Labour potential of employees of the Russian building materials industry organizations as a factor of their sustainable development
https://doi.org/10.22227/1997-0935.2025.12.1957-1969
Abstract
Introduction. The paper examines the labour potential (LP) of workers in Russian construction materials industry (CMI) organizations. The relevance of the study is due to the specifics of the industry: a high share of physical labour, dependence on the health of workers, demographic aging of personnel and regional disproportions. The purpose of the work is to systematize and analyze existing scientific approaches to the study of the labour potential of workers, with an emphasis on its role in ensuring the sustainable development of Russian CMI organizations.
Materials and methods. A set of qualitative methods was used: systematic review, content analysis, comparative analysis, synthesis and structuring of publications by thematic groups. The selected publications examine the features of LP, human resource management, personnel, productivity factors and sustainable development, primarily in the CMI of Russia.
Results. The specificity of LP in the CMI of Russia was identified, consisting of the dominance of physical labour, a shortage of mid-level specialists with an excess of low-skilled operations, a high proportion of older workers, a shortage of young people, and an insufficient number of programmes for adapting working conditions for older workers.
Conclusions. The LP of workers is a strategic resource for the sustainability of the CMI, the implementation of which requires the development of a standard for assessing LP, the “Digital Personnel of the CMI” programme with an emphasis on retraining workers of older age groups, the introduction of “silver” mentoring and tax incentives for enterprises investing in ergonomics and reducing occupational hazards.
About the Author
A. D. Ishkov
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University) (MGSU)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr D. Ishkov — Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Management and Innovation
26 Yaroslavskoe shosse, Moscow, 129337
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Ishkov A.D. Labour potential of employees of the Russian building materials industry organizations as a factor of their sustainable development. Vestnik MGSU. 2025;20(12):1957-1969. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22227/1997-0935.2025.12.1957-1969
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