Strategies of labour behaviour of Belarusians living in territories contaminated with radionuclides

  • Iryna V. Lashuk Belarusian State Economic University, 26 Partyzanski Avenue, Minsk 220070, Belarus
  • Ekaterina V. Kargapolova Russian University of Economics named after G. V. Plekhanov, 36 Stremyannyi Lane, Moscow 115054, Russia

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to identify the specifics of labour behaviour strategies of residents of territories affected by the Chernobyl accident. The results of the study show that every fifth respondent in the studied regions is afraid of losing his job and doubts that he can find an equivalent job in his locality. In Gomiel and Mogiliov regions, the situation in this regard is more tense than in Brest. This can lead to an increase in social tension and migration sentiment in the studied territories. In these conditions, the development of small and medium-sized businesses is a effective step to improve the level and quality of life of residents, which will subsequently lead to an increase in economic indicators in these regions. It is necessary to step up efforts to create conditions under which the labour potential could be realised within the affected regions.

Author Biographies

Iryna V. Lashuk, Belarusian State Economic University, 26 Partyzanski Avenue, Minsk 220070, Belarus

PhD (sociology), docent; head of the department of economic sociology and psychology of entrepreneurship, Institute of Social Science and Humanities Education and head of the Centre for Social and Humanitarian Studies

Ekaterina V. Kargapolova, Russian University of Economics named after G. V. Plekhanov, 36 Stremyannyi Lane, Moscow 115054, Russia

doctor of science (sociology), docent; professor at the department of political analysis and socio-psychological processes, Higher School of Social Sciences and Humanities

References

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2. Lashuk IV. Sotsiokul’turnaya transformatsiya sovremennogo belorusskogo obshchestva [Socio-cultural transformation of modern Belarusian society]. Minsk: National Institute for Higher Education; 2022. 243 p. Russian.
Published
2023-10-29
Keywords: strategies of labour behaviour, territories affected by the Chernobyl accident, small and medium-sized businesses
Supporting Agencies The research was prepared within the framework of the state programme for overcoming the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster for 2021–2025 (assignment «To conduct a sociological assessment of the factors, mechanisms and conditions for the development of small and medium-sised businesses in the territories affected by the Chernobyl accident», state registration No. 20213172).
How to Cite
Lashuk, I. V., & Kargapolova, E. V. (2023). Strategies of labour behaviour of Belarusians living in territories contaminated with radionuclides. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 3, 97-103. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/5849
Issue
No 3 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
Section
From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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