The following paper provides a survey based on studies of relationships between Human Resource diversity and per formance at different organisational levels. The importance of diversity in companies and society is becoming more and more important, therefore there is a need to identify circumstances and types of diversity, projects and teams, in which diversity can make an impact on company´s and working group success. The first part of the article is focused on the concept of diversity and Diversity Management in HR practices from the scientific and practical view. The second part is dedicated to the topic of performance and presents certain possibilities and indicators for performance measurement. The main report about the link between different types of diversity and performance at the organisational level, team level and the level of individuals will be produced in the third part. The findings from the studies show that diversity brings benefits and increases the performance in specific cases and under the certain circumstances. Moreover there is evidence that the positive effect of diversities is influenced or even caused by the presence of other factors.

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Corruption at the labour market is one of the biggest challenges in contemporary organisational studies, economics and law. The paper is concerned with research attitudes and perception of corruption in the Czech Republic. Over the last 40 years the problem with corruption wasn´t in the research focuses because of political regime. The situation has changed considerably over the last 10 years, especially after the 2004, when the Czech Republic joined the European Union. The main goal of the paper is to provide an analysis of corruption perception, its parts and research methodology to provide an adequate picture and analysis of corruption of the Czech Republic. The first part of the article is dedicated to the theory of corruption and state of the art. The second part describes situation in the Czech Republic. The third part is focused on the methodology of research, possibilities and limitations at the level of states, companies. The final part is focused on identification of suitable methods to study corruption in the Czech Republic. We identified several comparatively new approaches and methods to use in private and state organizations. The following methods are used secondary data analysis on the basis of available information about research methods. The research plan has several areas: definition of corruption, typology of corruption and corruption's level, corruption in the Czech Republic, research methods and their effectiveness.

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RAŠTICOVÁ, M., SENICHEV, V.: Multiculturalism at Czech universities as a predictor of diversity work place.The case of students from former Soviet Union. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2011, LIX, No. 7, pp. 325-336 The study is focused on the problematic of spreading multiculturalism at universities in the Czech Republic. The number of immigrants mostly from regions of Eastern Europe coming to work and live in the country keeps growing. From previous research, it is apparent that success in dealing with immigrants at Universities and in the work places is conditioned by the perception of minorities and vice versa. Whereas most of the research is focused on the perception of minority groups, there is a lack of research data regarding the perception of majority groups. The current study is concerned with the perception of a majority group by foreign students from former Soviet Union studying at Czech universities. The methods were chosen to achieve the research objectives. We used free associations, which are best to explore the perception dimensions. A group of foreign students from the former Soviet Union (N = 55) studying at Czech universities were interviewed via the Internet. The research results proved the validity of Susan Fiske's Model of Stereotype Content of inter-group perception based on agency -communion dimensions. Moreover, the fi ndings showed how diff erent cultures and social backgrounds change the patterns of judgment. These data are considered to be highly important for work in diversifi ed groups. Practical applications of the research outcomes and future directions are discussed.