Abstract

This paper is devoted to considering a system of psychological barriers which can result from professional activities of a modern engineer. It is based on the content analysis of tasks typical for engineer’s professional activity. It is discovered that implementation of engineer’s professional activities causes barriers reflecting difficulties of professional skills: emotional, motivational, cognitive, operational, and others.

The experimental study of psychological barriers among engineers of different experience groups was carried out on the basis of the method of expert evaluations. The most significant difficulties identified in all groups of experts are value and motivating, reflective, of creative constriction, subject-subject relationship, communication. It is shown that the identified system of psychological barriers allows to apply corrective actions for engineers to develop their barrier resistance to improve their professional activity in general.

Details

Title
Psychological Barriers in Professional Activities of Engineers
Author
Khokhlova, M 1 ; Tsareva, G 2 ; Lukashov, S 3 

 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bryansk State Technical University, Bryansk, Russia 
 Department of Foreign Languages, Bryansk State Technical University, Bryansk, Russia 
 Department of Industrial Ecology and Technosphere Safety, Bryansk State University of Engineering and Technology, Bryansk, Russia 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Feb 2020
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2562064630
Copyright
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