Applying the Concept of Diversity Management in Organisations in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic – A Research Survey

Abstract

The paper deals with the implementation of diversity management in the czech and Slovak organizations. The aim of the research was to find out how the concept of diversity management is accepted and applied in the czech and Slovak companies. The scale questionnaire of the author's own construction was used for data collection. The questionnaire contained apart from the introductory classification items 25 items divided into three thematic areas: the field of inclusion and justice, the field of diversity management implementation and the field of benefits resulting from implementing diversity management. The statistically significant differences and dependencies that emerged among items in the questionnaire were examined by Kruskal-Wallis test and other statistical methods. The research survey revealed that respondents' answers were significantly affected by factors such as the seat of the company and the working position of the respondent. The respondents from the Slovak republic generally perceive issue of diversity management more positively compared with respondents from the czech republic. also the managers perceive issue of diversity management more positively compared with employees. The research survey identified partially the existing state of implementing the concept of diversity management in organizations in the czech and Slovak republics.

Diversity management - perceptions and attitudes by Czech managers

“…The output from the present research study corresponds with a similar study carried out by Egerová et al [6] in which the above authors compared even the opinions of managers from the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (for Slovakia see also [12]). …”

Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility in companies of Eastern Slovakia region in 2009 and 2010

“…Business world has undergone several changes over the last decades, considering the role of multinational companies (MNCs) as well as small -and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, MNCs and SMEs should focus not only on profi t (primary bottom line), but on people (second bottom line) and planet (third bottom line) aspects of their business activities as well Bielik, Smutka, Horská (2010) and Egerová, Jiřincová, Lančarič, Savov (2013).…”

How Can We See the Corporate Social Responsibility within Its Application in Business Practice?

“…But on the other side, it creates social capital, which strengthens interpersonal relationships and cooperation (Hintošová, 2010). On the one hand, some authors confirmed that the CSR concept became very important for the society based on research of Ambramuszkinová -Pavlíková and Basovníková, 2014), on the other hand, (Egerová et al, 2013) and (Nagyová et al, 2016) described that the corporate social responsibility included the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic expectations, which had a big influence on the development of companies and their activities. At present, the principles of responsible business are acquired by more and more companies.…”