Effect of Shift Work on Health and Performance of the Workers – Comparison Between Turkey and the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
pp. 160-172
Author(s):  
Marek Bures ◽  
Andrea Machova ◽  
Ali Altunpinar
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Decision Making, Interest Intermediation, and Value: In Government, Public, and Private Agencies Corporatism for Work Promotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-342
Author(s):  
Esien Eddy Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Paper Analysis ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Transition To Work ◽  
Delegation Of Authority ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Public And Private Cooperation

Abstract This paper analysis decision making, interest intermediation, and value in the realm of government, public and private cooperation under corporatism to enable young third-country immigrants’ transition to work in Austria, Finland and the Czech Republic. Based on document analysis, this paper concludes a centralized delegation of authority, interest intermediations, and public values administrative devices in corporatism governance with democratic deficit that steer young third-country immigrants transition to work. However, the Czech Republic is dissimilar to Austria and Finland with the focus on relationship and partnership cooperation pattern to build contacts, where as Finland and Austria prefer cooperation in the form of coordinating varying employment objectives. The outcome points to deliberate democracy in neoliberal market-oriented setting. This is relevance to bureaucratic accountability and performance monitoring, but imperative to operational risk that may not only impair vulnerable people's belongings, but jeopardize public value accountability, sustainable finance and democratic values.

Importance–performance analysis approach to destination management

2020 ◽  
pp. 135481662090391
Author(s):  
Ida Rašovská ◽  
Marketa Kubickova ◽  
Kateřina Ryglová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance

The role of government in destination development is not a new topic; however, the way the government can impact tourism destination development is still under research. This study addresses such issues, specifically, striving to shed some light on the aspects of importance/performance as it relates to destination management. By understanding such relationships, government officials (at local and state levels) will be able to create specific policies/procedures that would facilitate tourism development. This study utilizes importance/performance methodology to analyze three types of regions (mountain, spa, and wine) in the Czech Republic. The results indicate that variations among the regions exist in terms of areas of importance and performance and point out opportunities for further improvements. Thorough discussions and implications for the industry are made along with suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Sport Psychological Effects of Missing Supporters in European Elite Football during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Draft version 2 17-12-2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Christian Leitner ◽  
Fabio Richlan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Second Home ◽  
Home Advantage ◽  
Draft Version ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Support

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, European top football (soccer) leagues played the final rounds of season 2019/20 without or strongly limited attendance of supporters (i.e., “ghost games”). From a sport psychological perspective this situation poses a unique opportunity to investigate the crowd’s influence on sports professionals’ behavior and performance.A total of 1286 matches - played in the top leagues of Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Austria and the Czech Republic - were analyzed for results, points, goals, fouls, bookings and reasons for bookings and contrasted between respective matchdays of season 2018/19 (regular attendance) and season 2019/20 (“ghost games”).There are two main findings. First, the overall home advantage effect in the respective elite leagues - identified in the respective matches of the regular 2018/19 season - vanishes almost completely in the “ghost games” of the 2019/20 season. Consequently, home teams lose significantly more matches, whereas away teams win significantly more matches. Second, home teams are booked significantly more often with yellow cards for committing fouls in “ghost games” relative to regular games. Furthermore, our results provide evidence that this effect is independent on whether the home teams are leading, trailing, or drawing in score.We conclude that missing supporters in European elite football leagues dissolve the “home advantage” effect. This missing support of the “home crowd” has a significant psychological effect on the experience, behavior and performance of home teams and/or officials. The effect is evident in the awarding of yellow cards for fouls for home teams, but not for away teams. There are (at least) three possible explanations: (1) Due to missing supporters, players experience an unfamiliar reduction of arousal and drive, (2) players lack the positive support from the home crowd, resulting in increased dysfunctional aggressive behavior and/or (3) without the pressure from the ranks, referees act more objectively in their decision making.

scholarly journals Is Foreign Aid Responsive to Environmental Needs and Performance of Developing Countries? Case Study of the Czech Republic.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Opršal ◽  
Jaromír Harmáček
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Environmental Aid ◽  
And Performance

