THE SPECIFICITY OF THE SUBJECTIVE CONTROL’S LOCALIZATION OF PENITENTIARY SERVICE EMPLOYEES WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS FOR INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES

Abstract

It has been indicated that in terms of reforming the penal service, which occurs now in Ukraine, one of the essential criteria for professional activity of an employee of this service is the level of subjective control, i.e. the ability of an employee to take responsibility for own behavior and results of the activities.

The results of studying the localization of subjective control of Penitentiary Service employees with different levels of psychological readiness for innovative activities have been provided in the article.

227 employees of Penitentiary Service of Ukraine have been studied. The author has formed the groups with different levels of psychological readiness for innovative activities by the assistance of V. E. Klochko and O. M. Krasnoryadtseva questionnaire measuring psychological readiness to innovative activities and cluster analysis in accordance with the method of k-averages. The first group (with low level) was formed out of 82 persons under study, the second group (with high level) included 77 persons under study, and 68 respondents with an average index level were excluded from the further study. To achieve this goal the author has used the method of “Locus of control” by E. G. Ksenofontova.

It has been established that persons under study with a high level of psychological readiness for innovative activities: are more inclined to believe that most of the events in their lives are the result of their own actions; are not only largely agree with the importance of internality in the process of life, but also show more expression in their own life experience; show a greater willingness to work, which requires overcoming difficulties. They are also more likely to take responsibility both for positive and for negative variations of formed relationships; thereby they better understand their role in those relationships that are developed with others. Persons under study with low psychological readiness for innovative activities are characterized with more severity of settings that match the belief of externalities.