Adult Development theories work and career Flashcards
Adult development occurs socially through..?
Relationships and work.
What gives meaning to adult life
Relationships and Career
What are 3 things level of education increases regarding cognition?
- Adult cognition
- Maintains cognitive performance with age
- affects cognition independently of physical and psychosocial maturity
Are SES factors strongly linked to the level of education received and the type of institution attended?
Yes
What type of institution is a low income or person or someone who has less-educated parents more likely to attend?
Non university training institutions
What type of educational institution is someone from a high-income and well-educated parents background likely to attend?
University
What is the age group most likely attending tertiary education list highest and what are the numbers of non-English speaking backgrounds from lower SES or those born overseas?
The highest age is 18-24, then 25-44
Numbers of Non-english speaking backgrounds even from low SES and those born overseas are high.
Entering the workforce
Who is the theorist who created the five stage ladder of career development?
Greenhuas 1988
What are the first three stages and ages of Greenhause’s ladder of career development?
Preparation for work 0-25,
Organisational entry - 18-25
Early Career age 25-40
When is the typical age for the stages for mid-career and late-career?
They are typical of middle adulthood 40 -55 and 55 to retirement.
What happens in the preparation for work 0-25 on Grennhaus’s career development ladder
Self-exploration to discover interests, talents and preferences.
What kind of tasks are performed in the PREPARATION FOR WORK area on Greenhuas’s career development ladder? And what else can it include?
Develop occupational self-image.
Assess alternative occupational; choice
Pursue necessary education
It can include:
university / vocational training, apprenticeship or on the job skill development
In the PREPARATION AREA of Greenhaus’s 1988 career development ladder what can on the job experience alleviate?
Reality shock for when the job starts.
In the stage organisational entry which comes after Preparation for work in Greenhaus’s career ladder (1988) what are the two tasks
- Obtain job offers from the desired organisation(s
2. Select appropriate Job based on accurate information
What do we need to know when finding a job in the organisational entry of Greenhaus’s ladder to achieve the two tasks of
1 obtaining a job and
2. Select appropriate job based on accurate info.
Know what type of work to do
respond to demands of job market
What does Athanasou (2002 say about the discrepancy between vocation al interests and eventual careers
There is sometimes a discrepancy between vocational interests and eventual careers due to individual circumstances and the job market.
In Greenhaus’s EARLY CAREER AREA which comes after the Organisational entry stage and the preparation for work stage, what are the tasks?
Learn job and organisational rules and norms
Fit into chosen occupation and organisation
Increase competence
Pursue dream
What are some points that are to be considered for individuals in the early career stage of Greenhaus’s ladder while they are completing tasks:
Gaining competence
Learning about rules and norms
fitting into organisation
The number of roles the individual multiplies with personal life and work life. The individual may be navigating other important milestones such as starting family
Important to note women have to juggle more roles than men and consider more choices re family or career.
What does discrimination in the labour market mean.
The Valuation in the labour market of personal characteristics of a worker that is not related to productivity eg. sex race disability or SES status .
What is it called if a worker’s personal characteristics such as race, gender or disability affect their evaluation for employment mean?
It means they have been discriminated against using personal criteria instead of their productivity being valued.
As women are occupying male occupations are men starting to occupy female occupations at the same rate
No
Re race and ethnicity are workers more likely to have their contracts cut if they are migrants
Yes they are more likely to have their contracts cut than non migrants
Define sexual harassment in the workplace
Unwelcome sexual behaviour in the workplace
Is sexual harassment seen only in vertical relatioshps between a boss and middle management or is it in the horizontal relationships too?
It’s seen both horizontal and vertical relationships
Who has more power in the workplace and is more typical to harass
Males
Is Sexual Harassment a subtype of aggression and what does it cause.
Yes sexual harassment is a subtype of aggression and limits the affectability of the victim to function in their job
Define the Primary labour market and then the Secondary labour market.
Primary contains high paid workers working in good conditions
Secondary labour market contains low paid workers working in poor conditions
What is the mobility between the Primary labour market and the secondary labour market? what might someone have to do to bridge the gap?
It is difficult with no career ladders to connect to, some may need go back to uni to formalise qualifications to bridge the gap.
Who is more likely to hold jobs in the secondary market and does this include female?
yes it includes females and migrant workers, Indigenous Australian and Maori’s
Are Adults in the 21st century lifelong learners and why?
Yes to keep up with technological demands are work
Are individual engaging in more cyclical patters of work study rest to keep up with job skills required or find new opportunities
Yes
What is it that motivates most adults learning projects? Give 5 reasons
motivated by a problem, task or decision. 1. personal development 2. personal enjoyment 3 improve health and wellbeing 4 improve job prospects 5 meet new people
List the order of more typical Adult learners attend: apprenticeships/traineeships vocational education and training (VET) higher education
VET, apprenticeships & then higher education
