Well-being manažerů v rodinných firmách

This bachelor's thesis focuses on the analysis of the psychological landscape of managers in family businesses, examining the intersection of professional demands and family ties. The main objective is to interpret the influence of tradition, emotional labor, and digital technologies on the subjective well-being of managers in relation to their generational role. Within the framework of a qualitative research strategy, semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the data were subsequently processed using thematic analysis. The results indicate that while founders perceive tradition primarily as a stabilizing element and a source of meaning, successors more often experience it as an internal conflict or a "golden cage," which negatively affects their psychological well-being. Furthermore, the research confirms that technological optimization in this environment does not lead to recovery, but rather to an acceleration of the work pace. The thesis thus identifies family business as a phenomenon where the effort to preserve socioemotional wealth often outweighs the need for radical modernization.