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Adaptation of Czech and German managers during long-term working stays abroad
Alföldy-Zscheile, Šárka ; Rymeš, Milan (advisor) ; Štětovská, Iva (referee) ; Pauknerová, Daniela (referee)
dtto Disertační práce: Adaptace českých a německých manažerů při dlouhodobých pracovních pobytech v zahraničí PhDr. Šárka Alföldy-Zscheile FF UK, Katedra psychologie, Praha 2014 Abstract The objective of this thesis is an in-depth examination of the topic of professional and social adaptation of Czech and German executives during long-term secondments abroad. The target group is the employees seconded abroad by international companies, away from their home cultures - the Czech Republic and Germany. Load and support factors that affect the seconded executives and influence the process of their adaptation will be reviewed and analysed in detail. The theoretical part summarises the insights of both Czech and international authors on the topics of adapting to different national cultures, burnout syndrome, enthusiasm toward the job, management of culturally mixed teams, and the cultural specifics of the Czech and German cultures that the paper builds on. The empirical part presents the qualitative and the subsequent quantitative research. The qualitative research will use the in-depth structured interview with open-ended questions, combined with narrative elements as the tool for determining the load and supportive factors in the course of adaptation. The extensive statements of a total of 18 executives will be...
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Psychological aspects of immigrant acculturation in Czech Republic
Medvedeva, Anna ; Alföldy-Zscheile, Šárka (advisor) ; Rymeš, Milan (referee)
Adaptation of immigrants is one of the most relevant international and national issues in the modern world. In this thesis, the psychological aspects of immigrants' acculturation changes occurring in the Czech Republic will be discussed. Acculturation appears to be a complex, dynamic process that involves a large number of elements, the interaction between which is the subject of our research. An important aspect in the process of acculturation is the phenomenon of acculturative stress. Successful overcoming of acculturative stress depends on a number of predictors and its research might be beneficial not only for immigrants, but for the host society as well. The desirable aim of any acculturation process is the effective adaptation of immigrants, which is associated with creating a series of prospective psychological competencies. In the empirical part we wanted to investigate the interrelationship between selected factors influencing the preference of acculturation strategy: moderating factors prior to (sociodemographic characteristics, tolerance, anxiety) - and during acculturation (personal characteristics such as anxiety and coping strategies). The performed analysis utilizes quantitative data processing based on methods of statistical analysis. The data was obtained using questionnaires from...
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Psychological aspects of immigrant acculturation in Czech Republic
Medvedeva, Anna ; Alföldy-Zscheile, Šárka (advisor) ; Rymeš, Milan (referee)
Adaptation of immigrants is one of the most relevant international and national issues in the modern world. In this thesis, the psychological aspects of immigrants' acculturation changes occurring in the Czech Republic will be discussed. Acculturation appears to be a complex, dynamic process that involves a large number of elements, the interaction between which is the subject of our research. An important aspect in the process of acculturation is the phenomenon of acculturative stress. Successful overcoming of acculturative stress depends on a number of predictors and its research might be beneficial not only for immigrants, but for the host society as well. The desirable aim of any acculturation process is the effective adaptation of immigrants, which is associated with creating a series of prospective psychological competencies. In the empirical part we wanted to investigate the interrelationship between selected factors influencing the preference of acculturation strategy: moderating factors prior to (sociodemographic characteristics, tolerance, anxiety) - and during acculturation (personal characteristics such as anxiety and coping strategies). The performed analysis utilizes quantitative data processing based on methods of statistical analysis. The data was obtained using questionnaires from...
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Adaptation of Czech and German managers during long-term working stays abroad
Alföldy-Zscheile, Šárka ; Rymeš, Milan (advisor) ; Štětovská, Iva (referee) ; Pauknerová, Daniela (referee)
dtto Disertační práce: Adaptace českých a německých manažerů při dlouhodobých pracovních pobytech v zahraničí PhDr. Šárka Alföldy-Zscheile FF UK, Katedra psychologie, Praha 2014 Abstract The objective of this thesis is an in-depth examination of the topic of professional and social adaptation of Czech and German executives during long-term secondments abroad. The target group is the employees seconded abroad by international companies, away from their home cultures - the Czech Republic and Germany. Load and support factors that affect the seconded executives and influence the process of their adaptation will be reviewed and analysed in detail. The theoretical part summarises the insights of both Czech and international authors on the topics of adapting to different national cultures, burnout syndrome, enthusiasm toward the job, management of culturally mixed teams, and the cultural specifics of the Czech and German cultures that the paper builds on. The empirical part presents the qualitative and the subsequent quantitative research. The qualitative research will use the in-depth structured interview with open-ended questions, combined with narrative elements as the tool for determining the load and supportive factors in the course of adaptation. The extensive statements of a total of 18 executives will be...
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