Model of Motivation to Change the Life Scenario of Managers

Introduction. In middle adulthood, managers are more likely to have career crises that require a review of rigid life scenarios. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to identify psychological resources that provide motivation for such changes. Currently, the relationship of motivation to change the life scenario with specific career orientations is not sufficiently studied.

Objective. Development and empirical verification of a comprehensive model of motivation to change the life scenario for managers over 35 years of age with different career plans.

Materials and methods. The study involved 90 managers divided into two groups: those with strong career plans (n = 54) and those without them (n = 36). A complex of psychodiagnostic methods was used: the author's questionnaire of life scenarios, the questionnaire of driver behavior (T. Kaler), the method of diagnostics of parental prescriptions (R. Drego), the test of life-meaning orientations (D. A. Leontiev). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), analysis of variance (ANOVA), and correlation analysis were used to test hypotheses.

Results. The results of MANOVA showed a statistically significant impact of career orientation on the set of indicators of life scenarios. Career-planning managers perform better in the adaptive scenarios "Trials of Hercules" and "Philemon and Baucis", as well as in the drivers "Be perfect" and "Be strong". In the group without career plans, the maladaptive scenarios "Sisyphus labor" and "Tantalus torment", as well as the driver "Try", dominate. Significant positive correlations of constructive drivers with intrinsic motivation and negative correlations of maladaptive scenarios with willingness to change were revealed.

Discussion. The data obtained confirm that life scenarios and driver patterns are significant psychological determinants of career motivation. The identified configurations " adaptive scenario-constructive driver "and "maladaptive scenario – driver" Try" deepen the understanding of the mechanisms of personal and professional transformation in adulthood. The results are of practical significance and can be implemented in coaching and organizational consulting for the development of targeted programs for psychological support of managers.

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