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Title: Analyzing the Role of Knowledge Workers: a Comparison between Peter Drucker's Vision and Current Reality
Authors: David Mihaiela Eugenia
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David Mihaiela Eugenia Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
MLA 8 Eugenia, David Mihaiela. "Analyzing the Role of Knowledge Workers: a Comparison between Peter Drucker's Vision and Current Reality." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 2024, pp. 4368-4381, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i10.026. Accessed Oct. 2024. APA 6 Eugenia, D. (2024, October). Analyzing the Role of Knowledge Workers: a Comparison between Peter Drucker's Vision and Current Reality. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 9(10), 4368-4381. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i10.026 Chicago Eugenia, David Mihaiela. "Analyzing the Role of Knowledge Workers: a Comparison between Peter Drucker's Vision and Current Reality." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 9, no. 10 (October 2024), 4368-4381. Accessed October, 2024. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i10.026.
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ABSTRACT: This paper aims to analyze the role of knowledge workers, starting from Peter Drucker's initial definition of this concept and ending with a comparative analysis of the reality in today's companies. In the first part of the study, we present the essential characteristics of knowledge workers according to Drucker's vision. Next, we investigate the composition of staff in the top ten most profitable companies in 2023, verifying the existence of the professions categorized by Drucker as knowledge workers in the employee structure. We analyze whether the top position of these companies is also due to employees with these professions. We also examine the organizational culture of these companies in order to assess whether and to what extent they value knowledge and the specific elements knowledge workers. In the last part of the research, we conduct a comparative analysis of the minimum/average wage in the countries where these companies are based and the wage offered to knowledge workers by these companies, in order to identify whether their wage level is above average.

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