Ženy ve vedoucích pozicích a jejich vliv na výkon podniku

The theoretical part of the Master’s Thesis defines the issue of women in leading positions, barriers that make women more difficult career path and focus on the benefits of women's participation in management. The goal of this Thesis was to provide evidence of the positive influence of women in leading positions on the performance of the company. For a research were selected consulting companies operating in the Czech Republic and the period 2013-2016. In the practical part were compared the values of the indicators achieved by companies with male management and companies with diversified management. The performance of the companies was measured by the return on assets and return on equity. An indebtedness and turnover of total assets of individual companies were also monitored. Based on the research, the positive influence of women in leading positions on the performance of the company or the indebtedness of the company cannot be reliably confirmed. However, research confirmed the existence of a positive relationship between gender diversity of management and the efficiency of using the company's property.