<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Research Background:</bold> This article compares the private and public sector by the quality of interpersonal relationships between employees. Available publications indicate some differences in this quality between each of these sectors. However, there are no comprehensive empirical studies in this area.<bold>Purpose:</bold> The author set two objectives: 1) to identify possible differences in the interpersonal relationships at work between the private and public sector, 2) to evaluate the quality of interpersonal relationships at work in the private and public sector in Poland.<bold>Research methodology:</bold> To achieve the objectives the author used the results of a survey conducted in 2018 on a sample of 1,336 active workers in Poland.<bold>Results:</bold> An analysis of the results made it possible to achieve both objectives. It has been confirmed that the quality of interpersonal relationships at work differ between the private and public sector (the quality was higher in the private sector). The Author also evaluated the quality of interpersonal relationships at work in the private and public sector in Poland.<bold>Novelty:</bold> The presented research results are novel, because it has been confirmed, that the quality of interpersonal relationships at work differ between the private and public sector.</abstract>

Research Background: This article compares the private and public sector by the quality of interpersonal relationships between employees. Available publications indicate some differences in this quality between each of these sectors. However, there are no comprehensive empirical studies in this area.Purpose: The author set two objectives: 1) to identify possible differences in the interpersonal relationships at work between the private and public sector, 2) to evaluate the quality of interpersonal relationships at work in the private and public sector in Poland.Research methodology: To achieve the objectives the author used the results of a survey conducted in 2018 on a sample of 1,336 active workers in Poland.Results: An analysis of the results made it possible to achieve both objectives. It has been confirmed that the quality of interpersonal relationships at work differ between the private and public sector (the quality was higher in the private sector). The Author also evaluated the quality of interpersonal relationships at work in the private and public sector in Poland.Novelty: The presented research results are novel, because it has been confirmed, that the quality of interpersonal relationships at work differ between the private and public sector.

The Quality of Interpersonal Relationships at Work. A Comparison of the Private and Public Sector in Poland

Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Department of Organizational Behaviour and Marketing

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research Background: This article compares the private and public sector by the quality of interpersonal relationships between employees. Available...

The Quality of Interpersonal Relationships at Work. A Comparison of the Private and Public Sector in Poland

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 392 - 402

Received: Jan 14, 2020

Accepted: Apr 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0055

Keywords
quality of relationships, interpersonal relationships at work, private sector, public sector

© 2020 Dawid Szostek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Quality of Interpersonal Relationships at Work. A Comparison of the Private and Public Sector in Poland

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 392 - 402

Received: Jan 14, 2020

Accepted: Apr 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0055

Keywordsquality of relationships, interpersonal relationships at work, private sector, public sector

© 2020 Dawid Szostek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
quality of relationships, interpersonal relationships at work, private sector, public sector