Professional Style Research Articles

Medical assistants’ comic styles and their potential for positive functioning at work: a cross-sectional study including a subgroup analysis

BackgroundMedical assistants are essential for the healthcare system. However, they face several working demands every day, for which they need resources to cope. While several studies show that humour can be a resource for healthcare professionals, studies on humour styles/comic styles in healthcare are scarce. But, as humour styles (e.g., light vs. dark) may have varying – and even negative – effects on positive psychological functioning, it is important to investigate their individual potential for medical assistants. Thus, this study investigates the relationships between medical assistants’ comic styles and their positive psychological functioning at work.MethodsApplying a cross-sectional design we assessed German medical assistants’ eight comic styles (i.e., benevolent humour, fun, wit, nonsense, irony, satire, sarcasm, cynicism) and facets of positive psychological functioning (e.g., well-being, feeling of competence). We analysed relationships between the variables by means of Pearson correlations, ANCOVAs and hierarchical regressions. All analyses were conducted with the total sample (N = 608; completion rate 44%) as well as a large subsample of medical assistants working in general medicine (N = 263).ResultsWhile most of the light styles (e.g., benevolent humour) relate positively to most facets, the dark style sarcasm relates negatively. The other dark styles showed coefficients around zero or even slightly positive ones (e.g., satire). Most relationships were also prevalent in the subgroup of medical assistants working in general medicine.ConclusionsThe eight comic styles might have varying potential for medical assistants’ positive psychological functioning at work, with benevolent humour being most adaptive and sarcasm being maladaptive. This study points to the relevance of raising attention regarding the (mal-)adaptiveness of different comic styles of healthcare professionals. Trainings of professionals (e.g., vocational education and training of medical assistants) might integrate the topic of humour (i.e., foster benevolent vs. caution against sarcastic humour) to build and maintain this helpful resource which professionals can use as a tool to master various challenges of everyday work (e.g., cope with stressful situations).

‘Types’ of Popular Musicians: From Musical to Professional Styles: Some Epistemological Reflections Based on the Case of French-Speaking Swiss Musicians

In academic research on popular music, the framing by musical genres and styles such as ‘Rock’, ‘Jazz’, and ‘Electro’ often seems obvious to social sciences scholars. The history, aesthetic features, and boundaries of musical idioms are major concerns for cultural studies, and the notion that musical styles shape the professional musical landscape is commonly accepted. This article is based on a survey involving 125 respondents in French-speaking Switzerland. It combines network analysis based on musical pairings during the year before the survey, with a typical socio-economic approach to understanding the features and resources of musicians. We demonstrate that the conventional approach of classifying musicians by ‘musical styles’ is not the most effective way to understand the structure of the musical occupational group. Instead, work pairings in music, and more broadly, sub-networks that emerge within our population, effectively group musicians according to their ‘professional style’ rather than their ‘musical style’. The focus is not on playing ‘Rock’, ‘Pop’, or ‘Jazz’, but rather on performing original compositions or covers, and whether one is a unique creative artist playing concerts or a service provider performing for entertainment gigs.

Формування педагогічної культури майбутніх магістрів в галузі цифрових технологій

The article analyses the content and components of the pedagogical culture of future masters in digital technologies, as well as its role in the professional development of the future master. The authors emphasise the importance of developing key competences, such as creativity, critical thinking and communication skills, which are crucial for the formation of an individual professional style.
 It is substantiated that the effective formation of pedagogical competence involves the use of a set of methodological approaches, such as competence-based, systemic, personality-oriented, activity-based and resource-based. The need for such an integrated approach is determined by the goal of achieving optimal results in improving the professional training of students in higher education institutions. Within the framework of these approaches, the specific conditions that should be taken into account when developing a model for the development of pedagogical culture of future masters in the field of digital technologies are identified. A phased model for the formation of pedagogical culture of future masters in the field of digital technologies is proposed. It is noted that the successful implementation of this model is possible only with an integrated approach aimed at developing both pedagogical and professional competence of future masters in the field of digital technologies.
 Prospects for future research are to determine the pedagogical conditions aimed at the targeted development of the pedagogical culture of future masters in digital technologies.

