A view from below: industrial re-structuring and women’s employment at four Russian enterprises☆

Clark, Carol L.; Sacks, Michael Paul

doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2004.09.003

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“…These findings disagree with patterns observed in developed economies, where gender differences in perceptions of job insecurity were found to be negligible (Dominitz and Manski, 1997;Elman and O'Rand, 2002;Manski and Straub, 2000). However, our results are similar to those of Clark and Sacks (2004), who find that Russian women are more uncertain than men about their job security and their alternative employment options.…”

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How do workers fare during transition? Perceptions of job insecurity among Russian workers, 1995–2004

Linz

2008

Labour Economics

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Labor market conditions deteriorated substantially in the1990s during Russia's transition from plan to market, generating pervasive and prolonged economic insecurity. Our objective is to document perceptions of job insecurity among Russian workers over the course of the transition period and evaluate whether these perceptions are consistent with actual economic outcomes. We use RLMS data to examine perceptions of job insecurity among Russian workers between 1995 and 1998, when economic conditions were relatively chaotic, and between 2000 and 2004, when economic conditions had stabilized. We employ two measures to assess worker perceptions of job insecurity: one reflects workers' concerns about job loss, and the second evaluates their concern about ability to find employment in case of a lay-off. Our descriptive analysis focuses on workers who perceived their job situation as insecure during this period, categorizing workers based on their socio-demographic characteristics, job characteristics and region of residence. Using ordered probit analysis, we study conditional distributions of our measures of perceived job insecurity, and how those varied by worker characteristics, current economic conditions, and over time. Similar to studies conducted in developed market economies, we find that perceptions of job security are higher among workers with more education, among workers with status positions (supervisory responsibilities), and among workers who live in locales that are not adversely affected by economic conditions. Unlike these studies, however, we find that perceptions differ between men and women; age is negatively, rather than positively, correlated with confidence in keeping one's current job; and longer job tenure does not improve perceptions of job security. We find that worker perceptions are largely consistent with actual labor market conditions. Specifically, perceptions of job security were very low in years of major economic change and ), but improved during the years of relative economic stability (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004). In both periods, workers with relatively weak positions in the labor market tended to have lower perceptions of job insecurity.

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Section: Gender and Marital Statuscontrasting

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How do workers fare during transition? Perceptions of job insecurity among Russian workers, 1995–2004

Linz

2008

Labour Economics

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“…The employment practices followed in the post‐communist countries have been an important issue that has attracted the attention of several scholars (e.g. Leping, 2006; Meardi, 2006; Clark and Sacks, 2004; Crompton, 2002; Roberts et al , 1997). Most of these studies attempt to explore the different dimensions of change in the employment practices as organizations in these economies transform themselves from communist to capitalist management.…”

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A comparative analysis of employment practices among post‐communist and capitalist countries in South Eastern Europe

Sahadev

Demirbağ

2010

Employee Relations

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore the level of convergence in employment practices among firms in the post‐communist countries and capitalist countries in South Eastern Europe. Firms from a total of ten countries were included in the post‐communist block and firms from Greece and Turkey were included in the capitalist block. The main purpose was to verify whether employment practices in firms in the post‐communist countries now resemble that of firms in the capitalist countries after almost a decade of transition.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyzed the employment practices in terms of the skill ration, employment of temporary workers and the education level of employees of about 8,000 firms in the region.FindingsIn terms of skill ratio and the education level significant levels of divergence was found between firms in post‐communist countries and capitalist countries. However, in terms of employing temporary workers significant levels of convergence was detected.Research implications/limitationsThe research shows that there is some convergence in the employment practices of post‐communist countries and capitalist countries. This shows that several post‐communist countries in South East Europe have completed the transition from a communist society to a capitalist society.Originality/valueThe study is one of the first, which compares the employment practices of post‐communist and capitalist countries in the region. By showing some levels of convergence, the study argues that the transition period in the post‐communist economies is finally ending and thus firms in post‐communist countries finally resemble those in capitalist countries at least in employment practices.

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“…Different opportunities of professional growth for two genders were perceived by both employers and employees already in the Soviet Union (Clark and Sacks, 2004). The fact that Soviet women had fewer opportunities than men to hold responsible positions in the economic bureaucracy, was reported by nearly 60% of men and 50% of women participated in the "Soviet Interview Project" survey which covered about 3000 of migrants arrived in the United States in 1979-1982(Linz, 1996.…”

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What Makes Russian Women (Un)Happy? A Closer Look at the Family

Selezneva

2010

SSRN Journal

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A view from below: industrial re-structuring and women’s employment at four Russian enterprises☆

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

How do workers fare during transition? Perceptions of job insecurity among Russian workers, 1995–2004

How do workers fare during transition? Perceptions of job insecurity among Russian workers, 1995–2004

A comparative analysis of employment practices among post‐communist and capitalist countries in South Eastern Europe

What Makes Russian Women (Un)Happy? A Closer Look at the Family

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