SELF-ESTIMATION OF THE COMPETENCE TO SETT LE THE CONFLICT IN MANAGERSOF MIDDLE LEVEL

''Personal Problem Solving Inventory'' (P.P. Heppner, Ch.H. Petersen) designed to measure the appraisal of the competence in the conflict si tuations was adapted and modified on Russian sample. The adapted versi on of Personal Problem Solving Inventory contained two scales, assessi ng. Self-Assertiveness and Impulsivity. The links between the managers ' scores on these scales and the peculiarities of the personal organiz ation of the activity, social-psychological climate in managed groups were analyzed. Internality-externality, orientation on the emotional e xperience, from the one side, and the dysfunction of the social contac ts in group, from the other side, were especially marked in a number o f these peculiarities. Among the unpredicted findings was low correlat ion between the real efficiency of managers' actions and the appraisal of the competence to settle the conflict.