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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2020. Vol. 13, no. 1, 171–183
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2020130113
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Functional optimality of personal the meaning of the profession

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K.V. Karpinskii, T.V. Gizhuk, N.V. Kiselnikova

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the functional potential of various types of personal meaning of the profession. The article describes the results of an empirical study that involved a sample of 647 subjects. As methods of mathematical-statistical processing were used: the Pearson correlation criterion, one-way analysis of variance, followed by post hoc comparison of the mean values of groups by the Scheffe method, the criterion GT-Vegeliusa. The analysis made it possible to identify the optimal, suboptimal and pessimistic personal meaning of the profession from the point of view of its regulatory functions.

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Keywords: personal meaning of the profession, professional success, career satisfaction, professional self-esteem

Journal rubric: Psychology of Labor and Engineering Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2020130113

Funding. This work was supported by grant BRFFR №Г15М-139.

For citation: Karpinskii K.V., Gizhuk T.V., Kiselnikova N.V. Functional optimality of personal the meaning of the profession. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2020. Vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 171–183. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2020130113. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Konstantin V. Karpinskii, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Grodno, Belarus, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1820-4007, e-mail: karpkostia@tut.by

Tatiana V. Gizhuk, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Grodno, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8483-2768, e-mail: gizhuk_tv@grsu.by

Natalia V. Kiselnikova, PhD in Psychology, Assistant Professor, Head of Laboratory of Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, FBSSI «Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education», Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-4972, e-mail: nv_psy@mail.ru

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