Motivational Profile Features Of Young Scientists And University Professors

Abstract

The study's purpose was to examine the features of the motivational profile of young specialists who are focused on work in the field of science, higher education, and high technologies. The work was carried out within the RFBR grant "Problems of increasing the motivation of young specialists for employment in the field of science, high technologies and higher education in modern Russia." The research methods are based on the author's theory of the motivational complex, and the consistent application of the "Motivation" test, which allows in an automated mode to determine the characteristic features of the respondents' motivational preferences. The results obtained made it possible to question the effectiveness of administrative measures to rejuvenate scientific personnel in modern Russia. The majority of people entering or intending to enter graduate school often only imitate their interest in scientific and innovative activities and, after graduation, do not plan to build a career path in science, higher education, and high technology. Besides, undesirable gender bias in the staff of scientific organizations and higher educational institutions is also actualized. In this regard, the authors have developed a diagnostic system that allows you to identify talented students in the university's junior years and select for them an individual set of incentives, which actualizes their motivational attitudes towards building their career path in science, high technology and higher education.