Hranice mezi pracovním a soukromým životem: případová studie jednoho oddělení

This bachelor’s thesis deals with the boundaries between work and private life. As the work environment constantly changes and various technologies allow people to be in multiple places at the same time, people are often torn between work and family. They spend most of their time at work and find it challenging to be just few hours with loved ones, so over time it is their colleagues who become their friends or life partners, and certain boundaries are crossed. The aim of this paper was to find out whether people set certain boundaries before they start working and how these boundaries change over the course of their lives. Another topic addressed was workplace relationships and their advantages and disadvantages. A structured interview method consisting of semi-open questions was used in order to answer research questions. Five interviewees - employees from one department answered questions related to the topic and then it was possible to look for similarities or differences in their responses. It was found that people do not set any boundaries before starting at work, but with time this decision changes due to their job responsibilities or different stages of life. People see workplace friendships as an important part of their work life, but more intimate relationships between colleagues need to have rules so that it does not affect the working environment.