Щетинина Дарья Павловна

In connection with the existing terminological confusion regarding the understanding of “subjective well-being” (SWB), the authors give a brief overview of theoretical approaches to understanding the essence of the above category. The authors express their views on the importance of the influence of subjective well-being on the choice of profession and suggest exploring this a phenomenon on the example of a professional group scientific and pedagogical workers. The article substantiates the author’s methodology for the study of subjective well-being scientific and pedagogical workers on the basis of analysis and synthesis of the most significant and tested methods that measure this aspect of the reproduction of human capital.

The article is devoted to the study of factors of subjective well-being (SWB) of scientific and pedagogical workers. The study presents a review of theoretical approaches in SWB studies, describes the methodology and presents an analysis of the research phase of the study: reflection, the results of observation and the opinions of participants in focus groups of scientific and pedagogical workers. The authors of the article present their own interpretation of a set of factors of subjective well-being, including factors related to the professional activities of scientific and pedagogical workers, factors that keep and push out of this professional sphere.