The safe working environment is essential for the quality of work performance and for the well-being of employees. This is not always possible when working with customers whose behavior can be inappropriate, jeopardizing the well-being of the employees. Customer misbehavior towards employees is studied only in the private sector, although it can also occur in public institutions. The main purpose of this work was to investigate the influence customers have on the welfare of the civil servants in the Regional Surveying and Mapping Authority of Ljubljana and the main reasons that lead to misbehavior of the customers. The methods used were the study of literature and the implementation of the research using a questionnaire for civil servants and customers.
In the Regional Surveying and Mapping Authority of Ljubljana, customer misbehavior, in general, occurs rarely, while civil servants show a need for additional knowledge and skills to help them deal with situations of customers’ misbehavior. Customers are satisfied with the communication and work of civil servants of the Regional Surveying and Mapping Authority of Ljubljana, while dissatisfaction and misbehavior occur mainly as a result of the lack of information among the customers and the duration of the procedures.
The thesis presents the lack of research in the area of the impact of customer relationship on employees, especially in the field of public administration where such researches are non-existent and they only emphasize the need for friendliness and the appropriate relationship of civil servants towards customers. Civil servants need certain knowledge and skills that will help them to be able to deal with the demanding professional work and customers’ misbehavior.
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