This paper examines the responsiveness of foreign aid to environmental needs and performance of developing countries using, as an example, the Czech Republic. It focuses on the environmental component of foreign aid, which is defined as the development intervention of the Czech Government, which can be expected to have positive environmental impacts in target countries. The provision of environmental aid is based on the assumption that the Czech Republic has practical, transferable experience of qualitative improvements in the environment following the collapse of communist regime. Flows of environmental aid were determined by analyzing and categorizing individual development aid projects in the period 2000 to 2015. Regression analyses were employed to explain the pattern of Czech environmental aid allocations. The results show relatively limited reflection of the recipient’s environmental needs in the distribution of Czech environmental aid. Only two environmental objectives were significantly echoed in actual aid flows. The first was transfer of advanced environmental technologies and reductions in energy consumption, approximated by carbon dioxide emissions per capita. The second was protection of biodiversity, represented by the extinction risk of sets of species. The other five objectives did not play significant roles in environmental aid allocations. Above that, other factors not related to the environmental needs and performance of recipient countries affected Czech environmental aid. Among them, historical ties to other former communist countries were of high significance. The findings call into question the environmental objectives of Czech foreign aid and point to the need for transparent criteria for the allocation of environmental aid.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Level of Personnel Work in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Lukáš Smerek ◽  
Milota Vetráková ◽  
Šárka Čemerková ◽  
Vojtěch Malátek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Operational Processes

After 1989, the countries of Eastern and Central Europe began to undergo significant social and economic changes associated with the process of transformation of the economy into a market economy. Transformation is not only associated with the creation of a business environment, with the formation of new legal and institutional mechanisms, but also with a change in the thinking and behavior of people including employees, managers and owners. The paper aims to identify important processes and trends in developing human resource management in companies in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. We conducted the questionnaire survey in 2018 and 2019 in various areas of business. We obtained the opinions of respondents from 1542 companies. In the research, we assume that in the conditions of a market economy compared to a centrally managed economy, employees are the most important source of development and performance of companies. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sampling unit. The other methods used to evaluate data in the paper were the Mann-Whitney test and Spearman Correlation coefficient. The research revealed that despite a long common history, differences in the field of personnel work have arisen in the last 20 years of the independent existence of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The only exception is employee care. It was also found that in the Czech Republic the strategic orientation predominates, on the contrary, companies in the Slovak Republic focused on operational processes. Differences were also found in the way of adaptation and further training of employees. The results of the findings can be used to design processes with the highest positive impact on business performance.

scholarly journals Relationship between Quality and Performance: Tourism Companies in the Czech Republic

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 195-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Sedláček ◽  
Petr Suchánek ◽  
Jiří Špalek ◽  
Petra Štamfestová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
And Performance

Relationship between Quality and Performance: Tourism Companies in the Czech Republic This article analyzes perception of quality as a factor of performance of companies operating in the tourism industry. The introduction defines business performance and quality with a focus on tourism companies. A synthesis of findings from empirical studies conducted abroad follows, and is focused on the determinants of performance of a company (success), including the quality management which emerged as one of the important factors, and so these findings justify the importance of quality management in business practice. The aim of this article is to find the perception of quality and emphasis on the quality management of tourism companies in the Czech Republic. To identify the specific characteristics of quality perception and management in this sector, comparative analysis of questionnaire results, and results of a financial analysis of companies from various sectors of the Czech economy, with emphasis on tourism, has been used. It has been proved that enterprises in the sectors surveyed perceive quality as the key factor in business performance; it was also empirically shown that companies with higher levels of service quality reach better values of financial indicators. Also it was found that although tourism companies perceive the service quality of as one of the key success factors, the level of its actual implementing is low. This is related to the fact that relatively good financial results can be achieved in this industry without adjustment of the maximum customer service. This fact is also confirmed by the findings that show that in comparison to companies in other sectors, tourism companies still perceive relationship between quality production and business performance as substandard.

scholarly journals The development of small and medium-sized companies in the czech republic

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Bohatá ◽  
Jan Mládek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Velvet Revolution ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Current Business

This article focuses on the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. It starts with the approach to SMEs at the early stages of economic transformation aiming at the reestablishment of a market economy and further deals with the systemic policy of the Czech government towards SMEs. In order to characterize the current business environment and performance of the sector, it offers results of empirical surveys as well as data published by the Czech Statistical Office. On the basis of analytical results there are formulated some policy recommendations.

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