QUALITY OF WORK LIFE: PUBLIC OPINION (CASE STUDY OF THE VOLOGDA OBLAST)
The article studies the perceptions of the working-age population about quality of work life. The study used data from a sociological survey of the working-age population of the Vologda Oblast in the amount of 1,500 people from two large cities, urban and rural areas of eight municipal areas. The survey allowed to consider the quality of work life in the context of its components such as wages, conditions and organization of labor, use and development of human potential, career path, employment, psychological climate and workplace discipline, interaction with the general living space and social relevance of work. It is established the following problematic aspects in the quality of work life: problems in organizing the wage system, low motivational component of labor, problems of interaction with management, undervaluation of the social relevance of work.