(2016) Science and education, 11, 55-60. Odessa.

Inna Khorzhevska,
PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Psychology, Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University,
10, Desantnykiv Str., Mykolaiv, Ukraine 

PROFESSIONALISM AND AN INDIVIDUAL’S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The article analyses the issues of an individual’s professional development, examines different approaches to it. The development of a professional is a result of a personality’s formation in the professional activity; it is connected with general personality development and acquisition of new experience, knowledge, abilities, and with transformation of motivation and interests of a person.

professionalism, personality of the worker, professional formation of a personality, personal development

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