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The Analysis of Working Conditions Affecting the Federal Civil Servants’ Pay Level in Russia
The civil servants’ pay is one of the stimulating factors leading to an increase in the efficiency and effectiveness of civil servants. Nowadays a non-competitive civil servants’ pay level in Russia leads to a lack of their motivation to work. The purpose of the study is to identify and analyze different working conditions affecting the federal civil servants' pay level. The civil servants’ pay is the subject of many studies, however, the influence of working conditions to the civil servants’ pay has not been fully studied, which determines the relevance of the chosen topic for research. The research methodology is based on a comparative, correlation and regression analysis of statistical data from a survey of 2479 civil servants conducted by VTsIOM (Russian Public Opinion Research Center) in 2017. The sample consists of 235 surveyed civil servants who work in the central offices of federal executive bodies and who provided data on their salaries.
Based on the results of an empirical analysis of working conditions affecting the surveyed federal civil servants' pay level, it is concluded that their pay is positively influenced by overtime work. The research hypothesis that working conditions such as work location, workplace, work complexity and the volume of work affect the civil servants’ pay level was confirmed only in terms of the dependence of civil servants’ pay on the overtime work. In connection with the planned optimization of the civil servants’ pay system in Russia, the base salary should be multiplied by a coefficient for an irregular work schedule. Bonuses for completing particularly difficult and important tasks should be in additional payments of the civil servants’ pay and paid for work with increased stress. In this way civil servants will be motivated to fulfil their tasks and duties effectively, which will affect the performance of government bodies.