Má práce během vysokoškolského studia negativní dopad na studijní výsledky?

This bachelor’s thesis investigates the influence of working during studies on study results. The thesis is mainly concerned with students of bachelor’s and master’s programmes at University of Economics, Prague. The main source of data for the empirical part is a self-prepared survey which has been carried out in April 2019 and has been answered by 385 participants. The model is based on 383 observations and 12 explanatory variables. The dependent variable is the average grade of studied classes. External variables are represented by sex, type of study course, study year, average number of hours spent on school preparation during semester and during finals, motivation, parent’s education, working during studies in university, working during studies in high school, working in a related field, average number of hours worked and years of experience. The modelling has been done using the EViews software by ordinary least squares method. The first hypothesis being challenged is if working more than 20 hours a week has a negative impact on academic outcomes. Because this hypothesis has not been proven with any statistical reliability, a second hypothesis was postulated. This hypothesis is if working more than 30 hours a week has a negative impact on study results. The second hypothesis has also not been proven. Based on these results, we came to conclusion that working during studies at University of economics, Prague does not have a statistically significant negative impact on study results. On the other hand, we have found statistically significant impact of motivation, number of hours spent studying during semester, not prolonging the study course, studying a master’s course and experience with working in high school. Except for the last one, all of these external variables have a positive impact on academic outcomes.