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Možnosti využití jednoduché sebehodnoticí otázky pro měření úrovně pracovního stresu v průřezových dotazníkových šetřeních kvality pracovního života

This article explores the potential of using a simple self-rating question to measure respondents’ perceived level of workplace stress in standard cross-sectional surveys. This aim is based on practical experience: while there is a range of theoretical-empirical approaches to measuring workplace stress, the design and size of the research instruments derived from them often exceed the limits for being included in a typical cross-sectional survey questionnaire. The potential of using a simple self-rating scal…

Topics: Research Methodology, Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Subjective Quality of Working Life and its Measurement in the Czech Republic over the last 20 Years

This article reviews the measurement of perceptions of quality of working life in the Czech Republic over the last two decades. It summarizes the basic results of key surveys and elaborates some of methodological aspects of measurement. In this regard it introduces the original complex instrument for measurement of subjective quality of working life (SQWL), which has been developed in recent years by the author in a series of surveys.…

Topics: Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Reflexe novodobých českých dějin, sametové revoluce a současného vývoje v názorech veřejnosti

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Topics: Economy, Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Indikátor subjektivní kvality pracovního života

Indikátor subjektivní kvality pracovního života

The methodological focus of this article is the empirical study of thequality of working life and a description of a population survey instrumentdeveloped by the author called the ‘subjective quality of working life indicator’(SQWLI). The introduction contains a summary of the theoretical and empiricalprinciples that SQWLI is based on. It describes the basic (micro-, mezzo-,and macro-) levels on which quality of working life can be measured and discussesthe problem of the duality of social phenomena consis…

Topics: Research Methodology, Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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The Velvet Revolution and Modern Czech History in the Eyes of the Czech Population

This paper systematically maps and analyses the opinions of the Czech public on the Velvet Revolution and the social situation in the periods before and after the revolution. It first focuses attention on the image of the Velvet Revolution within the context of Czech modern history, and it explores the opinions of the public on this event. It takes a special look at how the Czech public evaluates the periods before and after 1989 and their perceptions of the entire period since 1989. The Velvet Revolution and …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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The Discussion of Subjective Quality of Working Life Indicators

The Discussion of Subjective Quality of Working Life Indicators. This article discusses the main types of methodological approaches to the examination of subjective working life quality. In particular, it points out their common traits and differences and therefore shows their potentials as well as weaknesses in different survey purposes. Analysis of Czech worker survey data is based on the dual concept of the quality of working life, which is addressed in the first parts of the study. Two basic dimensions of …

Topics: Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Metodologické aspekty zkoumání kvality pracovního života

Metodologické aspekty zkoumání kvality pracovního života

The Chapter summarizes methodological aspects of the project of quality of working life research that was realized in cooperation of Institute of sociology and Occupational Safety Research Institute in 2006. It outlines a long-term conception of building the indicator of subjective quality of working-life and in this frame it also defines the topic of inquiry and shows the operationalization of the survey subject into the system of connected domains.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Jak je v Česku vnímána práce

Jak je v Česku vnímána práce

This publication introduces readers to the concept of ´quality of work life´, its relationship to the quality of life in general, and various perspectives on and interpretations of these categories. The main part of the publication is an analysis of the results of an empirical survey on ´The Quality of Work Life´, which presents a picture of how citizens in the Czech Republic perceive work, how they evaluate their work life and how satisfied they are with it.…

Topics: Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Standardizované dotazování: komunikační a kognitivní aspekty

Standardizované dotazování: komunikační a kognitivní aspekty

The paper acquitants with methodological form of current public opinion polling in the Czech republic, that almost solely uses some variation of aplication of standardized questionnaire.Inspired by the CASM (cognitiveaspects of survey methodology), the author tries to demonstrate a complex nature of the interview situation and to explain its components and context. The focal point of the presentation is methodological conception of standardization.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Erfahrungen mit der Messung der Qualität des Arbeitslebens in tschechischen Untersuchungen

Erfahrungen mit der Messung der Qualität des Arbeitslebens in tschechischen Untersuchungen

Die methodologisch ausgerichtete Abhandlung befasst sich mit dem Bereich der empirischen Untersuchung der Qualität des Arbeitslebens. Sie stellt den theoretischen Hintergrund, die Entwicklung und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten eines Untersuchungsinstruments zur Messung der subjektiv wahrgenommenen Qualität des Arbeitslebens vor. Anhand einer Analyseserie zeigt sie die Präzisierung eines in klassischen standardisierten Umfrageforschungen anwendbaren Batteriepaares.The chapter deals with the topic of quality of worki…

Topics: Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Povaha veřejného mínění a jeho zkoumání

Povaha veřejného mínění a jeho zkoumání

The article addresses two modalities of public opinion. Firstly it describes basic character of public opinion as a social phenomenon, especially its historical development and theoretical reflections. Secondly it elaborates the public opinion in terms of attitudes of citizens, where especially possibilities and difficulties of surveys are pointed out.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Mezinárodní marketing a informační technologie: Vybrané kapitoly

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Evropa na prahu sjednocení: životní úroveň a životní styl ve vybraných zemích východní a západní Evropy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Češi na prahu nového tisíciletí

Češi na prahu nového tisíciletí

The publication starts with a description of the demographic and social structureof households followed by the analysis of the income differentiation. This is followed by a chapter on the househods amenities. The next chapter deals with a detailed the behavior of people in the area of consumption. The fifth chapter isdedicated to values and strategies. In the concluding chapter discussed arepeoples expectations in the nearest future.…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Family, Public Opinion, Lifestyle, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Vývoj sociální struktury české společnosti 1988-1999

Vývoj sociální struktury české společnosti 1988-1999

The study based on the results of the 1999 representative survey on "Decade of the Czech Tranformation" states that in connection with the accomplished institutional and social changes in the political and economic system a hybrid social structure emerged in which three types of social differnetiation are intertwinning: the inherited egalitarianism, the emerging polar class relationships and meritocratic stratification.…

Topics: Economy, Social Inequalities, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Česká společnost v transformaci. K proměnám sociální struktury

Česká společnost v transformaci. K proměnám sociální struktury

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Topics: Social Inequalities, Sociological Data, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Geneze nové sociální struktury v České republice a její sociální aktéři

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Jak se máte Slováci, ako sa máte Česi?: 10 let po rozchodu

Topics: Public Opinion, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Role státu v sociální a ekonomické oblasti očima veřejnosti

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Evaluation of the Government in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Veřejné mínění a proměny preferencí politických stran

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Veřejné mínění a vztahy České republiky k okolním zemím

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Reflexion der Beziehungen der Tschechischen Republik zu Nachbarländern

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Parametry stranické identity českých voličů

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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