Dankova Elena V.

The article presents the results of the generalization and analysis of the data on issues of professional activities of state civil servants of the Russian Federation, held in the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service at the RANEPA in 2012 -2017. Based on the methodology of the mechanism of labor motivation in the organization as the process of social needs transformation into the state of job satisfaction, the analysis of professional motivation condition in the Russian Federation and the causes of its deformation is presented. The negative trend in the staffing environment of the civil service is noted. The grounds for changes of work motivation under the influence of processes of deprofessionalisation, nepotism and cadre corruption leading to the growth of dissatisfaction and destructive motivation of civil servants are disclosed. The formation of professional motivation of civil servants is regarded as the backbone factor of the increase of the efficiency of the state service. The results of the performed analysis allow us to make the conclusion about the necessity of an integrated approach to solving the problem of formation of professional motivation of state civil servants. The author emphasizes that creation of the servicing motivation towards the state, instead of the satisfaction of employees' private needs will require a range of measures and gives a number of suggestions for increasing professional motivation. They are based on the synergistic effect of moral encouragement, which certainly must include the prestige improvement of the civil service, the relief and correction of identified deficiencies and fair material reward of the efficient work of civil servants.