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

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The workers' possibilities of influencing their jobs will be separately charted
in relation to job tasks and work tempo. Moreover, the workers' autonomy in
the following aspects will be measured: daily and weekly planning of work,
and follow-up of work quality. These three indicators are combined in a socalled
responsibility index used to compare the Baltic countries not only with
each other but the situation in 1998.
100%
50%
0%
-50%
DEGREE OF INFLUENCE ON JOB TASKS
Wage earners only
Rather a lot Totally
Very little Not at all
LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA FINLAND
-100%
'98 '02 '98 '02 '98 '02 '02
Totally 27% 21% 12% 9% 12% 25% 16%
Rather a lot 30% 31% 29% 30% 18% 26% 22%
Not at all -16% -18% -24% -23% -39% -21% -19%
Very little -26% -29% -33% -37% -26% -27% -44%
As to Lithuanian wage earners' possibilities for influencing their tasks at work,
great changes have taken place. In the previous survey in the latter part of
1998, they had the least powers of decision as to their job tasks. The change
occurring in three years has been tremendous, since Lithuania has now
climbed up into the lead among the Baltic countries in this aspect. As many as
one-quarter of the Lithuanian wage earners reported that they could decide
totally about the content of their work; just over three years earlier, only 12 %
had responded that way. Furthermore, practically just as many said that they
could influence their work content rather a lot. This proportion, too, has grown
considerably. Altogether, about half (51 %) of Lithuania's wage earners stated
that they could decide about the content of their work rather a lot or totally. In
the previous survey, such an answer was given by fewer than one-third (30
%).