Career Development

Question 1

Victor Vroom’s Motivation and Management Expectancy Theory

Answer 1

Employee performance influenced by: valence, expectancy, instrumentality

Question 2

JOC

Answer 2

Job - a given position within on organization
Occupation - similar jobs occupied by different people in different settings
Career- a person’s lifetime positions plus leisure

Question 3

Edwin Bordin

Answer 3

Emphasized people’s capacity to seek work that they find intrinsically
interesting or from which they can derive pleasure. Analyzed career choices using the unconscious mind

Question 4

Super’s 5 life stages

Answer 4

1) Growth (0-14)
2) Exploration (15-24)
3) Establishment (24-44)
4) Maintenance (45-65)
5) Decline (65+)

Question 5

John Crites

Answer 5

wrote first major text defining the field of Vocational Psychology (1969) and is known for his work with career maturity

Question 6

Gelatt Decision Model

Answer 6

Occupation choice ongoing process. Three organization systems

1) Predictive - probable alternatives, actions, and possibilities
2) Value System - relative preferences regarding outcomes
3) Decision system - rules and criteria for evaluating outcome

Question 7

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)

Answer 7

published in 1938 by DOL, had approx. 20,000 titles at its height. Each job had a nine digit code, now replaced by O*NET.

Question 8

DOT Nine Digit Codes

Answer 8

First 3 digits - occupational category
middle 3 digits - tasks in relation to data, people, and things
last 3 digits - alphabetize

Question 9

The Strong Interest Inventory and the Self Directed Search is based on who’s theory?

Answer 9

John Holland

Question 10

The Kuder Career Planning System (KCPS)

Answer 10

Kuder Galaxy - elementary
Kuder Navigator - secondary students
Kuder Journey - postsecondary and adults

Question 10

The Kuder Career Planning System (KCPS)

Answer 10

Kuder Galaxy - elementary
Kuder Navigator - secondary students
Kuder Journey - postsecondary and adults

Question 11

Aptitude vs. Achievement test

Answer 11

Aptitude is a speculation about whether or not you could capture skills with proper training and experience

Question 12

Job Analysis

Answer 12

The procedure where tasks, duties, skills, required education, safety issues, and other date are examined to determine the value of a position and its job description.

Question 13

Reentry Woman

Answer 13

Women who go from working within the home to outside of the home

Question 14

In-basket technique

Answer 14

Job simulation in which candidate is given a basket of materials that a manager would usually encounter after being off work for some time and the applicant goes through what they would address first

Question 14

In-basket technique

Answer 14

Job simulation in which candidate is given a basket of materials that a manager would usually encounter after being off work for some time and the applicant goes through what they would address first