Workplace relationships of older people as an important factor in work quality

Abstract

Population forecasts assume a decrease in the size of the labor force in the labor market. What factors will be necessary for keeping older people in the labor market? It is assumed that for employed older people, good relations with their colleagues will play an important role. Our contribution aims to determine the specifics of the perception of positive relationships of employed persons aged 55-64 with colleagues in eU countries. the data source for the indicator "employed persons having a good relationship with their colleagues" is the Eurostat database. The methods used to achieve the goal are comparison, descriptive statistics, growth coefficients, average growth coefficients, and beta convergence of the analyzed indicator. In teams composed of employees aged 55-64, it seems much more important to build good relationships than in teams composed primarily of employees aged 15-24. collectives composed of women can perceive relationships with colleagues worse than men in Slovakia. The critical finding is that the perception of good relations in the Slovak Republic has significantly worsened since 2005. It is, therefore, important that employers make more outstanding efforts to improve relationships.