Kalekina, A. V. Social and Psychological Aspects of the Professional Culture of Design Engineers

Abstract: The article is devoted to social and psychological aspects of the professional culture of designing engineers. The author of the article provides the results of the research of social and psychological aspects of the professional culture of designing engineers and associated value orientations and professional stereotypes of designing engineers working at industrial enterprises. The author also describes the results of evaluating the level of satisfaction of engineers with their professional activity. The analysis of obtained results allows to define the degree of readiness of engineers for adaptation to new social conditions in the age of innovative transformations. The analysis of activities performed by designing engineers working at industrial enterprises has shown that the majority of designing engineers dislike innovations and have a very vague idea about innovation process in general while expressing a positive attitude to creativity in work. The research evidently shows the contradiction between traditional values and stereotypes that slow down the process of adopting new values. The results of the research of social and psychological aspects of the professional culture of engineers show that: there is a certain divergence between value orientations of designing engineers and their views on the need to transform elements of their professional culture in accordance with innovation changes; their professional values are realized only when an engineer seeks new knowledge to cover the gaps in his profession culture but at the same time an engineer tends to ignore associated professional skills and abilities; there is a also a contradiction between value orientations and their need to change their professional culture and the majority of designing engineers do not have the aim to adopt innovations.

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