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Psychodiagnostics in personnel psychology - Selection process for a position of Air traffic controller. (Analysis of success of candidate in training based on results of selected tests).
Šustíková, Klára ; Wagnerová, Irena (advisor) ; Štikar, Jiří (referee)
The first purpose of this study was to map the field of psychodiagnostic methods in the selection process for the position of Air traffic controller in selected countries in Central Europe. The second one was to see how differs the results of FEAST and psychological testing among different groups of candidates in relation to their success in training. This is a quantitative research. The method used in collecting data was the analysis of results of selected tests for individual candidates. The research was realized at 93 candidates who successfully completed the selection procedure for the position of the Air traffic controller at ŘLP Čr from 2005 - 2009. The data were analyzed using SPSS statistical program. In the vast majority of performance or personality tests did any statistically significant difference was not found between the group of successful and unsuccessful candidates in training. A statistically significant difference was detected in the scale "Noticed matches" in the FEAST test battery, where unsuccessful candidates scored above. Another one was discovered in the test CAQ in factor Q1: Radicalism, where successful candidates achieved lower scores than the unsuccessful. We believe that candidates who manage the selection procedure are so good that it is not possible their further...
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Coaching - part of managerial professional development
Pavlíková, Kateřina ; Wagnerová, Irena (advisor) ; Bahbouh, Radvan (referee)
The theoretical part of the thesis focuses first on the presentation of the work and organization psychology, with the accent on personnel psychology. The thesis then goes into more detail in the section devoted to training and development within personnel management system. A key chapter is the one devoted to coaching. Coaching is clearly defined along with the coaching process and types. The core of the chapter consists of the summary of current psychological approaches in coaching. Coaching is also compared with other methods of training and development, as well as other phenomena which we normally encounter in current psychotherapeutic practice. Finally, attention is given to the current situation of coaching in Czech Republic. The empirical part of the thesis summarizes the research conducted, with the goal of evaluating the current coaching situation in Czech Republic from the perspective of coaching clients - coached managers. It presents the results of quantitative research which assess the 5 coaches' behavior and their adherence to basic standards of professional coaching, as defined by the International Coach Federation Czech Chapter.
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Psychological aspects of human resources management in Japanese company in Czech republic
Škrábová, Michala ; Rymeš, Milan (referee) ; Wagnerová, Irena (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with psychological aspects of Human Resources Management in Japanese companies in Czech Republic. Main focus is concentrated on detection of main characteristics and mutual attitudes of Japanese superiors and their Czech employees in Japanese companies in Czech Republic. Intercultural communication and important intercultural theories in the working environment are introduced in the theoretical part. Approach is based on one not very known theory of Japanese sociologist Esyun Hamaguchi. Introduced are also Czech- Japanese cultural standards, typical ways of Japanese Human Resources Management and possibilities and problems of its transfer to foreign country. This new information is gathered from foreign literature and serves as a resource for the empirical part. In the empirical part are analyzed results of the research that took part in nine Japanese companies in Czech Republic. As a research method is used Hofstede's questionnaire VSM 94, with added questions focused on Czech-Japanese topics. Added are also interesting questions from Hamaguchi's questionnaire. A special questionnaire for measuring of the mutual attitudes was constructed, based on the principle of bipolar adjectives.
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Hogan tests in personnel-psychology practice
Motijevskij, Maxim ; Štikar, Jiří (referee) ; Wagnerová, Irena (advisor)
This diploma thesis is aimed to the use of personality inventories in personnel psychology practice. Theoretical part contains general methodology tasks of the personality research, discussion of faking in personality inventories, description and assessment of the structure and psychometric qualities of the tests by Robert and Joyce Hogan: Hogan Personality Inventory, Hogan Development Survey and Motivation, Values and Preferences Inventory. Empirical part is focused on the usage of HPI for the purposes of comparison of profiles of psychology students with Czech population. In the diploma thesis was found out, that Hogan tests are substantial gain for the work and organizational psychology. They could be used as very useful instruments in the modern personnel psychology practice.
