Interpersonal Relationships on and outside of the Job and Satisfaction with Working Conditions in Europe

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse, using a standard probit model, the correlates of satisfaction with working conditions in Europe. The main assumption of the paper is that employees’ satisfaction with working conditions depends not only on standard variables that explain satisfaction but also on employees’ interpersonal relationships on and outside of the job. The econometric analysis employs data from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey carried on in 2015 and released in 2017.Findings show that interpersonal relations count at various level for satisfaction with a positive association between relationships on and outside of the job and satisfaction with working conditions.