Motywacyjne aspekty kształtowania osobowości oficera na kursach specjalistycznych

Nowadays the quality of knowledge, competence gained and stance presented acquire more and more importance as they decide about officer’s further development and affect his/her successes or failures. Motivation to act is the factor which enables achieving significant results at work. Behaviour, based on a certain motive, is cm activity directed to achieve a goal. Shaping motivation among officers on specialist courses is considered to be one of management functions. It is commonly known that the state of being motivated sparks creativity, effectiveness, enthusiasm, loyalty and engagement in work and military service. Over half of the respondents believe that the decision concerning their participation in the specialist course was due to an order (external motivation) but, to a large extent, it resulted from officers’ individual professional aspirations and plans (internal motivation). The research results confirmed that there is a connection between motivation aspects of officers’ acting and processes of their personality shaping and functioning.