Labor satisfaction as an indicator of public administration efficiency (sociological analysis)

• Main Authors: Galina Valentinovna Leonidova, Andrei Vasil’evich Popov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Vologda Research Center 2014-07-01
• Series: Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast
• Subjects: labor conditions; injury; job satisfaction; labor productivity; labor potential; public administration efficiency; social policy
• Online Access: http://esc.vscc.ac.ru/article/531/full?_lang=en

Labor satisfaction is an indicator of social wellbeing of the working population. The study of subjective perceptions of labor is an important indicator of public administration efficiency. The article contains the analysis of the population’s satisfaction with labor, particularly, with one of its structural components – labor conditions. It reveals the high correlation of these indicators with the satisfaction with everyday life and labor productivity. It determines the degree of employees’ satisfaction with working conditions in such areas as health and psychological atmosphere at the workplace, equipment capability and security. The study discloses employees’ estimates in socio-demographic and territorialdimensional aspects. The research demonstrates the interrelation between satisfaction with working environment and implementation of labor potential. The analysis indicates the importance of regular sociological research into the issues of satisfaction with various aspects of labor activity. The article indicates that for the country’s development it is necessary to take into account the labor satisfaction factor (in the narrow sense – working conditions) while developing strategies and approaches for social-economic policy and defining the standards of social responsibility, primarily, of the state and employers