chapter 14 Flashcards
2 major domains of everyday interaction
- family
2. workplace
work ethic
- definition
- associated with
moral belief in the necessity and benefit of work
-character
division of labor
- definition
- men
- women
- organization of work by task and responsibility
- more physical labor requiring strength and endurance
- more childcare and household duties
During the agricultural era, how did families respond to financial/economic hardship?
- farming out
- indentured workers
- apprenticing workers
farming out
members of family provide labor for others in return for food and shelter
indentured workers
contracting with a farm or business to work for a specific period
apprenticing
- definition
- ex
learning a trade from an expert
-shoe making or blacksmith
welfare capitalism
- definition
- maintains
- discourages workers from
- policies and programs of business owners
- values and goals of management
- from union membership
employee assistance program
Designed to provide services that address professional and personal issues that negatively impact job performance, work attendance, and collegial relationships
frictional unemployment
- definition
- ex
A form of unemployment that is considered unavoidable and part of the normal labor market cycle
-Reflects the amount of time it takes an employer to find another worker
structural unemployment
Caused largely by conditions in the economy that mismatch available jobs with potential workers
cyclical unemployment
The outcome of businesses laying off or not hiring workers because of a reduction in demand for goods and services
underemployment
The condition in which people in a labor force are employed at less than full-time or regular jobs or at jobs inadequate with respect to their training or economic needs
occupational health
conditions in work place that negatively impact the physical and emotional state of workers
unemployment insurance
workers unemployed through no fault
