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

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mental issues and empowerment. The difference as regards getting information
on workplace aims, also tends clearly in the same direction. By contrast,
the gap between the countries in the evaluation of gender equality trends is
small.
50%
0%
-50%
CHANGE IN MEANINGFULNESS OF WORKING
IN FINLAND, ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA 2002
19%
-30%
53%
-15%
54%
-9%
49%
-13%
Working has become more meaningful
Working has become less meaningful
FINLAND ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA
There is no very great difference in trend assessment between Estonia and
Latvia. The weight falls on somewhat different aspects in Estonia than in Latvia.
The trend in meanfulness of working has been evaluated more positively
in Latvia than in Estonia and Lithuania. In the opinion of Estonia's wage earners,
the changes in environmental issues there have been more favourable than
in Latvia. The development in empowerment, on the other hand, has been
slower in Estonia than in Latvia.
Although there are definite differences in emphasis between the Baltic countries,
they all share in common the fact that developments in the meaningfulness
of working have been regarded the most favourably, and those in gender
equality with the most misgiving. Although the trend in gender equality is
viewed the most critically of all, it has been positive compared with 1998 in
all three nations, as the following graph illustrates.