Socialinių darbuotojų nuostatų dėl savo gebėjimų ir aplinkos raiška profesinėje veikloje
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Socialinio darbuotojo asmenybė; Socialinio darbuotojo asmenybė, socialinių darbuotojų nuostatos; Socialinis darbas; Social work; Social worker personality; Social workers' beliefs.
ENArticle draws attention to human capital in social work – the wholeness of personal qualities, its understanding and purposive application in professional activity. The article is based on the Concept of Effective Functioning (Motivational Systems Theory, Ford, 1992) the aspect of capability and context beliefs (personal agency beliefs) where capability beliefs are evaluations of whether one has the personal skill needed to function effectively, and context beliefs are evaluations whether one has the responsive environment needed to support effective functioning. The concept states that it is not enough to have a goal in mind and the objective skills and circumstances needed to attain it. People must believe that they have the capabilities and opportunities needed to achieve their goal (Ford, 1992). The mentioned beliefs are considered as rather a stable motivational construct which has impact on person’s self-concept, thinking, goals and professional performance. 43 social workers from various social institutions were interviewed about their capability and context beliefs. The research data falls into seven motivational patterns: robust (6 respondents); tenacious (2 respondents); modest (15 respondents); vulnerable (14 respondents); antagonistic (2 respondents); discouraged (3 respondents); hopeless (1 respondent) which are described and interpreted.The first three patterns (robust, tenacious, modest) are supposed to be the most motivating and facilitating effective functioning. Social workers exibiting vulnerable, antagonistic, discouraged and hopeless patterns are less professionally functioning and can constantly face difficulties and problems in their professional activity. It is stated that social workers’ personal agency beliefs play a particular role in the provision of professional functions, also can help or hinder to develop motivation and obtain adequate patterns of professional functioning. [From the publication]
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