Keyword: «conformity»

In this article we have analyzed the theoretical literature on the study of personal qualities of students who will become managers in the field of management. Manager (eng. manager, from manage) is a person who holds a permanent managerial position and has the authority to make decisions on certain activities of the organization operating in market conditions. The effectiveness of the staff, in the long run, depends on the skills of the Manager, his socio-psychological properties and personal qualities. In the empirical part of the study we tried to consider the relationship between the personal qualities of managers and conformity.

The article describes the results of a study of motivational factors of conformal behavior of high school students. The significance of the influence of an authoritative personality, group on the conformal behavior of high school students is substantiated. It is shown that the psychological basis of conformity is the high suggestibility of a teenager, involuntary imitation. It is proved that motivational factors of conformal be-havior of high school students are the motives of affiliation and independence, the effect of which is mediat-ed by the degree of significance of the group exerting influence.