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Benefits of volunteering from the perspective of teenagers in a membership organisation: a qualitative study
Smrečani, Martina ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
This thesis explores teenage volunteering and examines the benefits of volunteering and factors affecting teenage volunteering. The thesis aims to explore the topic of formal teenage volunteering, focusing primarily on the perceived benefits of volunteering, the lived experience of volunteering and the factors that influence volunteering. The theoretical part of the thesis provides a insight into the topic of youth volunteering, discusses the specification of a teeanger and a member of Generation Z, and reviews motivations the motivations for volunteering and the personal and social benefits of youth volunteering. The empirical part of the thesis consists of focus group analysis, in-depth semi-structured interviews with teenage volunteers of the Hnutí Brontosaurus and documents of the membership organisation. By exploring this phenomenon and conducting my own research, I would like to contribute to the promotion of long-term volunteering and a positive lifestyle as a teen volunteer.
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Cooperation of public administration and non-profit sector in the field of activation of seniors in Prague.
Mazánková, Adéla ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
This diploma thesis titled "Cooperation of public administration and non-profit sector in the field of activation of seniors in Prague" deals with the analysis of non-profit organizations operating in the field of activation of seniors in the territory of the capital city of Prague. The aim of the project was to identify cooperation between the main actors, namely the NGOs, municipalities, the City of Prague and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The theoretical part of the thesis defines basic concepts such as demographic ageing, activation of the elderly, non-profit organisation and public administration. Next, the thesis presents the current situation in the Czech Republic, providing more detailed information on the functioning of non-profit organizations and their forms, the age structure of the Czech population, strategic documents dealing with population ageing and, of course, a description of specific organizations involved in the activation of seniors in Prague. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with NGOs and municipalities. The output of these interviews is a concrete description of the functioning of cooperation between different levels of public administration in Prague, which includes relationships, non-/formality of actions, initiative, the advantage of...
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Forms of volunteer roles and their reference groups
Nollová, Michaela ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The thesis is about volunteering in connection with reference groups of volunteers. It describes and analyses the volunteering of eight volunteers involved in the selected association. The first part of the thesis is theoretical, it defines basic terms, theories and concepts important for the research. The second, empirical part of the thesis, presents the methodology and deals with the conducted qualitative research through in-depth interviews with formal volunteers. The thesis aims to describe and understand how volunteers create their volunteer roles and to which reference groups they relate. The form of volunteer roles in this organization is influenced especially by the regularity and intensity of volunteer's activities. During the analysis, two main forms of the volunteer role were profiled from the researched data. Volunteers from one group consider their activity as help and they relate to the organization's clients. Volunteers from the second group relate to other volunteers and the activity is mainly fun for them.
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Factors influencing life satisfaction, the GDP indicator in relation to happiness and life satisfaction
Nováčková, Veronika ; Vejchodská, Eliška (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The main topic of the master thesis is the relationship between life satisfaction and the GDP indicator. Factors that influence life satisfaction are the subject of my research. The master thesis is based on two scientific studies that deal with the relationship between life satisfaction and the GDP indicator. The conclusions of these two studies contradict each other. The first study was published in 1974 by Richard Easterlin. According to Easterlin's paradox, the people's happiness in a given country does not increase with increasing GDP in the long run. When people reach a certain level of wealth and material well-being, their subjective happiness and overall life satisfaction do not grow anymore. The second scientific study was published in 2008 by Stevenson and Wolfers. The authors concluded that there is a positive correlation between life satisfaction and increasing GDP per capita in many countries. This master's thesis aimed to find out what could be the reason behind this contradiction. Moreover, the master's thesis aimed to identify factors influencing life satisfaction. In the empirical part of the work, I used qualitative research methods. Based on the methodologies used in the two studies, I created two types of questionnaires. In total, I conducted fifty semi- structured interviews....
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Harmonization of Work and Family Roles - Mothers in the Czech Army and Mothers in the Civil Sector
Žáčková, Soňa ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
This thesis deals with the harmonization of the work and family role of the mother, and her position in both the civilian sector and the Czech Army. The theoretical part is an introduction to the issue of the position of women in the labor market. The practical part tries to meet the main goal, and thus is to find out which environment is more advantageous for the role of the mother, ie whether the environment in the Czech Army or in the civilian sector. In the practical part, therefore, a qualitative research survey is conducted, specifically semi- structured interviews with selected mothers working in both the Czech Army and the civilian sector, as well as with selected managers. The work aims to compare in which aspects the civilian environment is more suitable or less suitable for mothers, in comparison with the environment of the Czech Army.
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Volunteering of seniors
Švihová, Jitka ; Frič, Pavol (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
The thesis examines the volunteer activities of seniors. It focuses on the intensity and nature of senior volunteering. In the theoretical part, it defines related concepts such as formal and informal volunteering, old age, and outlines life course theory. The thesis examines senior volunteering in the context of life course theory. The empirical part works with secondary factor analysis of quantitative data conducted against the background of life course theory. The aim of the thesis is to offer answers to research questions concerning the intensity and nature of senior volunteering and thus provide insights into current senior volunteering in the Czech Republic.
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Media image of migrant women on the Czech news websites Aktuálně.cz and iRozhlas.cz
Pálová, Anna ; Jelínková, Marie (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the media image of migrant women on the Czech news websites Aktuálně.cz and iRozhlas.cz. The current situation in Ukraine proves the relevance of the topic of the thesis, which aims to find out what image of migrant women is created by these media, which present themselves as free and independent. At the same time, these news websites are public policy actors that influence the development of migration policy in the Czech Republic. As the thesis deals with the specific characteristics, contexts and connotations in which migrant women are mentioned in relation to migrant women, the method used is a qualitative content analysis of online media articles in the time period from the beginning of 2019 to the end of 2021. The content is coded and assigned to the relevant categories, which subsequently creates a closer picture of migrant women. For example, the work finds that media coverage of refugee women in foreign settings is most frequent. Furthermore, migrant women are portrayed predominantly as victims and heroines of refugee processes. Texts are devoted to personal stories and connotations of sympathy and admiration. These results are further complemented by a quantitative approach that assesses how much space is given to migrant women within the topic of migration....
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The controversial nature of a social enterprise as a commercialized organization of the civil sector
Hořínková, Monika ; Frič, Pavol (advisor) ; Witz, Petr (referee)
The topic of this diploma thesis is the commercialization of civic organizations, which we understand as the process in which they take over some procedures, methods and strategies of the commercial sector in order to generate some profit. As the highest level of commercialization, this work considers the transformation of civil organization into a so called social enterprise.At the next potential level, this civic organization would become a pure market enterprise acting as socially responsible. Thus, a social enterprise is defined as a civic organization, for which profiting is just as important as an increase in public benefit by fulfilling of its own altruistic mission. However, it is said that this social mission may be threatened by the economic one. Whereas the social enterprise combines those two opposing attributes in the form of a social and economic mission, it is considered to be controversial. That's why the aim of this diploma thesis is to determine the importance of a transformation of civic organization into the social enterprise for its life and how this transformation affects its functioning and its essence. The diploma theses is based primarily on the theory of civil society, the civil sector, the social economy and the theory of social enterprise. It is a case study, which...
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