TYPOLOGY OF ATTITUDE TO WORK AND LEISURE AS A FACTOR IN WORK EFFICIENCY AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF MODERN PROFESSIONALS
The paper presents the results of a part of the complex program of leisure investigation, performed on a sample of multi-professional representatives from different organizations. The study aims at identification of factors contributing to the development of a proactive approach to recreation. The empirical sample has been composed in accordance with the research tasks form representatives of different organizations and professional groups. The sample included 123 subjects (41 man and 82 women), average age - 31,2. All respondents live in one metropolitan city, with active lifestyle, with relatively high level of life meaningfulness. Mental representations of some work and leisure phenomena were investigated by the analysis of attitudes and sense, represented in the semantic fields. For the purpose of subjective categorizations of the notions «rest», «leisure», «recreation», «repose», «work», «labour» the 14-scales semantic differential by E.Yu. Artemieva was used. The detailed analysis on the base of psychosemantic data revealed a number of types of subjective attitude to work and leisure. The proactive approach is discussed as the basic attitude to anticipatory work planning and management, targeted to prevent over-fatigue and to reach forehanded recovery. Phenomenological analysis of these types led to the conclusion that the most important factor in the efficient recovery is experiencing and understanding recreational processes as positive; negative perception of leisure reduces its recovery effect and increases dissatisfaction with life in general.