Employees at Danish companies are the most satisfied employees in Europe, a recently published survey shows. Another survey has concluded, that Danes are the happiest people in the world. In addition Copenhagen is among the world's best cities to live in, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

Danish companies have the most satisfied employees in the whole Europe, shows the most comprehensive survey of the Europeans' working terms, carried out by The European Foundation for the improvement of Living and Working conditions. The survey includes 37,000 employees in Europe of which 1,500 are Danish. Denmark ranks number one followed by Norway and Great Britain. The new EU countries in Eastern Europe typically have the bottom rankings.

Henrik Holt Larsen, professor at the faculty for Organisation and Work Sociology at Copenhagen Business School, thinks that the explanation for the Danes' satisfaction is the high degree of freedom and the close contact between management and employees as well as the good economy. Moreover, he believes that the survey indicates that the stress level in Denmark seems to be moderate.

The Happiest Place in the World
In August 2006 a British researcher concluded that Denmark is the happiest place in the world. The survey, carried out by Leicester University, is based on data from 178 countries and 100 previous surveys by the UN and the World Health Organisation. The most important factors studied in the survey are health conditions, welfare and education.

- We looked at the degree of satisfaction with life and the environment, says Social Psychologist Adrian White, who has produced the first ever 'world map of happiness'.

Following Denmark on the list are Switzerland, Austria, Iceland and the Bahamas. The US is 23rd and the UK 41st. The Asiatic countries are doing rather poorly, with China ranking 82nd and Japan 90th. At the bottom of the list are countries such as The Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Burundi.

Copenhagen Among the World's Best Cities to Live in
According to another survey published by Mercer Human Resource Consulting in London, residents of the Danish capital Copenhagen have good reason to hold their heads high. Copenhagen ranks 11 among the world's best cities to live in.

The survey is part of a worldwide quality of life analysis, which each year ranks 350 cities taking into account 39 criteria. Each city is rated according to political, social, economic and environmental factors, as well as personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services.

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Source: http://www.woco.dk/composite-2643.htm