their technological revolution. https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3329.pdfartificial intelligence (ai)soft skillshard skillsupskillingreskillingmulticriteria decision analysis (mcdm)industry 5.0
spellingShingle Nicolae Istudor
Aura-Gabriela Socol
Marius-Corneliu Marinaș
Cristian Socol
Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries
Amfiteatru Economic
artificial intelligence (ai)
soft skills
hard skills
upskilling
reskilling
multicriteria decision analysis (mcdm)
industry 5.0
title Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries
title_full Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries
title_fullStr Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries
title_short Analysis of the Adequacy of Employees’ Skills for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Central and Eastern European Countries
title_sort analysis of the adequacy of employees skills for the adoption of artificial intelligence in central and eastern european countries
topic artificial intelligence (ai)
soft skills
hard skills
upskilling
reskilling
multicriteria decision analysis (mcdm)
industry 5.0
url https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3329.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT nicolaeistudor analysisoftheadequacyofemployeesskillsfortheadoptionofartificialintelligenceincentralandeasterneuropeancountries
AT auragabrielasocol analysisoftheadequacyofemployeesskillsfortheadoptionofartificialintelligenceincentralandeasterneuropeancountries
AT mariuscorneliumarinas analysisoftheadequacyofemployeesskillsfortheadoptionofartificialintelligenceincentralandeasterneuropeancountries
AT cristiansocol analysisoftheadequacyofemployeesskillsfortheadoptionofartificialintelligenceincentralandeasterneuropeancountries