Journal: IPSI Transactions on Internet Research

The Impact of Education and Digital Literacy
as an Employment Factor in the Republic of Serbia

Authors: Vujičić, Slađana Momčilović, Oliver Nedeljković, Miroslav Milić, Marko and Narančić, Branislava


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Abstract

Education in modern business conditions plays a strategic role in the development of knowledge-based and innovation-driven societies. Investment in education represents one of the key determinants of democratization and the economic empowerment of individuals. The goal of contemporary education is to strengthen professional knowledge and to develop key competencies, including digital skills, which enable individuals to be prepared for new professional challenges and actively participate in current socio-economic trends. The aim of this paper is to analyse, through conducted empirical research, the impact of formal education and acquired digital competencies on employability in the Republic of Serbia. Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between the level of education, digital literacy, and employment opportunities, with the objective of providing recommendations for improving educational policies and professional training programs.

Keywords

education, digital skills, competencies, employability, labour market


Published in: IPSI Transaction on Internet Research (Volume: 22, Issue: 2)
Publisher: IPSI, Belgrade

Date of Publication: April 1, 2026

Open Access: CC-BY-NC-ND
DOI: 10.58245/ipsi.tir.2602.05

Pages: 42 - 49

ISSN: 1820 - 4503

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Vujičić, Slađana

Slađana Vujičić holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Full Professor at the Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship in Belgrade. Associate on projects of local self-governments and ministries. She is the author of a great number of research papers. She is a member of the project teams and the Development Research Center of the Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship in Belgrade. Her main areas of interest are entrepreneurship, sustainable development, quality management, green economy, competitiveness.
E-mail: sladjanakonto@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0002-8532-2644

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Momčilović, Oliver

Oliver Momčilović holds a PhD in the narrow scientific fields of Management and Business, and and in Technical Sciences narrow scientific fields of industrial engineering and engineering management. He is a full professor at the Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance in Belgrade at the University of Business Academy from Novi Sad in Serbia. He is the author of several scientific and professional papers published in journals and proceedings of international scientific conferences, and is also the author of several university books. He deals with topics in the field of: methodologies of scientific research in social and technical sciences, knowledge management, change management, ICT, entrepreneurship, leadership.
E-mail: oliomaster@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0002-2926-3475

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Nedeljković, Miroslav

Miroslav Nedeljković is a Research Associate at the Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade. He has published dozens of scientific papers in the fields of agricultural economics, the application of quantitative methods in agribusiness, and business decision-making in agriculture. The results of his research have been published in both national and international scientific journals and presented at domestic and international conferences. He is a member of the editorial boards and scientific committees of several national and international journals and conferences. He is also a member of the Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists.
E-mail: miroslavnedeljkovic2015@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0002-7393-2146

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Milić, Marko

Marko Milić holds a PhD in Economics and is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the Independent University in Banja Luka, the College of Service Business in East Sarajevo–Sokolac, and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Business Academy in Brčko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a collaborator on numerous projects of local governments and ministries in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the author of many scientific papers and a member of the Association of Economists of the Republic of Srpska. His main areas of expertise include marketing, business finance management, corporate finance, environmental management, banking, and insurance.
E-mail: milicmarko.milic@gmail.com, ORCID 0009-0005-6077-810X

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Narančić, Branislava

Branislava Narančić holds a PhD in Economic Sciences and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Business Academy, Brčko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a collaborator on projects in the field of tourism, as well as on finance-related projects (such as projects “Public Investment Management in BiH – PIPMS,” and “Support to the Economic Reform Program of BiH,” both funded by the European Union). Her main areas of interest include management, finance, marketing, and tourism.
E-mail: branislavanarancic@gmail.com, ORCID 0009-0001-5944-914X

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Vujičić, Slađana; Momčilović, Oliver; Nedeljković, Miroslav; Milić, Marko; and Narančić, Branislava
"The Impact of Education and Digital Literacy as an Employment Factor in the Republic of Serbia",
IPSI Transactions on Internet Research, vol. 22(2), pp. 42-49, 2026, https://doi.org/10.58245/ipsi.tir.2602.05