The study of the relationship between the self-assessment of language abilities of adolescents and their perception of professional styles of foreign language teachers

The study of the relationship between the self-assessment of language abilities of adolescents and their perception of professional styles of foreign language teachers

Leadership Styles of Construction Professionals and Their Preferred Labor System In The Philippine Construction Industry

Worldwide construction industry faces challenges regard to problems associated with leadership and the problem are usually linked with performance of the labor. Leadership plays a vital role in any industry. Therefore, a positive relationship between the management and the employees is very crucial for any organization to get better turnover and recognition. The current study discusses the leadership styles used in the Construction Industry in Philippines. The development of construction industry in Philippines requires suitable leadership approaches of the management. In the condition of such requirement, this research paper has two-fold objectives: first, to study the leadership styles used by the higher-management levels of Filipino construction companies and second, to analyze which labor system preferred by the construction professionals. A survey was designed and carried to assess the objectives of the research. A total of eighty construction professionals were selected for the study. The survey participants were the three working groups of the three construction companies; (1) Owner of the company, (2) construction engineers/architects, (3) worker supervisors. The questionnaire has a total of 18 questions that includes position of the respondents, years of experience, preferred labor system and leadership styles assessment. Confidence level, Mean, and Frequency Distribution used to analyze the results of the respondents.

Batygin’s Lesson stuck with me on my Professional Path — Always Check Yourself to Make Sure your Conclusions Can Be Substantiated”. Interview Prepared by D.M. Rogozin

The interview is dedicated to the memories about the professional and pedagogical activities of the outstanding Russian sociologist G.S. Batygin (1951–2003). Emphasis is placed on the specifics of his scientific method, associated with intensive critical reflection on various methodological approaches in social theory and empirical research, and his position in relation to certain areas of sociology is analyzed. The interview describes the professional style of G.S. Batygin as a teacher and supervisor.

THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF SPECIALISTS (CONSULTANTS) IN INCLUSIVE-RESOURCE CENTRES

The article analyses theoretically the prerequisites for the formation of the professional identity of specialists (consultants) in inclusive-resource centres. The article provides theoretical definitions for: professional personality formation, competence, professional competence. The concept of professional identity of specialists (consultants) in inclusive-resource centres is revealed: professional identity is a result of professional self-determination and self-organization. The prerequisites for the formation of the professional identity of specialists (consultants) in inclusive-resource centres are outlined theoretically in line with the competence approach; they ensure the successful professionalization of counselling practitioners’ activities. A number of prerequisites in the field of motivational-value, cognitive, technical, interpersonal communicative, contextual, adaptive, integrative, creative, acmeological, autopsychological competences were identified as fundamental. The peculiarities of specialists’ (consultants’) professional identity formation are presented via revealing the motives for profession choose, the formation of professional self-awareness and professional orientation, the development of professional self-actualization and professionally important qualities during interaction with children with special educational needs and their parent, and via the development of an individual professional style.

스포츠 트레이너의 커뮤니케이션 스타일이 부상선수의 재활동기 및 회복탄력성에 미치는 영향

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of sports trainer’s communication style on the rehabilitation period and resilience of injured players. For this study, a questionnaire was distributed to 125 incumbent elite sports players and analyzed according to the procedure. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the rehabilitation trainer’s communication style had a statistically significant effect on the rehabilitation and resilience of injured athletes. Specifically, the trainer’s cooperative, professional, and controlled communication styles had a positive or negative effect on the injured athlete’s taskoriented motivation, change-oriented motivation, duty-oriented motivation, and external motivation, respectively. In addition, as a result of analyzing the relationship between the trainer’s communication style and the injured player’s resilience, it was confirmed that the cooperative and professional style had a positive effect on control, positivity, and sociability. Based on these research results, this study aims to examine in depth the relationship between trainers and injured players from a social scientific perspective, and to compose a new curriculum by adding and reinforcing related social science contents to the qualifications and curriculum of rehabilitation trainers. discussed about.

