THE STRUCTURE OF WELL-BEING AMONG MANAGERS IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM

The aim of our contribution was to compare the life satisfaction of tourism managers by their rank in the organization. It was assumed that professional more successful respondents (managers) would have a higher level of life satisfaction than executives. The sample consisted of 101 respondents (41,6% men and 58,4% women) aged 18-61 (M = 33,51, SD = 10,55), of which 15,8% were top managers, 29,7% of middle-level managers, 19,8% of first-level managers and 34,7% of executive staff. The structure of life satisfaction was determined by the questionnaire DUSIN (Miksik, 2004). The results showed that there are no differences between managers at different levels and executives in general and in any of the areas of life satisfaction surveyed (material, cultural, work, family, health and self-realization). This result is considered interesting in our research area (tourism), although its validity is limited by the size of the sample. The absence of differences in life satisfaction between groups of respondents in our research sample could be interpreted, for example, in the context of the ambition and aspirations of the respondents - according to F. Chorvat (1990), life satisfaction depends in any case on whether a person in life achieves goals corresponding to his aspirations level.