Chapter 10 Flashcards
Ervin has been waiting for two years for a pay raise and has never received one. This transition can be called a nonevent. T or F?
True
One role of outplacement counselors is to help their clients deal with the emotional stress/trauma of losing a job. T or F?
True
According to Hopson and Adams, the first reaction that individuals are likely to have to a major career disruption is shock. T or F?
True
Being adaptable in managing one’s own career is a characteristic of “protean” character. T or F?
True
According to Gutek and Koss, when women are sexually harassed, they are able to assert themselves and get support in the work place so that such events do not reoccur to them
False
Which of the following is not a common career transition?
risk taking
Deciding to go back to school after working for a year would be an example of this type of transition.
voluntary
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 Ss that Schlossberg suggests for individuals when the consider retirement
stablilization
According to Mirvis and Hall, which of the following is an example of what one might experience in a boundary less career, but not in a more traditional career
temporary assignments
Difficult transitions can be most problematic for individuals if they occur in this stage of Super’s model of adult career development
maintenance
Heppner’s measure of career transitions was NOT designated to measure
interests
Job loss can contribute to
all of these - decreased coping skills, increased use of alcohol, poor health
Outplacement counselors may do any of the following except:
help clients sue their former employer
Kanisha has had to be flexible as new advances in computer science have affected her instructional technology job. She has had to be flexible in dealing with the varied demands of different customers. What describes Kanisha’s current career?
Protean
Jenna has just learned that after working at the ZZ Toy company for 23 years, the plant will close in two weeks. According to Hopson and Adam’s model of coping with adult transitions, she is most likely in this stage
immobilization
Ceasar: dismissed from job, will not be rehired, lined up some interviews with potential employers. Aware of own feelings about termination, and how it has affected children.
search for meaning
Which of the following is a career situation that women, more than men, may experience
dealing with sexual harassment
According to Shullman and Fitzgerald, which sexual harassment is considered the least severe
sexist verbal remarks
According to Gutek and Koss, women are most likely to experience___immediately after being sexually harassed
Confusion or self-blame
Discrimination that includes failure to promote, hire, or give pay raises is most likely to be experienced by
culturally diverse populations
