Psychological influence of professional «coordination» on building a corporate culture of employees of internal affairs bodies
Authors: Lidak Lyudmila 
Published: March 2024

Introduction. The relevance of the article is connected with the current social situation. The study is devoted to an important psychological problem that has arisen on the ground of international relations aggravation - the problem of professional «coordination» in groups and its influence on improvement of corporate culture of collectives’ members in subdivisions of internal affairs bodies. Research methods and methodology. The study used the methodology of culturological, system-structural, personality-activity and professional-activity approaches to the development of the professional’s corporate culture. Comparative analysis of literary sources, summary of best practices of theinternal affairs bodies and terminological analysis of leading concepts were used as the leading research methods. Results and discussion. In the content of the article the definition of professional «coordination» is offered. It was noted that the process of professional «coordination» provides the corporate culture formation between employees, united for the solution of common tasks; promotes the formation of cohesion, friendly support and mutual assistance in the teams of internal affairs bodies. It is specified that at present the problem of professional «coordination» is especially important for servicemen participating in the special operation and for the teams of internal affairs agencies. It is noted that the tasks of corporate culture and professional «coordination» are connected with the need to increase the status of police officers and their authority in the consciousness of the civilians. In the present study the method of comparative analysis of literary sources and basic documents regulating the activities of police officers was used.This allowed to clarify the lexical and psychological meaning of phenomena «professional coordination» and «corporate culture». The determinant role of the structural components of «coordination» that influence the basic components of the corporate culture of employees carrying out the common tasks assigned by the state to the internal affairs bodies has been revealed. The constructing of the scientific logic of the study is based on the methodology of the system-structural approach, which contributes to the description of the characteristics of motivational-valuable, cognitive and conative components in the person’s structure, providing the dynamics of professional «coordination» and the process of corporate culture formation in the subdivisions of internal affairs bodies. Conclusions and recommendations for approbation. In the final part of the article the conclusions and recommendations are presented. The important role of educational work and psychological support in the system of professional «coordination» formation and improvement of corporate culture of subjects of professional activity was noted. The article may be recommended for the usage in the system of educational work with employees of security forces and civilian specialists, to provide psychological support for the operationally established teams. Basics: 1) The status of an internal affairs officer is determined by the manifestations of the corporate culture of the individual, which ensures the enhancement of his authority among citizens and guests of the state. 2) The semantic analysis of the concept of «coordination» allows to clarify its lexical and psychological meaning, to propose a working definition of this concept for psychological science and practice, as well as to clarify its role in the system of corporate culture formation in the subdivisions of internal affairs bodies.