INNOVATIVE EMPLOYMENT PARADIGM IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMY DIGITALIZATION: WARTIME CHALLENGES AND POST-WAR RECOVERY

Abstract

This article is devoted to the theoretical justification of an innovative employment paradigm in Ukraine as a strategic response to the challenges of economic digitalisation and martial law. It clarifies the essence of digitalisation in the labour sphere, defined as a systematic process of integrating human intellectual capabilities with digital ecosystems for the dynamic capitalisation of knowledge. It is argued that, under the influence of digitalisation, a transition is taking place from a traditional to an innovative model of employment, with a change in its essential characteristics in terms of work organisation, the format of labour relations, management methods, requirements for employees, and continuous education. It is demonstrated that, in the context of military risks, the new innovative employment paradigm should be viewed as a holistic system of theoretical perspectives and practical approaches to the organisation of labour, based on the principles of intellectual autonomy, digital flexibility, and the continuous capitalisation of knowledge and adaptability of human capital to dynamic technological changes in the context of the digitalisation of the economy. Strategic guidelines for the development of human capital have been defined in the context of implementing the new employment paradigm in the era of digitalisation, including digital adaptability (the development and implementation of intensive retraining programmes to prepare the workforce for the demands of the network economy), support for flexible forms of labour activity (legalisation and incentivised support for platform-based and project-based forms of work as means of ensuring professional resilience among specialists), the development of a knowledge ecosystem (creating conditions for lifelong learning and legitimising alternative ways of acquiring professional skills) and the global integration of domestic intellectual capital (development of virtual infrastructure to engage domestic intellectual capital in high-tech international projects). A distinctive feature of the proposed approach is the emphasis on implementing mechanisms for the recognition of non-formal education and micro-qualifications to accelerate the adaptation of the workforce to the needs of innovative sectors. The practical implementation of these priorities helps to minimise the destructive impact of war and lays the resource foundation for the accelerated post-war recovery of the national economy.