PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL FORMATION OF SPECIALISTS IN SOCIONOMY PROFESSIONS
Keywords:
professional development, professional orientation, professional competence, socionomy professionsAbstract
Formulation of the problem. Socionomy professions become more and more important in modern society. Therefore, it is necessary to define psychological characteristics and factors supporting or retarding professional formation of specialists in such professions in order to facilitate their effective professional and personal development. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The work peculiarities and requirements for specialists in socionomy professions have undergone significant changes in the last few decades because of globalization and IT penetration (Dubchak, 2016). At the same time, there is a significant contradiction in the training of specialists for this type professions: on the one hand, social-economic changes taking place in society lead to augmented requirements as for such specialists, their work and responsibilities and their own professional and personal development, and on the other hand, the training of such specialists remains mainly purely formal, and their further professional development is most often spontaneous (Kalaur, 2016; Walker, et. al., 2010). Moreover, if there are relatively many researches on the stages of professional selection and, especially, professional training in socionomy professions, researches on further stages of professional formation are absent nearly at all (Berezan, 2018; Korniyaka, 2018). Formulating the purpose of article. The article purpose is to present the research results describing the psychological characteristics of the factors supporting or retarding professional formation of specialists in socionomy professions. The presentation of the main material. The study, involving 918 professionals in socionomy specialities, has determined that values of the factors favourable for their professional development increase gradually from one stage of professional formation to another, and values of the negative factors do not change, or even decrease significantly. The article confirms that signs of professional burnout and deformation are negative factors for professional formation of professionals in socionomy specialities. Communicative and organizational abilities, as well as health and positive relationships with colleagues and superiors have been identified as positive factors. All factors of professional orientation and competence of professionals in socionomy specialities are interconnected closely, they are mainly mutually influencing. Conclusions and perspectives of further research. The obtained results can be the basis for the introduction of a system of measures aimed at promoting the effective professional and personal development of specialists in socionomy professions.
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