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Sociomapping of work teams
Rozehnalová, Eva ; Wagnerová, Irena (referee) ; Bahbouh, Radvan (advisor)
The theoretical part of the thesis deals at first with the mathematical basis of sociomapping. Several sociomapping types are subsequently defined and the main basic principles for the creation and interpretation of sociomaps are described. Sociomapping is also compared to selected sociodiagnostic and statistical methods. Workteam issues are briefly introduced in the next chapter. The subject and areas of workteam sociomapping application are then defined. The final part addresses several aspects of sociomapping and discusses possibilities of measuring its reliability and validity. The empirical part presents a research on interpretation of sociomaps. Qualitative study shows how sociomaps are interpreted intuitively and which areas of interpretation can be potentially problematic. The quantitative part captures the ability and degree of certainty of sociomap interpretation and determines their dependence on demographic variables. The relationship between the certainty of interpretation and its difficulty is considered as well.
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Making "exit" decisions: monitoring and adapting intuitive judgement processes involved
Bakošová, Nina ; Wagnerová, Irena (referee) ; Riegel, Karel (advisor)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine exit decision-making (e.g. decision to cease a venture, project or any other kind of activity, which required previous monetary, time or other investment) as well as to explore possible enhancements of exit decision-making not only in business context but also in personal decisions. Two theoretical approaches were applied: Prospect theory by Kahneman and Tversky and Intuitive judgment approach. Implications stemming from these theoretical models were employed and two phenomena characteristic of exit decision-making specified. Namely, it was (reverse) sunk cost fallacy and resulting (de-)escalation of commitment, which were also explored empirically. Research consisted of two parts. First developed a new research scenario aiming at personal exit decision-making. Second explored the reaction to four levels of sunk costs (monetary or time expenses). As Phase B of Pilot study showed, new scenario proved managed to elicit reverse sunk costs effect. Further changes were made to the scenario for the purposes of Main study, which resulted in equivocal findings. Monetary sunk costs did not elicit any expected effect, time sunk costs induced an incoherent reverse sunk cost effect and respective de-escalation of commitment. Author believes these results revealed that important...
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Personality psychological assessment of eligibility of job applicants in prisons
Faltejsková, Irena ; Wagnerová, Irena (advisor) ; Urbanová, Miluše (referee)
The main aim of this thesis was to design methodology that could be used for psychological assessment of personal capability of applicants that apply for position of warders in Czech prisons. As fare as my motivation for dealing with this topic is concerned at least two reasons could be mentioned. The first was a need for new tools which would be suitable for effective assessment of applicants. The second reason is more personal and comes out of my need for professional growth in the field. The submitted paper is divided into two parts. The first part is theoretical while the second one is empirical. In the first part I deal with a question of selection of employees from a perspective of job analyses, job definition and specification, competence, cognition of personality, determining criteria for assessment of personal capability, procedure of employees' selection and use of assessment centre method. Experiences of some professionals working in Czech prisons were although used to enrich the theoretical part. We tried to create a base that could help us to make "profesiogram", structured interview and methods for selection of employees which would be suitable for assessment of applicants for posts of warders. The paper is based on a pilot study which took place in the prison Nové Sedlo. If somebody...
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Prevention of unemployment. Developing key competencies
Růžková, Jitka Eva ; Rymeš, Milan (referee) ; Wagnerová, Irena (advisor)
This thesis deals with the issue of unemployment and its possible prevention by developing key competencies such as knowledge, skills, attitudes and personal characteristics. These are not only universally applicable when looking for a job, but are generally useful considering present demands. In the general part this thesis brings closer some theoretical solutions explaining the relationship between humans and work and it sheds light on the present understanding of unemployment as a social problem that has considerable impact on certain, perhaps socially challenged or vulnerable, groups of people. Here are presented facts about the impact unemployment has on human beings and their interaction with demographic and personal characteristics. Furthermore the reader becomes acquainted with thus far used approaches to conceptualizations of competencies and their effect on successful merging into the work life. The conclusion of this section attends to the possibilities of preventing unemployment on the primary, secondary and tertiary level. Outlined here are the specifics of individual and group work with the unemployment or people in danger of unemployment. The practical part briefly presents the creation of the program for the development of key competencies; it shows the running of the program which was...
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