Professionalism in the hierarchy of young people’s lives according to the value theory

Abstract

From methodological point of view, high evaluation of professionalism in people´s value hierarchy is considered to be corresponding to the demands of market economy and is required for successful integration of people into the modern social economic environment. Young people – “professionals”, those who have chosenprofessionalism as one of seven most important life priorities, are considered to be a typological group in comparison with the rest of the young people with an aim to determine the share of “the typical” in the life value hierarchies of young people – “professionals”. The results of the survey conducted in Daugavpils region have showed that the typological group of young people – “professionals” is quantitatively rather small; however it has its own specific features, especially when it concerns subjective self-evaluations – these are, as a rule, people who are more satisfied with many aspects of life, more optimistic and more successful. The main life values of young people – “professionals” are equivalent to the typical values of the rest of the young people; however, “professionals” at the same time consider active social lifevalues to be significant ones as well.

Keywords

• professionalism
• value theory
• typical values
• youth
• value hierarchy