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Prevention of Burnout Syndrome in Primary School Teachers
Čapková, Johana ; Běhounková, Olga (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to identify the possibilities of prevention of the occupational burnout among primary school teachers. The thesis provides definition of the occupational burnout, its causes, stages, manifestations, and consequences. Subsequently, it describes the occupational burnout among primary school teachers. This part introduces the teaching profession and the most common stressors and risk factors that affect this profession in relation to the occupational burnout. Next, attention is paid to the issue of prevention of the occupational burnout among primary school teachers in terms of prevention techniques and preventive educational programs. Part of the thesis is quantitative empirical research, the aim of which is to determine the level of risk of the occupational burnout among primary school teachers. The survey respondents of the are one hundred and twenty-six teachers who work in eleven primary schools in the Central Bohemia Region.
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The Process of Recruiting and Selecting Machine Mechanics in Production
Dolák, Dominik ; Kocianová, Renata (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to identify and systematize the process of recruiting and selecting employees for the position of machine mechanic in production. Attention is focused on general starting points in the field of filling jobs process, recruitment and selection of employees. Subsequently, the job position of a machine mechanic in production and its general competencies are defined. Then, the specifics of recruiting and selecting production machine mechanics are characterized, which are based on the starting points of recruiting and selecting employees, but at the same time reflect the specifics of the position of machine mechanics in production. The empirical investigation was conducted in the organization LEGO Production, s. r. o., and was implemented by analyzing the organization's documentation on the process of recruiting and selecting employees and subsequent semi-structured interviews with informants. The informants of the empirical investigation were superior workers who fill the job of machine mechanic to their teams. The areas of the process of obtaining employees for the job of machine mechanic, methods of obtaining employees for the job of machine mechanic, the process of selection for the job of machine mechanic and methods of selection for the job of machine mechanic are...
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Stigmatization of People Suffering from Mental Illness in Work Life
Poláková, Lucie ; Vojtko, Tibor (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
5 Abstract The bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of stigmatization of persons with mental illness in the work process. The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to identify the causes, manifestations, consequences and possibilities of reducing the stigmatization of people with mental illness when looking for work, when starting a job, during the working career and during its termination. Part of the work is not only a description of the current situation of people with mental illness on the Czech labor market, but also an outline of the historical development of employment of people with mental illness. The thesis also deals with the basic specifics of the work process and offers a more detailed approach to the process of stigmatization and self-stigmatization. The aim of the qualitative empirical investigation is to find out, through semi-structured interviews, what factors and situations individuals with direct experience of mental illness found to be stigmatizing in their working life. This is a group of 6 respondents who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder according to MKN 10 in the past. Most of the respondents are current or former clients of the non-profit organization Fokus Praha, z.ú. Key words: mental illness, work, work life, stigmatization, self-stigmatization, stigma reduction
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Support for Employees of Czech Armed Forces with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after the Return from a Millitary Mission
Nguyen, Cam Nhung ; Kocianová, Renata (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to analyse the forms of assistance provided by the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic to employees with post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from a foreign mission. First, the attention is paid to the characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorder and its treatment. Then the text focuses on foreign missions, what precedes them and what follows after returning home. Next, the thesis elaborates on the topic of post-traumatic stress disorder within employees of the Army of the Czech Republic and focuses on help after returning from a foreign mission and treatment for employees with post-traumatic stress disorder. Part of the thesis is empirical research; the aim was to find out what forms of treatment are used by employees of the Czech Army with post-traumatic stress disorder. Four areas were examined, namely, the specifics of participation in a foreign mission and the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, the choice of the form of treatment to an employee with post-traumatic stress disorder, the evaluation of the form of assistance used by an employee with post-traumatic stress disorder and the barriers to the used forms of treatment by an employee with post-traumatic stress disorder and their suggestion of solutions to specific barriers. The...
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The Influence of the Physical Attractiveness of Job Applicants on Success in the Selection Process
Hrušková, Anna ; Fonville, Alexandra (advisor) ; Kocianová, Renata (referee)
5 Abstract The subject of interest of the present thesis is the discrimination of physically less attractive job applicants in the selection process in organizations. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the potential impact of physical attractiveness of female job applicants on their success in the selection process in organisations. The thesis includes a total of four theoretical chapters that deal with job analysis and description and employee qualification profiles; analysis of job applicant files as a method of employee selection; physical attractiveness and common characteristics of physically attractive individuals; and discrimination against physically less attractive job applicants. The thesis also includes a quantitative empirical research to examine the effect of physical attractiveness of job applicants on the likelihood of being invited for a selection interview. A total of 39 participants, both male and female employees, who have experience of recruitment in organisations, took part in the empirical research. The task of the participants was to select fictitious structured CVs including attached photographs of the job applicants in relation to the job being offered. Key words personnel management, employee selection, stereotypes, discrimination, physical attractiveness
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Rhetorical Skills of Lecturers of Further Education
Šudák, Patrik ; Běhounková, Olga (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
The diploma's thesis deals with the specific area od communication skills of further education lecturers - rhetoric. The aim of the thesis is to find out how the lecturers of further education develop their rhetorical skills so that the communication among them and the participants of education would be professional and effective. Firstly, the further education lecturer and his competencies with a focus on rhetorical skills are defined according to the National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic. Subsequently, the theoretical basis of rhetoric, its history and forms such as verbal, non-verbal and paraverbal communication are described. Attention is paid to the communication skills of further education lecturers with the focus on their speech. Part of the thesis is a qualitative investigation. The aim of the investigation is to analyse how the preparation of lecturers of further education in the area of rhetorical skills looks like and what effect it has on the educational process. The investigation is carried out in the form of interviews with at least fourteen of further education who attend the courses in the field of adult education at least twice a month.