Selfies and Speeches of a President at War: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Strategy of Spectacularization on Instagram

The spectacularization of politics is not the exclusive patrimony of the media in their news coverage. Leaders from all over the world have successfully incorporated this “communicative style” into their own strategies, a style that finds a suitable space in visual social networks such as Instagram, in dynamic formats such as video, and in crisis contexts. This article analyzes the “spectacularization” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s through Instagram. The methodological proposal is based on the study of the 5W in relation to the digital image and investigates the leading role, the staging, the space, and the technical resources of the videos. Thus, a content analysis is applied to a sample of 143 videos published by the president on his official profile in February–March 2022, when the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, and in September–October 2022. We observed that Zelensky uses video in an intense and “spectacular” way: He exploits his figure in a professional style, strategically combines careful staging with amateurism, and uses resources such as subtitles to internationalize his discourse.

Развитие профессионального стиля саморегуляции у сотрудников ОВД в условиях обучения в центре профессиональной подготовки

The problem of developing a professional style of self-regulation among employees of the internal affairs bodies who are first recruited and undergoing training in vocational training centers is considered. The goal is to develop and test a specialized program for mastering the methods of arbitrary mental self-regulation, applicable in the conditions of the Center for Psychological Training. Materials and methods. The total sample of the study was 64 people aged 20 to 30 years. The experimental group of 20 people and the control group of 21 people were employees who were taking an initial training course at the Central Training Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. An initial and final psychodiagnostic study was carried out using a test battery of the APPDK "Multipsychometer", sensorimotor and cognitive tests using a specialized space. An evaluation role at the final stage was also played by the data of expert surveys, self-reports of participants, and keeping a diary according to the model of A. V. Alekseev. At the stage of formative empirical research, complexes of methods of arbitrary mental self-regulation (PPSR) were used, as well as a set of lead-up exercises. Results and discussion. It was found that in the process of formation and development of the professional style of self-regulation among police officers, the most important factors are: the use of breathing, body-oriented and other lead-in exercises; the process of mastering voluntary self-regulation has a more stable result, provided that a certain algorithm for mastering the exercises of voluntary self-regulation is used, which involves a gradual acquaintance with entering an altered state of consciousness; such an algorithm makes it possible to carry out this work within the time frame determined by the duration of the training period for police officers in the framework of primary professional training. Conclusions. The ability for voluntary mental self-regulation is successfully developed among employees, provided that a targeted program is used, based on the idea of systematic mastering of an excessive set of self-regulation methods with gradual individualization and professionalization of the style of their implementation.

ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ПОТЕНЦИАЛ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОЙ СИСТЕМЫ НРАВСТВЕННОГО ВОСПИТАНИЯ В.А. СУХОМЛИНСКОГО

The author analyses the pedagogical system of moral education developed by V.A. Sukhomlinsky. The article shows the technological transition from the educational environment as a set of circumstances external to the student, which have a significant impact on his formation and development, to the educational space as a personal image of the environment, which forms the appropriate identity of a person, his image of self. At the same time, the features of the educational space are distinguished (an integral and highly conscious image of the self, which is characterized by integrity, consistency of elements; the identity of a person in his socio-cultural environment; the result of a person’s own work on himself, the result of constant efforts to be, to preserve his positive identity), the characteristics of pedagogical technologies (specificity of the goal; monitoring of activity; lawfulness; conditions of effectiveness), the features of educational technologies (focus on the emotional and social development of the person), and the characteristics of educational technologies (focus on the emotional and social development of the person). Based on this methodological framework, a conceptual analysis of a specific fragment of his pedagogical experience of moral education of children described in the work of V.A. Sukhomlinsky is carried out, its technological characteristics, including monitoring as a way of managing the process of realisation of the educational goal, are revealed, and the significance of V.A. Sukhomlinsky’s works for the professional development of a modern teacher and the technologisation of everyday pedagogical activity is determined. The educator does not offer in his works any specific pedagogical (educational) technologies, as it can be found in other authors. But he shows how to technologise his own daily activity, advancing to professional mastery, to the development of his professional style, which is much more important and effective. This is all the more important in the sphere of moral education, which is a particularly debatable issue today in the aspect of technologisation of pedagogical (educational) activity. In conclusion, some ideas of V.A. Sukhomlinsky, from the author’s point of view valuable in relation to the technologisation of moral education of modern children and youth, are offered.

