| Abstract [eng] |
Topicality of the analysis. The topic of the analysis is relevant for several reasons: worker motivation is a factor which makes a huge influence on worker skills improvement, self development, competence and performing an efficient activity. Work motivation is strongly influenced by experiences of a professional activity: positive and negative emotions. The specifics of child right protection work is often related to negative facts of social behavior that diminish motivation and leave a negative emotional trace in a mental state of workers. All the negative emotions that are experienced aggravate work specifics and require higher worker motivation. Subject of the analysis. Factors influencing professional motivation and emotional experiences of workers in the sphere of child right protection. Objective of the analysis. Analyze the attitude of child right protection workers towards factors influencing their professional motivation and emotional experiences. Methods of the analysis. Quantitative and qualitative analysis were made. In the quantitative empirical analysis the applied method of data collection was a structural questionnaire in a written form. The questionnaire was sent by email. The respondents were 154 people – heads and specialists of child right protection departments of municipalities of Lithuania. Processing quantitative data, exploratory factor analysis was applied. The method of data collection in the qualitative analysis was a half-structural interview. The respondents were 9 people – heads and specialists of district and city child right protection departments. The collected data was processed by making qualitative content analysis. Conclusions. The activity of child right protection specialists is more connected with negative emotions that influence mental health and professional motivation of the workers respectively. Motivation improves while experiencing positive emotions that restore efficiency. Summarizing the results of the analysis, it is possible to state that child right protection workers are affected by internal and external professional motives. However, the major part of the workers is more affected by internal motivation factors – the hypothesis raised for the quantitative empirical analysis partially proved out. |
