In the article entitled 'Determinants of Forming a Professional Identity' we will deal with the issue of creating an identity on the level of a professional discourse. Even though it might appear paradoxical to discuss professional identity at a time defined by the tendencies of economic and social globalisation, the professional identity is obtaining a new base in the globalisation period, a base which is restructuring the entire notion. We can often hear thoughts that the relation between globalisation and identity is diametric, for identity is supposedly based on continuity and rejects the dynamics demanded by the principals of the globalisation process. At such a division of the functionality of the identity and globalisation processes the interpretation of the relation is surely correct, however the issues emerge whether the appearance of the identity is as static as it seems at first glance and does the globalisation process maybe also not demand a static component. Professional identity within the globalisation of the society and economy does not form merely as a static formation defined by predeteminination, for its foundation is also formed on the basis of flexibility, mobility and diffusion. Due to the aforementioned characteristics it might be wise to define professional identity as a network identity. In order to precisely define the basic characteristics that form the contemporary network professional identity we have divided the analysis of the determinants that form the professional identity into two basic groups of factors: a. psychological and b. sociologic Ad a. In the first line we have dealt with the psychological determinants of professional identity and took a closer look at all those subjective processes, which enable the identification process of the individual with his profession. The dominant role on this level is represented by the professional authority, which takes place on the basis of two processes: identification and perception of one's own personality on the basis of the reflection of others. If the latter process enables us to form our personality on the basis of the reflection of others the process of identification can be defined as a process or a group of processes which should enable one to reach autonomy and the division from other subjects due to one's own differences which appear on the basis of the articulation of one's own personality and the search for those segments of the individual that set him apart from others. Ad b. With the sociological determinants we have on one hand analysed the social component of forming the subjective identity of the employee and the process of forming the social mechanisms of common identities on the other. The spreading of the social determinants of professional identity is a discourse, which integrates the moments of socialisation to the level of professional identity. In order for the profession to establish itself as the primary world of the subject or at least come close to this it is necessary to establish a process of internalisation of the social senses which take place through professional socialisation. Through the professional socialisation process two processes must be set up between the subject and the profession. The subject will successfully identify with the demanded professional world only at the moment when he will be enabled to realise his basic needs. This is possible only when the profession is presented to the subject as a homogenous reference group. On the other hand an important role in a successful professional socialisation in the globalisation process is represented by successful monitoring of short-term goals on the way to fulfilling one's own needs. It is necessary to keep in mind that the changed functional notion of the professional identity demands a professional educational system which forms a firm basic knowledge base as a basis for a superstructure on one side and the capabilities of adjusting to the changing professional structures on the other.