THE PERCEIVED QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE IN CROATIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. (English)

This study explores the perceived quality of working life (QWL) in Croatia and in two groups of ELI countries: the EU17, which comprises established market economies of Western Europe, and the EU 10, which consists often Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The analysis draws upon the database of the Fifth European Working Conditions Survey, the fieldwork for which was carried out in 2010. The number of participants was 24,424 in the EU 17,10,948 in the EU 10, and 1,100 in the Croatian sample. Four dimensions have been constructed to measure the QWL: (1) economic security, (2) social relations at work, (3) meaningfulness of work, and (4) autonomy and participation in making decisions. The results show that the CEE countries lag behind the Western European countries, in particular in economic security. In a hierarchical cluster analysis the two groups are bundled together in separate clusters, indicating that a pronounced East-West divide in quality of working life continues to exist. Croatia, although with relatively high ratings on social relations, clusters together with the other transitional countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U ovoj studiji istraživali smo percipiranu kvalitetu radnoga života u Hrvatskoj i dvije skupine preostalih EU članica: EU 17, skupine razvijenih tržišnih ekonomija Zapadne Europe, i EU 10, skupine zemalja iz Srednje i Istočne Europe. Analiza se temelji na podacima Pete europske ankete o radnim uvjetima, koja je provedena 2010. godine. Broj sudionika bio je 24.424 u EU 17,10.948 u EU 10 te 1100 u hrvatskom uzorku. Naša mjera kvalitete radnoga života sadržavala je sljedeće četiri dimenzije: (1) ekonomsku sigurnost, (2) socijalne odnose na poslu, (3) smislenost posla, (4) autonomiju i sudjelovanje u donošenju odluka. Rezultati su pokazali da zemlje Srednje i Istočne Europe zaostaju za zapadnoeuropskim EU članicama, posebice u ekonomskoj sigurnosti. U hijerarhijskoj klasterskoj analizi dvije skupine zemalja grupirale su se u odvojene klastere, upozoravajući na to da podjela na europski Istok i Zapad u kvaliteti radnoga života postoji i danas. Hrvatska se, unatoč visokim procjenama kvalitete socijalnih odnosa na poslu, grupirala s ostalim tranzicijskim zemljama. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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