Interaction styles of health care professionals supporting patients with chronic conditions in general hospitals towards self-management: one-year follow-up data from a brief educational intervention

ABSTRACT Education and training have been identified as a potential way of engaging health-care professionals in patient self-management support. However, there is a need to distil what methods work best to support self-management in different settings, and consequently about which frameworks should be part of educational and training initiatives. We investigated in Ugandan health-care professionals working with patients with chronic conditions whether following a 10-h workshop on using the self-determination theory (SDT) framework resulted in higher levels of autonomy-support and structuring and lower levels of control and chaos 12 months post-workshop compared to health-care professionals who did not follow the workshop. Situations In Self-management support – HealthCare Professionals (SIS-HCP) scores from 55 health-care professionals (42.5 ± 9.2 years; 58.2% female) who followed a workshop were compared using unpaired Student’s t tests with a convenience sample of 85 health-care professionals (39.9 ± 13.0 years; 62.3% female) who did not follow the workshop. Those who followed the workshop reported higher SIS-HCP autonomy-support (Cohen’s d = 0.87, i.e. large effect) and structuring (Cohen’s d = 0.84, i.e. large effect) and lower SIS-HCP controlling (Cohen’s d = 0.64, i.e. moderate effect) and chaos (Cohen’s d = 0.71, i.e. moderate effect) than those who did not follow the workshop. Health-care professionals trained in SDT principles have one-year post-training a more supportive and structuring and a less controlling and chaotic interaction style than those who did not follow the workshop. Future research should investigate whether also self-management competencies in chronic patients can be improved via training health-care professionals.

ТИПОЛОГІЧНО СПІЛЬНІ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ МОДАЛЬНОСТІ В ДОКУМЕНТАЦІЇ МОРСЬКОЇ ТЕМАТИКИ

This article examines the peculiarities of modal-emotional connotations used in English-language texts in maritime documents, the functional and semantic characteristics of subjective modality units (epistemic, axiological, aletic and deontic) are studied. The results of the research based on the material of maritime-related documents showed that despite the fact that the main distinctive characteristics of the documents include the presence of factual (cognitive) information, the monosemantics of the used terms and distinct content of the text, the author’s personal attitude to the researched problem, his individual characteristics of speech and personality often appear in the texts of the documents. Moreover, the emotional and modal characteristics of the analyzed texts, their orientation, do not in any way interfere with the cognitive semantics of the text. Despite the fact that modal values are subject to the pragmatic task of the work, the goal, which is dedicated to one topic, and the clear structure of presenting the research results, the functional and semantic side of documentary texts is formed not only at the expense of the objective component, but at the expence of the subjective one too. That is why syntactic (parallel constructions emphatic word order, constructions with interjections and with the meaning of intellectual assessment) and morphological (perfect / imperfect verb forms), stylistic (epithets, comparisons) are widely used alongside with lexical means of expression. Some features of the content structure of the work are related to national or cultural peculiarities. An absolutely isomorphic feature of the compared scientific works is that the methods, techniques and manner of language communication is closely connected with the features of the person’s speech, his professional style and his individuality. Explicit presentation of modal meanings strengthens the emphasis on the importance of the introduced information

Theoretical approaches to the study of the problem of self-development of future specialists

The problem of a person's creative self-realization, in the context of professional self-development, becomes more and more urgent every year, due to which the study of the concept of self-development, professional self-development is given great importance at the present time. This topic is represented by a wide range of multi-vector research, both fundamental and applied. Fundamental research is aimed at revealing the theoretical provisions and features of the process of professional self-development, at the same time, applied provisions provide specific practical tools that help a person realize their inner potential. In this regard, the problem of professional self-development is actualized, which manifests itself, on the one hand, in the integration of the individual into the system of professional relations, and on the other hand, in the implementation of professional functions, the formation of an individual professional style, and the search for ways of professional growth.

