Ready for Job Insecurity? The Impact of Third Sector Stakeholders and Processes on their Human Resources

Ljudski se resursi gledaju kao važan aspekt razvoja organizacija, no u okviru trećeg sektora u Hrvatskoj oni nisu dovoljno istraženi. Ovaj rad za glavni je cilj imao, temeljem rezultata empirijskog kvalitativnog istraživanja, pokazati kakav je utjecaj dionika i procesa koji sačinjavaju treći sektor u Hrvatskoj na ljudske resurse u njemu. Pri tome se analizirala motivacija za rad u trećem sektoru, značaj ljudskih resursa u njemu, njihova uloga te utjecaj koji rad u sektoru ima na njih. Na razini motivacije za uključivanje u treći sektor rezultati sugeriraju da je ona najčešće altruistične prirode. Ljudski resursi u trećem sektoru imaju veće mogućnosti učenja i jačanja svojih znanja te su projektnim radom razvili fleksibilnost. Neki od negativnih utjecaja rada u sektoru odnose se na konstantnu nesigurnost radnog mjesta te određene uvjete rada. Volontiranje još nije dovoljno vrednovano u društvu. Rezultate smo raspravili u svjetlu tekućih trendova razvoja trećeg sektora u Hrvatskoj te suvremenih promjena na tržištu rada.Human resources are seen as an important aspect of the development of organizations, but they are not sufficiently explored within the third sector in Croatia. Based on the results of empirical qualitative research, the main goal of this paper is to show what kind of impact third sector stakeholders and processes in Croatia have on human resources in it. We have analyzed the motivation for working in the third sector, the importance of human resources in the sector, their role and the impact that work in the sector has on them. At the level of motivation for the engagement in the third sector, the results suggest that the most common reason is altruism. The third sector human resources have greater opportunities to learn and strengthen their knowledge and have developed flexibility through project work. Some of the negative effects of the work in the sector are related to constant job insecurity and certain working conditions. Volunteering is not yet sufficiently valued in society. The results are discussed in the light of current trends in the development of the Croatian third sector and recent changes in the labour market