Российская работающая молодежь: стратегии достижения благополучия

Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 12: Социология. 2021. Т. 14. № 1. С. 33–52.

Balabanova E. S., Efendiev A., Gogoleva A.

The paper presents the results of the study of the strategies to promote wellbeing among Russian working youth. The analysis is based on the survey of 1121 respondents between 20 and 30 years old, living in Moscow and major cities of eight Federal Districts of Russia. The following five strategies are described. (1) “Familism” is a predominantly female strategy directed to work-life balance. It is predicted by high life satisfaction, low work and career satisfaction, as well as by low labor mobility. (2) “Rational consumerism” includes saving costs and saving behavior. It reflects the predominance of materialistic values, orientation to a moderate and restful life, and the absence of professional ambitions. (3) “Networking and entrepreneurship” is a strong achievement-oriented strategy directed to accumulation of social capital and to entrepreneurial activities. The strategy is predicted by moral nihilism and by orientations to personal responsibility and self-efficiency. (4) “Investments in professional development” is a work-centric strategy focused on increasing professional knowledge and acquisition of new professional skills, together with increasing work efforts. This is a predominantly male strategy, more typical for respondents from Russian regions compared to Moscow. (5) “Civil activism” is the less frequently mentioned strategy directed to protection of the rights and participation in public and political life. It is predicted mainly by living in Moscow. The analysis reveals that these five strategies are shaped by different combinations of the respondents’ individual characteristics, values and orientations, industry of employment, residency, and organizational practices. Some strategies are developed by the mechanism of accumulating the advantages while the others are predominantly compensatory is their nature.

Keywords: самоэффективность, трудовые ценности, жизненные ценности, баланс работы и жизни, Работающая молодежь, стратегии достижения благополучия