The Contribution of Individual Psychological Features to the Determination of the Phenomenon of Work Alienation
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Division of the System Research of the Formation of Sports Mastery, Saint-Petersburg Scientific-Research Institute for Physical Culture, 191040 Saint.-Petersburg, Russia
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Department of Psychology of Professional Activity, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia; 191186 Saint.-Petersburg, Russia
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Behav. Sci. 2020, 10(1), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10010034
Received: 20 November 2019
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Revised: 6 January 2020
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Accepted: 13 January 2020
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Published: 15 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue XVI European Congress of Psychology)
Using the questionnaire method on a sample of 92 Russian-speaking employees of the “person-person” professions type, the relationship of work alienation with personal characteristics was investigated. It was found that work alienation has associations with some personality traits. Also, the satisfaction of basic psychological needs at work is a significant predictor of work alienation. The study proved that work alienation is a relatively flexible construct for changes in the workplace that relate to autonomy, competence, and social relations. The results of the research can be used as an empirical justification of the model of the phenomenon as well as in the development of a differentiated approach to the prevention and intervention of work alienation, depending on the personality characteristics of employees.
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Keywords:
work alienation; personality traits; psychological needs; need for autonomy; need for competence; need for relatedness
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