Ch.13: occupational and lifestyle issues in young and middle adulthood Flashcards
the meaning of work: meaning-mission fit
- this is when the alignment b\w corporate executives’ personal intention and their firm’s mission
- executives with better meaning-mission fit care more about their employees’: happiness, job satisfaction, and emotional well-being
things that are influenced by our work:
- where we live
- what friends we make
- what clothes we wear
social cognitive career theory (Holland):
says that people make career related choices mainly based on their interests, choices are influenced by:
- self-efficacy
- outcome expectations
- interests
- choice goals
- supports
- barriers
super’s occupational stages through adulthood
- implementation: check out what they like and explore
- establishment:
- maintenance
- deceleration
- retirement
role of mentors and coaches: kram
said that the relationship develops through 4 phases:
1: initiation (it begins)
2: cultivation (they work together)
3: separation (spend less time together)
4: redefinition (ends or becomes a different type of relationship)
when is it good to have a mentor?
- women and minorities
- lead to better percieved career development
- associated with higher salaries and promotions
alienation (in relation to jobs)
- when workers feel like what they are doing is meaningless
- most likely when jobs are too routine
burnout:
depletion of energy and motivation, and the feeling of being exploited
-common in: helping professions and the military
barriers for new canadians and aboriginal people to find jobs
- lack of job search skills
- difficulties accessing computers and other job search tools
- discrimination
- language barriers
glass ceiling in workplace
-the level to which women and minorities may rise (they can be promoted to the top of lower-tier positions)
why do people change occuption
- prefer something different
- get additional training for better jobs
- skills become obsolete
- economic trends cause their jobs to become obsolete
benifits of forced occupational changes
some companies offer educational benifits as part of a lay-off severance package so that the employee can go back to school
consequences of career plateauing
- less organizational commitment
- less job satisfaction
- greater tendancy to leave job
common results of job loss
- decline in immune system functioning
- decrease in well-being
- poorer mental health
- lower life satisfaction
- lower marital or family satisfaction
- poor subjective physical health
things that affect psychological and physical well being after job loss
- human capital and demographics
- work role centrality
- coping resources (personal, social, financial, and time structure)
- cognitive appraisal (stress appraisal, internal attribution, reemployment expectations)
- coping strategies (job search effort, problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping)
