Factors of the Staff Turnover in the Altai Territory Industry in the Second Half of the 1950s — the 1980s

Abstract

Using the local and microhistorical approaches, the article examines the problem of the staff turnover during the period of absence of legislative restrictions for the willful job changing (second half of the 1950s — 1980s). The main reasons for the dismissal of workers are determined: arduous working conditions, dissatisfaction with the living conditions or the level of wages, inability to obtain housing. The level of staff turnover in the Altai industry, which was associated with high population migration beyond the Altai Territory, was increased in comparison with the average for Western Siberia and the USSR. The reasons for the high migration of the population beyond the Altai Territory were the region's lagging behind in the development of social infrastructure from the central regions of the country and the low earnings of workers which were unable to compensate for low living conditions. The establishment of the region salary coefficient for the workers of the Altai in 1972 had a positive impact on staff turnover. Housing shortage and arduous working conditions, due to which the work on the production became unattractive to young people, were the reason that the problem of staff turnover in the industry of the region and in the USSR was not solved.