Managerial motivation in the State Border Guard Service: current approaches and practices
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33405/2786-8613/2025/1/5/336739Keywords:
managerial motivation, state border, integrated management, security sector, strategic planningAbstract
The article studies managerial motivation as a key element of the effective functioning of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the conditions of modern security challenges. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between managerial functions ‒ planning, organization, motivation and control of ‒ in the process of ensuring national security.
In the center of the study ‒ the motivation of staff as a factor of stability, psychological endurance and professional effectiveness. Modern approaches to motivation in the field of security are considered, in particular the combination of material and intangible incentives, the development of a system of recognition, leadership focused on service, and psychological support. The authors compare Ukrainian realities with international experience, pointing to the need to adapt best practices to the national context. Special attention is paid to the challenges of war, digitalization and transformation of the nature of threats that require the introduction of innovative management decisions.
As a result, conclusions are formulated about the importance of creating a flexible, multi-level motivation system in border structures, which takes into account the personal characteristics of personnel, provides support for the moral climate and increases the overall efficiency of the organization.
References
Ivashkov Yu. B., Torichnyi V. O., Fisalovych I. O. (2025). Problema vprovadzhennia proiektnoho upravlinnia v Derzhavnii prykordonnii sluzhbi Ukrainy [The problem of implementing project management in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine]. Uspikhy i dosiahnennia u nautsi. Seriia: upravlinnia ta administruvannia, no. 1 (11), pp. 401–411. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52058/3041-1254-2025-1(11) [in Ukrainian].
Kukharenko O. V. (2020). Psykholohichni chynnyky motyvatsii pratsivnykiv pravookhoronnykh orhaniv [Psychological factors of motivation among law enforcement officers]. Visnyk Natsionalnoho universytetu vnutrishnikh sprav, vol. 1 (88), pp. 102–109 [in Ukrainian].
Lipkan V. A. (2019). Teoriia natsionalnoi bezpeky: upravlinskyi vymir [Theory of national security: managerial dimension]. Kyiv : Natsionalna akademiia Sluzhby bezpeky Ukrainy [in Ukrainian].
Romanchuk O. M. (2021). Upravlinnia liudskymy resursamy v sektori bezpeky i oborony: vyklyky hibrydnoi viiny [Human resource management in the security and defense sector: hybrid war challenges]. Natsionalna bezpeka i pravoporiadok, no. 3 (23), pp. 61–74 [in Ukrainian].
Torichnyi V. O., Fedorchuk A. V., Hluzdan O. P. (2024). Spetsyfika antykryzovoho upravlinnia v instytutsiiakh sektoru bezpeky i oborony Ukrainy [Specifics of crisis management in Ukrainian security and defense institutions]. Natsionalni interesy Ukrainy, no. 3 (3), pp. 144–154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52058/3041-1793-2024-3(3) [in Ukrainian].
Chabai I. V. (2020). Osoblyvosti upravlinnia personalom u Zbroinykh Sylakh Ukrainy v umovakh hibrydnoi viiny [Peculiarities of personnel management in the Armed Forces of Ukraine under hybrid warfare]. Viiskova psykholohiia ta sotsiolohiia, no. 2 (58), pp. 45–52 [in Ukrainian].
Demmers C. (2019). Military Human Resource Management in Crisis Environments: A German Perspective. Security Studies Journal, no. 14 (2), pp. 122–139 [in English].
Deveaux M.-C. (2021). Motivation and Morale in French Police Institutions. European Journal of Security Studies, no. 6 (1), pp. 83–97 [in English].
Drucker P. F. (2006). The Practice of Management. New York : HarperBusiness [in English].
Kotter J. P. (2012). Leading Change. Boston : Harvard Business Review Press [in English].
Mintzberg H. (2009). Managing. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers [in English].
Schein E. H. (2010). Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass [in English].
