Regional peculiarities of the population's labour behavior

For the last 20 years significant changes have occurred in people's consciousness which lead to the alteration of labour relations rules and practices as well as the people's attitude towards labour. The article deals with the labour behaviour peculiarities of the Vologda Oblast population. The conducted analysis revealed the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the category of «labour behavior», the negative effects of the transition period influencing the nature of labour activity, types of labour behaviour.