Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution

The paper examines the issue of assessing the extent of precarious labour relations considered by the authors as one of the systemic factors of social pollution. The emergence of the social pollution of the labour sphere is primarily caused by the aspiration of employers to reduce labour costs. It l...

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Main Authors: Alena Eduardovna Fyodorova, Varvara Sergeyevna Katashinskikh, Zuzana Anastazie Dvorakova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch 2016-09-01
Series:Экономика региона
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Online Access:http://www.economyofregion.com/archive/2016/61/2854/pdf/
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author Alena Eduardovna Fyodorova
Varvara Sergeyevna Katashinskikh
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description The paper examines the issue of assessing the extent of precarious labour relations considered by the authors as one of the systemic factors of social pollution. The emergence of the social pollution of the labour sphere is primarily caused by the aspiration of employers to reduce labour costs. It leads to an increasing spread of the use of toxic practices of the personnel management. This article presents the interim results of the monitoring study, implemented by the authors on the basis of the methodology which includes the sociological survey of the employees of Russian enterprises of different economic sectors. In 2014, the authors held a pilot study in order to test the methodological tools of the evaluation of social pollution level in labour sphere including the assessment of the degree of precarious labour relations as well as verification of the hypothesis of this research. Following the results of the pilot study, the sociological survey tools were improved. The survey took place in 2015 among workers of the Sverdlovsk region. The obtained results allow us to identify the toxic elements of labour sphere. These elements are associated with the precarious labour relations and have a negative impact on the physical and psychosocial health of employees. Also, we can make conclusions about the existing trends that reflect the qualitative characteristics of current changes in the relationship between employers and employees. The limitations of the presented results are conditioned by the fact that the monitoring assumes conducting annual surveys for a long period. However, the interim findings are of interest and can be used to find solutions of the problems caused by the increasing precarious labour relations both at the level of enterprise and at the level of regional power.
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spelling doaj.art-cddb06ccf5f84a6eb5e2e7967ba605592023-09-03T03:35:53ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics of the Ural BranchЭкономика региона2072-64142411-14062016-09-0112380281410.17059/2016-3-16Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social PollutionAlena Eduardovna Fyodorova0Varvara Sergeyevna Katashinskikh1Zuzana Anastazie Dvorakova2Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. YeltsinUral Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. YeltsinUniversity of Economics, PragueThe paper examines the issue of assessing the extent of precarious labour relations considered by the authors as one of the systemic factors of social pollution. The emergence of the social pollution of the labour sphere is primarily caused by the aspiration of employers to reduce labour costs. It leads to an increasing spread of the use of toxic practices of the personnel management. This article presents the interim results of the monitoring study, implemented by the authors on the basis of the methodology which includes the sociological survey of the employees of Russian enterprises of different economic sectors. In 2014, the authors held a pilot study in order to test the methodological tools of the evaluation of social pollution level in labour sphere including the assessment of the degree of precarious labour relations as well as verification of the hypothesis of this research. Following the results of the pilot study, the sociological survey tools were improved. The survey took place in 2015 among workers of the Sverdlovsk region. The obtained results allow us to identify the toxic elements of labour sphere. These elements are associated with the precarious labour relations and have a negative impact on the physical and psychosocial health of employees. Also, we can make conclusions about the existing trends that reflect the qualitative characteristics of current changes in the relationship between employers and employees. The limitations of the presented results are conditioned by the fact that the monitoring assumes conducting annual surveys for a long period. However, the interim findings are of interest and can be used to find solutions of the problems caused by the increasing precarious labour relations both at the level of enterprise and at the level of regional power.http://www.economyofregion.com/archive/2016/61/2854/pdf/social pollutionprecarious employmentlabour relationsprecariattoxic practices of human resource managementhealth at workwellbeing of employeestoxicity of the organizational environmenttoxic leadershiptoxic workplace
spellingShingle Alena Eduardovna Fyodorova
Varvara Sergeyevna Katashinskikh
Zuzana Anastazie Dvorakova
Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution
Экономика региона
social pollution
precarious employment
labour relations
precariat
toxic practices of human resource management
health at work
wellbeing of employees
toxicity of the organizational environment
toxic leadership
toxic workplace
title Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution
title_full Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution
title_fullStr Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution
title_full_unstemmed Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution
title_short Precarious Labour Relations as a Factor of Social Pollution
title_sort precarious labour relations as a factor of social pollution
topic social pollution
precarious employment
labour relations
precariat
toxic practices of human resource management
health at work
wellbeing of employees
toxicity of the organizational environment
toxic leadership
toxic workplace
url http://www.economyofregion.com/archive/2016/61/2854/pdf/
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