Social and psychological climate in the teaching staff of a preschool education institution: control and socio-psychological functions of management in the system of the director's activities

Abstract

The article reveals the features of the implementation of the control and socio-psychological functions of management in the managerial activities of a director aimed at creating a favorable socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff of a preschool education institution. It is noted that, considering the general decline in the mental health level of the population of Ukraine in general and educators in particular, the leading task of the manager today is to create a healthy and favorable psychological climate. It is proven that control is the most stress-inducing management function for educators. The necessity of humanizing and democratizing the control process to prevent negative emotional phenomena among educators and to create a positive socio-psychological climate is addressed. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the relationship between the management functions of control and socio-psychological functions to create a favorable socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff of a preschool education institution. The leading characteristic that unites the functions of motivation, the creation of a favorable microclimate, and the organization of the collective is highlighted, as well as the common indicators of control and socio-psychological functions. The components of the socio-psychological climate and the factors influencing it according to O. Marmaza, L. Turishcheva, and N. Kolominsky are generalized. The leading approaches to humanizing and democratizing the control procedure to create a positive socio-psychological climate are characterized. Factors hindering these processes are listed. It is concluded that the democratization of control is impossible without the psychologization of relationships and a fundamental change in the distribution of rights and responsibilities in the "manager"-"subordinate" system. The introduction of principles of adaptive management into the system of work with teaching staff as a way to optimize the implementation of the socio-psychological functions and humanization of control by the manager is proposed. The effectiveness of this approach for creating a positive socio-psychological microclimate in an educational institution is proven.