Abstract
The study aimed to determine what percentage of the working population feels to be a member of the working team, how they perceive their frequency of communication with their team, satisfaction with this communication, and perceived team performance. We also studied how these variables relate to each other.
METHOD: The research was carried out as part of an omnibus survey at a quota representative sample of the population of the Czech Republic. When the respondent was a member of at least one working team, he/she evaluated the frequency of their communication in comparison with other team members, satisfaction with communication in this team, and the team's perceived performance, always on a five-point scale.
RESULTS: From 1006 respondents, the working part of the population represented 609 (60.5%). Three hundred sixty-two people (59.4% from the working population) work in at least one working team.
We found the strongest relationship between perceived team performance and satisfaction with communication (r = 0.385; p <0.001); and a weaker but still significant correlation between the frequency of communication and satisfaction with communication (r = 0.180; p <0.001) and between the frequency of communication and the perceived team performance (r = 0.190; p <0.001). CONCLUSION: The majority of the working population feels to be part of at least one work team.
We found a significant relationship between evaluating team performance and satisfaction with communication and its perceived frequency. This relationship is not mediated by overall life satisfaction or optimism.