3.2. Research Population and Sample

The basis of this research was a survey based on a questionnaire that was addressed to persons employed in public or private sector organizations in Romania, regardless of the development region, field of activity, or other particularities of the organization. In this respect, the only criterion for inclusion in the category of potential respondents of this research was that they be employed, otherwise the possibility of completing the questionnaire was blocked. Moreover, potential respondents were asked to provide answers to the questionnaire in relation to their current job and recent conditions. Following the distribution of the questionnaire, a total of 386 questionnaires were completed. Preliminary analyzes showed that there were no cases with suspicious answers or missing data for the variables included in the questionnaire. On the other hand, since 39 responses were from non-employees, they were removed from the database. A total of 347 valid responses were obtained. Thus, for this research, a non-probabilistic sample, including 347 employees from Romania, was used, which consisted of 58.50% women and 41.50% men. Out of these, 67.44% were employed in a private sector organization in Romania and 32.56% worked in a public sector organization. Moreover, the respondents included in the research sample were between 19 and 66 years old, 25.07% of them held a management position, and 74.93% of them were workers without a management position.