New forms of workplace activities as a self-activity performance: a psychological aspects of the labor economics

An analysis of current research in the field of psychology and economics of labor reveals an important trend in the performance of professional work as a special kind of activity. These changes are associated with the development of pro-activity, which is clearly expressed in the disclosure of professional self-activity as the most important property of the job actor. The paper proposes an idea of non-classical forms of administrative activity as the embodiments of the professional pro-activity and explain the main characteristics of these forms. We present to discuss the results of empirical research of professional pro-activity, overcoming institutional boundaries of labor positions. The role of the organizational context as a factor in the implementation of professional self-activity, expanding in the area of administrative tasks is discussed.