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Trade and service personnel remuneration in the company’s incentive system
Trade and service personnel remuneration in the company’s incentive system

Author(s): Tetyana Blyznyuk, Olga Maistrenko, Iryna Kinas, Ivanna Pererva
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Institute of Society Transformation
Keywords: Labor Incentives System; System of Additional Remuneration; Personnel Remuneration System; Pay System; Salary; Trade and Service Personnel; Performance-Based Incentive Payment System; Commerce Sector;

Summary/Abstract: At present, most companies all over the world, including Ukraine, are experiencing negative consequences of the pandemic. Staff efficiency has decreased, so companies have experienced a decline in business productivity in general. The system of labor incentives should encourage staff to work more efficiently by introduction of an additional remuneration system based on performance-related payment system. According to the European knowledge, commerce is one of the sectors where the introduction of this additional remuneration system is common and effective. The purpose of this study is to develop and substantiate practical recommendations to improve the system of additional remuneration for sales and service personnel of the company from Ukrainian commerce sector, which would increase their efficiency in the company. The study identified the main components of the system of incentives and the main forms of stimulating work for the company’s staff. It is substantiated the main stages of the improvement sequence of the company’s staff remuneration system as a component of the personnel incentive system. The system of additional remuneration of trade and service personnel of the company from Ukrainian commerce sector was developed and substantiated. It was determined that the basis of an additional remuneration system of trade and service personnel was introduction of a percentage of total sales, which exceeded the established volume, as the main priority. The five-factor model for assessing the productivity level of sales and service personnel in the company from Ukrainian commerce sector built. By this model, effectiveness of introduction of an additional remuneration system for trade and service personnel of the company from Ukrainian commerce sector proved and evaluated. Further, authors will work out practical recommendations for the development the basic salary system for sales and service personnel of the company from Ukrainian commerce sector.

  • Issue Year: 191/2021
  • Issue No: 7-8(1)
  • Page Range: 127-137
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English