At present, such an interesting sphere of human activity as psychology has stepped far forward, which is associated with a significant demand for psychological support for many people in the modern world. The rapid rhythm of life in the modern world brought not only positive moments, but also negative ones, which were revealed in the need for people to turn to psychologists to relieve mental stress. In addition to this, professional activity also leaves a rather serious imprint on a person, since the daily performance of the same actions and duties causes certain changes in the person.
Professional deformation is a gradual change in some personality traits, including character traits, behavior and communication with people, value orientations and interests that become a habit and become part of the person himself. In some cases, this can manifest itself very clearly, in others, over time, changes can occur slowly and imperceptibly. In any case, a person becomes different, since any field of activity has its own patterns and stereotypes of behavior that affect a person and leave their mark on him.
It should be noted that the professional deformation of the personality can be both positive and negative in nature, which largely depends on the internal basis of a person and on his attitude to himself. The beneficial effect of professional activity is manifested in improving the qualification level of a specialist, a greater amount of knowledge on their subjects, the ability to make competent and balanced decisions, as well as finding a way out of difficult situations. Such a person joins the team, becomes more sociable, makes close contacts with his employees, conscientiously treats his work and seeks to improve labor productivity, making it more rational.
However, professional deformation can also be negative, taking the form of an episodic or permanent nature. The fact is that many people, having worked for a long time in one organization and having studied all the intricacies of the internal system of the work process, can gradually become hostages and negatively perceive information that relates to improving work and introducing new technologies into it. It will seem to them that the old and worked out organization scheme is the best, and any changes that violate the “status quo” will lead to its deterioration. In addition, a rather serious problem for many organizations is that some employees who have worked for a long time in the field of customer service begin to communicate with people in a purely functional way, starting to relate to all people with the same approach. This negatively affects both the character of the employee and the reputation of the company, therefore, to prevent this, competent managers quite often conduct the necessary seminars and trainings at which they teach their specialists to approach each client individually, taking into account various circumstances of the case.
In the education system, such a problem can also occur, since professional deformation of the personality of the teacher is also noted quite often. In most cases, positive aspects are visible here, which are manifested in the teacher’s greater participation in the training system and his desire to teach people and pass on their knowledge to them. However, there are pitfalls here too, because in some cases, vocational guidance may be tedious in explaining known things to students. This should be noticed in time and not allowed to become a bad habit.
Thus, we can draw the main conclusion that each person should periodically conduct self-analysis of his character and pay attention not to the social nature of his behavior. This will allow us to identify undesirable trends in time and focus the individual on the upbringing of exclusively positive aspects of his character in the process of work. As a result of this approach, the professional orientation of a person will be exclusively positive.