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

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public-sector workers are a little more trusting than private-sector personnel.
Gender has no significance in this case.
In Lithuania, there is the most trust of work colleagues among ageing publicsector
workers. It exists the least among young female private-sector workers
under 30 years of age. The gap between these groups is great. Of the ageing
workers in the public sector, two-thirds trust their colleagues and 13 % feel
distrust. Of the young women in the private sector, half have trust but as many
as 27 % do not trust their colleagues.
Linked to trust, or the lack of it, is solidarity or selfishness among those at the
workplace. Working people were presented with the following statement: "My
colleagues think only about themselves and their job, not considering the others."
The following graph shows their responses to the statement in both the
previous and the present survey.
100%
50%
0%
-50%
MY COLLEAGUES ARE SELF-CENTERED
26%
-46%
20%
16%
18%
-56% -55% -54%
Somewhat agree Totally agree
Totally disagree Somewhat disagree
22%
28%
-44% -43%
-100%
LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA
'98 '02 '98 '02 '98 '02
Totally agree 14% 8% 6% 6% 7% 13%
Somewhat agree 12% 12% 10% 12% 15% 15%
Somewhat disagree -19% -26% -28% -29% -35% -23%
Totally disagree -27% -30% -27% -25% -9% -20%
It could be seen above how working people in Lithuania experienced a good
atmosphere and a feeling of solidarity at their workplaces clearly more seldom
than the others. The same phenomenon is apparent with regard to self-centredness,
too. It is clear that respondents there agree with the above-mentioned