Ivan Riabokon

The new realities caused by military actions as a result of russian aggression have led to adverse consequences for the Ukrainian economy, which negatively affects the state of higher education, in particular the quality of working life of workers in this area. In such circumstances, Ukraine needs to take measures to improve the quality of the working life of scientific and pedagogical workers and improve the methodology for its assessment. The purpose of the paper is to theoretically substantiate the determinants of the quality of the working life of scientific and pedagogical workers and to provide a scientific and methodological justification for the system of indicators for its assessment. The study analyzes scientific approaches to the concept, essence and assessment of the quality of the working life of scientific and pedagogical workers. It also classifies the determinants of the quality of their working life, the main of which are financial, organizational and legal, managerial, and security. The following key components of the quality of working life are identified: compensatory (material), “decent working conditions”, “social security”, “development and self-realization”. The author’s approach to understanding the concept of the quality of working life of scientific and pedagogical workers and its assessment is presented. Based on the principles of the Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in Ukraine for 2021–2031, compiled by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, a system of indicators of the quality of working life of scientific and pedagogical workers has been formed that correspond to its strategic goals and operational tasks.

The paper explores the impact of gender inequality on the quality of working life and analyzes the processes and factors that shape gender issues in Ukraine. The aim of the study is to assess gender inequality in the process of labor potential and human capital implementation, develop measures that would solve gender inequality problems in employment, and justify the positive impact of the proposed measures on the quality of working life. To achieve the abovementioned goal, statistical data and public opinion polls, which formed the basis of the proposed methods for solving the identified problems, have been analyzed. Determinants of gender inequality have been identified, the main of which are the gender wage gap, gender structure of employment imbalance, inequality of women’s access to decent work due to gender stereotypes, and imperfect control mechanisms for gender-sensitive statistics. Possible approaches of the state`s gender policy to achieve gender balance have been identified and expanded through a set of measures that would include improving the mechanism for controlling gender-sensitive statistical data in the form of monitoring at the organizational and state levels, budget planning with due consideration of gender dimension. The author’s vision of the content and essence of gender policy at the institutional level in the context of transformation of values and gender culture of society has been shared.