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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
ISSN 2304-1226 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2023. Vol 44

Psychophysiological State of a Working Person: A Review of Foreign Views

Author(s)
K. R. Spitsyna
Abstract
The article presents a review of the works by writers of Western psychological school studying state of a working person (G. Z. Bedny, G. R. J. Hockey, M. Csikszentmihalyi, G. R. Hackman & J. R. Oldham, J. C. Vischer). The framework of categories of the concepts presented in the review is quite diverse and many terms have no adequate translation equivalent in the Russian language. It has been found that the concept “functional state” is rare in the mentioned works. The author outlined the main theoretical and methodological construct of studies (“state during working activity”), identified the basic approach of empirical research of working person’s state (“situational”), and considered assessment and correction techniques of working person’s state. The strategies for optimizing person’s state, which improve his or her working efficiency, have been outlined.
About the Authors
Spitsyna Kamilla Rustamovna, Postgraduate, Department of Humanitarian and Social Disciplines, Technological University named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Pilot-cosmonaut A. A. Leonov, 42, Gagarin st., Korolev, 141074, Russian Federation, e-mail: kamillaspitsyna@yandex.ru
For citation
Spitsyna K.R. Psychophysiological State of a Working Person: A Review of Foreign Views. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2023, vol. 44, pp. 70-84. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2023.44.70 (in Russian)
Keywords
functional state, subjective comfort, efficiency, computer assisted working activity.
UDC
159.9.016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2023.44.70
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