This paper examines the links between religion and job satisfaction. Its concern is to compare Eastern and Western Europe. We use the 2015 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) data covering both non-religious individuals and individuals affiliated to a religious denomination. While the Western European countries generally report significantly higher levels of job satisfaction compared to their Eastern counterparts, we test the hypothesis that religion also shows differentiated effects on job satisfaction and work attitudes. Our results indicate that religion has no significant effect on job satisfaction in either of the regions. In the West, religious affiliation has an influence on a larger variety of work attitude measurements compared to those in the East. In both regions, workers who regularly attend religious services would enjoy work significantly more even if they did not need money, consider high income as less important, and consider helping other people, contact with other people, and having a job useful to society as more important.

Studie je první výzkumnou sondou do problematiky sebepojetí absolventů domácího vzdělávání. Jedná se o dílčí, ale velmi významné téma, kterému se v našich podmínkách ve vztahu k domácímu vzdělávání zatím nedostalo náležité pozornosti. Cílem studie je zjistit, jak děti s touto specifickou zkušeností samy sebe vnímají, a porovnat jejich výsledky se spolužáky, kteří domácím vzděláváním neprošli. První část textu je zaměřená na teoretická východiska, koncept sebepojetí a metodologii výzkumu, ve druhé části jsou prezentovány výsledky pilotního výzkumného šetření. Jedním z hlavních přínosů této pilotní studie je obrácení pozornosti k individualitě vzdělávaného, nikoli pouze vzdělávajícího, což je v případě studií zaměřených na domácí vzdělávání doposud převažující přístup, a ověření, zda lze Dotazník sebepojetí Piers-Harris 2 považovat za vhodný nástroj pro realizaci obdobně zaměřených výzkumů.

In our study of Czech homeschooling families, we discovered that the unifying theme of their justifying narratives was how the families rearranged the norm of “good parenting,” defined as the amount of time families spent together. The parents argued the importance of sacrificing their own time and educating their children themselves. They distinguished themselves from parents who are not willing to attend the children’s needs as much. Finally, we show that homeschooled children also actively adopt the family time management.

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This article presents the findings of a study on homeschooling in Czechia. It focuses on the gender aspects of this uncommon educational decision. Based on forty-three individual interviews with homeschooling parents, the article’s unifying thread is interest in understanding how mothers are involved in the decision to homeschool, and how the practice is embedded in gendered relationships within the society. We explore the results from two perspectives. First, we consider how the choice to homeschool lies simultaneously in embracing and opposing cultural imperatives of good mothering. Second, we explore the precarious status of homeschooling mothers in relation to economic independence. By shedding light on individual choice within social structures, we situate the practice of homeschooling within the gender inequalities of today’s society.