Kenichi Fukui, Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory, and the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules. Part I. The Person†.

Kenichi Fukui shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roald Hoffmann for "their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions." This is Paper 4 - Part I, of a three-part trilogy within a 27-paper series on the history of the development of the Woodward-Hoffmann rules. The personality and professional style of Fukui is discussed as well as his style of teaching and his mottos and sayings. A brief chronological history of his academic and professional life is presented along with a listing of Fukui's great flexibility in behaviors and in science. Lastly, a short list of Fukui's key awards is provided.

The relationship of empathy with professional styles in the work of the Russian teachers

Introduction and problem. Empathy is a professionally important quality of a teacher's personality, while the relationship of empathy with various professional styles of teachers is an insufficiently researched area of pedagogical knowledge. The aim of the study was to establish the relationship of empathy with professional styles in the work of Russian teachers. Materials and methods. The following techniques were used in the study. Professional styles of teachers were evaluated using the questionnaire "Teacher styles" (N. Aelterman), represented by the typology: control, chaos, structure, autonomy. The level of empathy was recorded using a technique specially developed for the diagnosis of empathy in teachers: the questionnaire "Teacher Empathy Scale" (Wang). 116 teachers took part in the online survey (5.2 % of them were men and 94.8 % were women, the average age of the respondents was M=45.04 years; SD=11.22 years). Results. A significant relationship was found between the gender factor and control support (exactingness). The age factor turned out to be negatively correlated with support for chaos (rejection) (r=-0.19, at ρ<0.05) and positively with support for autonomy (participation) (r=0.26, at ρ<0.05). The degree of religiosity turned out to be significantly interrelated with 2 pedagogical styles: negatively with maintaining control (dominance r=-0.21, at ρ<0.05 and demanding r=-0.19, at ρ<0.05) and positively with maintaining autonomy (participation r=0.18, at ρ<0.05). There are no correlations between teaching styles and the level of subjective income and other socio-demographic variables (for example, the level of education). Professional styles are associated with empathy through the denial of chaos (refusal) (ρ<0.05) and the denial of control (demanding) (ρ<0.01). With self-efficacy, professional styles of teachers are interrelated with explanation, elements of the teacher's independence and his skills in organizing distance educational activities. Conclusions. During the analysis of the data obtained, it was possible to find correlations between professional styles and the degree of empathy, as well as the level of self-efficacy of teachers and other important socio-demographic factors.

Doğal Karar Verme Mekanizmaları: Çocuk Hizmetleri Profesyonellerinin Deneyim ve Kişilik Özellikleri Üzerine Özgün Araştırma

Objective: The focus on decision making research has moved from rational decision-making processes to naturalistic decision making since it investigates how people make decisions in real life settings. For field professionals working with children, it is often very difficult to use rational decision-making styles due to the ever-changing social world and interactions, rather than the physical world. For this reason, decision making styles of field professionals working with children have been explored. Also it was inteded to provide an insight about factors such as empathy, anxiety and stress that might affect decision making styles. Material and Methods: One hundred eighty-eight field professionals working with children and adolescents were recruited for the study. Participants read scenarios and filled out forms to determine their decision-making styles and personality traits. Results: The findings revealed that participants employing rational decision-making styles have higher accuracy in scenarios and experience levels in terms of years significantly affects the accuracy. In terms of personality traits empathy has an effect on both rational and naturalistic decision-making styles. Conclusion: Naturalistic decision-making abilities of individuals are due to situations that are recognized by them in accordance with the literature. These abilities lead individuals to recognize schemas and patterns and also to perform mental simulations. It can be concluded that the pattern recognition partly constitutes intuitiveness, while mental simulations constitute the rational part.

СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ СУБЪЕКТНОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ БУДУЩИХ ПЕДАГОГОВ В СФЕРЕ ВОСПИТАНИЯ

The increased attention of the state and society to education as an integral part of the educational process at all levels of education actualizes the problem of the readiness of future teachers to implement educational tasks. To determine the prospects of this activity, the provisions of the modern theory of education have a significant place, which is the methodological basis for considering the role and place of the teacher and his subjectivity in the process of preparing for educational activities. In order to achieve a high degree of readiness for professional activity, it is necessary to have a certain personal, intellectual and activity potential, which means that personal and professional changes are an integral attribute of the development of professionally significant personality traits that should be included in the logic of the organization of the process of professional education in the academic and extracurricular components. The success of the educational activity of a novice teacher in the future largely depends on the student's activity in professional self-development during the period of study at the university. The readiness of teachers for educational activities is largely determined by the formation of professional subjective activity of the individual. Professional subjective activity is considered as the activity of a personality that develops and implements its subjectivity in the space of professional activity. Its main characteristics are uniqueness, activity, independence, responsibility, authorship of one's own life and one's own history, value relations, the ability to master one's own behavior and generate one's own behavior. For their formation, it is necessary to create special conditions in a pedagogical university: the organization of horizontal and vertical subjectsubject interaction; development of the mentoring system; development of the institute's life activity as a professional educational organization that creates a space for the accumulation of individual professional style and operational repertoire for solving professional tasks.

The relationship between the professional, social, and political experience and leadership style of mayors and organisational culture in local government. Empirical evidence from Poland.

This paper aims to identify the organisational culture profiles of Polish municipalities and examine the influence of the professional, social and political experience and place-based leadership style of mayors on municipalities’ organisational culture profiles. The Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument was selected due to its suitability in assessing the organisation’s underlying culture. In the study, 917 mayors of municipalities in Poland, completing an on-line questionnaire. It was found that most of the Polish municipalities’ organisational culture is characterised by a clan type which is reflected in how employees are managed, how the organisation is held together, and how the organisation’s strategy is defined. The leadership style and the organisation’s success are hierarchy-focused, while the dominant characteristic is market type. The ANOVA and UNIANOVA analysis results suggest that the type of organisational culture depends on the type of municipality. The clan culture is dominant in rural municipalities. In urban municipalities, market culture and adhocracy are stronger than in rural municipalities, while clan culture is weaker. There is also an association between the dominant type of organisational culture and the mayors’ work experience in local administration and their membership in an NGO. The length of the mayor’s seniority in local government administration differentiates the importance of hierarchy culture, while his experience in the NGO sector strengthens the clan characteristics of the organisational culture of the office he heads. These findings provide important implications for the initiation and implementation of cultural change in local government administration and cooperation projects and local experiments. A cultural change is difficult to implement, and a change of mayor is not enough to initiate it. It requires planning and management. Cultural change may contribute to the increase of municipalities’ activity in cooperation’s projects and experiments. There is a need for more research on this topic to determine to what extent the organisational culture supports local cooperation projects.

He nature and types of women's personal and professional behavioral styles

Introduction. The global transformation of the public life as well as social tension and the restructuring of gender stereotypes affect the role repertoire of women and their active inclusion in socio-economic life. This requires studying the nature and types of women's personal and professional behavioral styles.Aim. Based on the analysis of Ukrainian and foreign sources, to explore the content, types and significance of women's personal and professional behavioral styles.Results. The author has analyzed the contentof personal life scenarios and the nature, types and role of women's personal and professional behavioral styles.Conclusions. The findings can be helpful in givingpsychological support for women's professional activities, in particular in providingpsychological counseling and training programs.