Consequences of public policy in the perception of social and individual welfare of people working at the Spanish port system

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the social and individual welfare of workers who provide services at main Spanish ports through assessment of perceived satisfaction at work and in society in general; as a prerequisite to improve the living standards of people and productivity of organizations. To carry out this study we have considered the sensations and feelings perceived by workers and the public policies and legal regulations contributing to it. Just as it is regarded this situation by the doctrine, which analyzes the working conditions at work and how these conditions affect the conflict of values, emotions, feelings, in work stress and training, in the context major Spanish ports. Furthermore, the characteristics of the workplace where these workers develop their activity, makes important to know their perceived emotional situation. To achieve the objectives of analysis of this work, a structural equation model has been developed. This model can explain the general feelings and their relationship with the labor welfare. This system of analysis has become an important tool for hypothesis testing in concerning welfare. The stated goal is to obtain a measure of the feelings that workers perceive, in terms of social and individual welfare and the influence of the training by investigating of latent variables based on Indicators compiled through a survey conducted among individuals working in the main Spanish ports. The survey was based on the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). The results indicate that there is a direct correlation between perceived wellbeing in the workplace and general welfare.