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Communication of Managers with Problematic Employees
Budošová, Klára ; Gruber, Jan (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with communication of managers with problematic employees. As problematic employees are not just perceived individuals, who have been categorized with specific mental illness, but employees participating in a toxic working environment and insufficient work performance are also included. Big inspiration for my diploma thesis are thoughts of clinical and forensic psychologist Laurence Miller, who was dealing with communication and functioning problematic employees in organizations. The aim of this diploma thesis is identification of problematic employees and identification of effective communication of managers with them. Empirical research also is a part of diploma thesis and its aim is to ascertain communication techniques of managers with problematic employees and identification of problematic employees in an organization providing urban public transport company. In an organization providing urban public transport is assumed a higher incident of pathologies and undesirable behaviour, as it is an environment with specific company culture. A qualitative empirical investigation is carried out by the method of interviews with eight persons in leading positions. Key words: managerial communication, problem employees, mental illness, communication techniques, work performance, work...
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The Process of Adaptation of Foreign Administrative Staff in Large International Organizations
Slánská, Aneta ; Běhounková, Olga (advisor) ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
The aim of this Diploma thesis is to analyse the adaptation process of foreign staff in large international organizations in the Czech Republic and to identify factors which influence it. Attention is paid to international human resource management, its specifics, strategies and the topic of diversity management in international organizations. The process of adaptation is described with focus on foreign staff in international organizations with an orientation on work, social adaptation, adaptation to organizational culture and intercultural adaptation, as well as planning and phases of the adaptation process, problematic factors related to working abroad and the main actors in this process. It deals with the issue of intercultural training in international organizations together with the factors which influence it - the preparation of foreign staff to work in a multicultural environment, its methods and the area of intercultural competences that should be developed through the training. The aim of the quantitative research is to analyse the factors of intercultural adaptation which foreign administrative staff perceive as crucial and influencing their overall adaptation in a new country. The survey is carried out in the form of questionnaires which were sent to twenty large international...
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Organizational Culture as a Significant Element of Establishing a Strong Employer Brand and Increasing Employees' Work Performance
Salačová Svobodová, Hana ; Fonville, Alexandra (referee)
The rigorous thesis analyses the organisational culture and its role in building a strong employer brand with implications for improving work performance. The thesis describes the correlation between contemporary employees' values, organizational culture enabling employees to realize their values, the transparently communicated image of the organization imprinted in the employer brand and employee performance. The Means-End Chain theory and the Employee Value Proposition tool are introduced. Their use in forming a happy organizational culture, building a strong employer brand, and improving employees' performance is presented. The aim of the qualitative research is to analyse the link between organizational culture and employer branding with the impact on employees' performance, from the perspective of top management of various organizations. The data are collected from the semi-structured interviews, supplemented by a questionnaire survey. Data are analysed to get an insight and understanding of the practices of the organizations. Keywords Organizational Culture, Values, Happiness Management, Employer Brand, Employee Value Proposition, Work Performance
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Preferences of Working University Students in the Field of Employee Benefits
Pitnerová, Kristýna ; Fonville, Alexandra (advisor) ; Běhounková, Olga (referee)
The present master's thesis deals with the preferences of working university students in the field of employee benefits. The objective of the present study is to identify these preferences, particularly to define concrete kinds of employee benefits that university students are most interested in and to identify which way of providing them they prefer. The study has focused on the process of employee compensation. Subsequently the thesis has focused on defining employee benefits and their importance in the work environment. Furthermore, the focus has been laid on defining particular kinds of employee benefits and their contributions and limits and describing generations from the point of their preferences in the field of employee benefits. The emphasis was put on the generation Z, which includes most of the present university students. The next part of the thesis is focused on preferences of university students in the field of employee benefits. The objective of quantitative empirical research, which uses questionnaire surveys, is to identify preferences in the field of employee benefits of working university students in the last class of masters study in the field of humanities and social sciences in the Czech republic.
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