SHIFT METHOD AS A RESERVE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MIGRATION PROCESSES  IN THE REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC

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 Ekaterina A. Bazhutova

Luzin Institute for Economic Studies of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia, ebazhutova@mail.ru, ORCID 0000-0002-7407-8084

 Abstract. The implementation of investment projects in the regions of the Russian Arctic requires appropriate staffing, which,  in conditions of negative migration dynamics, becomes one of the key risks for them. Today, shift method is a fait accompli,  which is ambiguously viewed and requires a separate careful study to enhance its positive effects and offset possible negative consequences, including achieving strategic indicators for the development of the regions of the Russian Arctic. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the possibilities and conditions of shift method management for the transformation of migration processes in the regions of the Russian Arctic. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the development of an approach to shift method management, which is able to change the prevailing negative migration trends in the regions of the Russian Arctic associated with population outflow. Shift method is considered as a possible reserve, which, with appropriate management,  is able to change the prevailing negative demographic trends in the regions of the Russian Arctic. For this purpose, as a research method we chose written survey of employees working in shifts at one of the large Arctic enterprises. It was confirmed that  the shift method can be a reserve for the transformation of migration processes in the regions of the Russian Arctic. At the same time, it is necessary to change the approach to it as an object of management, clarify its types and build a consistent policy  of transition from one type to another based on the specific peculiarities of migration motivation. Detailed policy of the transition and development of certain measures, order of their implementation and formation of an integrated management mechanism that takes into account the state and the employer, will be a promising direction for further research.

Keywords: shift method, region, Arctic, migration process

Acknowledgments: the work is supported by Russian Science Foundation (project number 19-18-00025). The author expresses gratitude to the management of Kirovsk Branch of Apatit for research promotion and interest in the problem raised.

For citation: Bazhutova E. A. Shift method as a reserve for the transformation of migration processes in the regions  of the Russian Arctic. Sever i rynok: formirovanie ekonomicheskogo poryadka [The North and the Market: Forming  the Economic Order], 2022, no. 4, pp. 148–166. doi:10.37614/2220-802X.4.2022.78.011

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