Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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TOO HIGH WORK INTENSITY BY ENTERPRISE TYPE
LATVIA
old, not reorganised
old, but reorganised
new, established
after re-independence
ESTONIA
old, not reorganised
old, but reorganised
new, established
after re-independence
32%
29%
31%
35%
39%
39%
40%
45%
43%
43%
48%
47%
1998
2002
LITHUANIA
old, not reorganised
30%
41%
old, but reorganised
new, established
after re-independence
33%
43%
44%
49%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
More detailed analyses reveal that the hardest, most intensive working life of
all in the Baltic countries is experienced by those women in the Lithuanian
public sector who work in another job besides their principal one. More than
half of these (52 %) said that the work intensity was too great. It can be concluded
that the issue here is that of human ability to cope. Doing two jobs,
combined with the general increase in working tempo, puts demands on a
worker's strength. At the other extreme are the men working in the Estonian
public sector who do not do another job in addition to their main one. Of
these, only just over one-fifth (22 %) felt the work intensity was too high and
about one in three (34 %) considered it too low.
In the following mean value table, work intensity is examined simultaneously
both according to gender and to sector (public-private). The scale of variation
is 1-5, where value 1 signifies an opinion that the work intensity is absolutely
too great. Value 5 is the other extreme, at which completely the opposite view
is held. Value 3, therefore, is the neutral midpoint at which the work intensity
is seen as being at a suitable level.