Psychological Readiness for a Professional Career in the Creative Industries: Operational and Personal Components
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: An important concept in modern organizational psychology is psychological readiness for a professional career. This construct has been actively studied by various Ukrainian researchers (Karamushka, 2000; Karamushka, 2022; Shelenkova, 2016). In previous publications, the author of this article has explored the concept of psychological readiness for a professional career, in particular its components in the context of the creative industries, including value-motivational, cognitive components, as well as the concept of subjective and objective career success of employees in this professional field. This article aims to study the peculiarities of the operational and personal components of psychological readiness for a professional career of employees in the creative industries. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were formulated: 1. To analyze the relationship between the components of the operational component of psychological readiness for a professional career of employees in the creative industries with micro-level factors (employee characteristics) and meso-level factors (organization characteristics). 2. To analyze the relationship of the personal component of psychological readiness for a professional career of employees in the creative industries with micro-level and meso-level factors. 3. To analyze the overall the relationships of operational and personal components of psychological readiness with micro and meso-level factors. In general, the article describes the specifics of these components. It is shown that a relationship exists between their components and micro-level and meso-level factors that affect their development. The established regularities and described peculiarities can be significant in managing their career and can be used both by employees and by HR professionals.
Authors: Інститут психології ім. Г.С. Костюка НАПН України, м. Київ, Марта Тиченко
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409050151