Chapter 11: Work and Career Development Flashcards
What is the INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION?
seeks to prevent children and adolescents from being exploited in the workplace
What is DEBT BONDAGE?
arrangement in which persons who are in debt pledge their labor or the labor of their children as payment
What is FORCED LABOUR?
situations in which persons are coerced to work through the use of violence, intimidation, or other means like manipulated debt, retention of identity papers, threats of deportation
What is COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION?
the practice of coerced or forced sex work for purposes of economic gain
What is OCCUPATIONAL DEVIANCE?
falsely calling in sick to work, claiming more hours than what was actually worked, stealing from employers, shortchanging customers, using substances on the job
What is an APPRENTICESHIP?
an arrangement, common in Europe, in which an adolescent “novice” services under contract to a “master,” who has substantial experience in the profession, and through working under the master, learns the skill required to enter the profession
What are the 5 stages of Donald Super’s theory of development of occupational goals?
Crystallization > teens move beyond fantasizing about career goals and start to seek information
Specification > occupational choices become more focused
Implementation > completing the education or training and entering the job itself
Stabilization > establish themselves in their careers
Consolidation > gaining experience, expertise, and advancement
What are the six personality categories John Holland outlined as influencing occupational goals?
Realistic > high physical strength, practical problem solving, low social understanding
Investigative > high conceptual and theoretical thinking
Artistic > introspective, imaginative, sensitive
Social > high verbal and social skills
Enterprising > high verbal abilities, social and leadership skills
Conventional > high on following directions carefully, dislike of unstructured activities
What is the SECOND SHIFT?
the domestic work shift performed in the household by women after they complete their “first shift” in the workplace
What is IDENTITY BASED WORK?
work that provides a personal fulfillment in addition to an income
What is the definition of UNEMPLOYED?
the status of persons who are not in school or paid employment, and who are actively looking for a job
What does NEET stand for?
Not in Education, Employment, or Training > not in paid work and not looking for work, or registered as “unemployed” with the government
What is COMMUNITY SERVICE?
volunteer work provided as a contribution tot he community, without monetary compensation
What is the PEACE CORPS?
an international service program in which Americans provide service to a community in a foreign country for 2 years
What is AMERICORPS?
a national service program in the US in which young people serve in a community organization for 2 years with minimal pay
Who are CHILD SOLDIERS?
children and adolescents forced to become soldiers
