A STUDY OF EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES: A CONCEPTUAL STUDY

In an enterprise, employees, as the main body and dynamic force of the enterprise, play a vital role in the operation and management of the enterprise. In small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employee management, old employees may not keep up with enterprise development, and new employees face issues such as difficulty adapting to the working environment, low business ability, and unfamiliarity. These problems are overlooked in human resource management. This paper aims to investigate the employee management problem in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which focuses on improving employees' adaptability to the enterprise environment and development. The relevant theories of work adaptation in SMEs are reviewed, which summarizes the theoretical achievements related to work adaptation in SMEs, including social cognitive theory, work adaptation theory, organizational socialization theory and other theories. Research on task mastery, interpersonal relationships, role behavior, and cultural adaptation of new employees was conducted in small and medium-sized enterprises in China. This paper conducts an empirical study on the current situation of employees' job adaptation in the company by means of surveys and interviews and has an in-depth understanding of the general situation of the enterprise. The solutions consist of three aspects: pre-guidance, in-process adjustment, and post-feedback, which provide the practical solution to new employees' work adaptation problems. It can provide typical reference and guidance for the improvement of the work adaptation status of new employees in SMEs.