员工发展和保留【外文翻译】

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1、外文翻译原文：EmployeeDevelopmentandRetentionThecontemporaryglobaleconomicenvironmenthaschangeddrasticallyandcontinuestodoso.Socialdevelopmentssuchascontinuingglobalisation,technologicalinnovation,andgrowingglobalcompetitionplacepressureoncompaniesandemphasisetheirneedtomaintaintheircompetitiveedge

2、(BurkeandNg2006),atleastinpartthroughmaintainingtheskillsoftheiremployees.Companieshavetobeabletoanticipatetechnologicalinnovationandbeabletocompetewithothercompaniesworldwide.Thisneedmakesimportantacompany’sabilitytoevolvethroughthecontinuouslearninganddevelopmentoftheemployees.Havingandret

3、ainingskilledemployeesplaysanimportantroleinthisprocess,becauseemployees’knowledgeandskillshavebecomethekeyforcompaniestobeeconomicallycompetitive(Hiltrop1999).Therefore,itisimportantthatemployersgiveemployeestheopportunitytodevelopandlearn(Arnold2005;Bernsenetal.2009;Herman2005)suchthatthew

4、orkersmaintaintheircapacitiesaseffectiveemployees,resistredundancy,andareretainedbytheircompanies.Beyondtheseeconomicpressures,companiesalsofacesomedisturbingdemographicchanges.TheaverageageofemployeesinWesterncountriesisincreasingconstantly.Inaddition,theworkersofthesocalledbabyboomgenerati

5、onaregraduallyretiring(BurkeandNg2006;Franketal.2004).Withtheretirementofthisgenerationisasignificantlossofskillsandothercapacitieswhicharenotbeingeasilyreplacedbysimplyhiringnewemployees.Theendingofthecareersofthebabyboomgenerationmeansthatcompanieslosecompetence(i.e.knowledge,andskills),al

6、lofwhichareessentialinthecurrenteconomicenvironmentinwhichcompanieshavetocompete(Hiltrop1999).Companiesexpectthattheproportionalriseintheageingpopulationwillleadtoaglobalcompetitionforthe‘best’employees.This‘competition’willbethemostintenseinthesearchforChiefExecutiveOfficers(CEO)(Conner2000

7、;HarveyandRichey2001).CEOsareconsideredbysometobethemostimportantassetsofacompany.ThefactthatthemajorityofthecurrentCEOsbelongtothebabyboomgenerationmeansthatashortageinthenearfutureishighlylikely.Companieswithpoliciesthatarefutureorientedandstrate