Chapter 7- personal growth & work stress Flashcards
Adult development occurs in fairly predictable phases characterized by…
Equilibrium & Disequilibruim
Once these issues are settled, people…
Pass through a quintessential period of stability and equilibrium
The Disequilibrium results from…
New psychological issues that arise from new internal forces and/or external demands or pressures
According to Levinson, the developmental task for adults is to…
Establish a life structure (the pattern/ design for a person’s life).
Life structures last approximately…
7 years
Transitional periods of life structures occur about the ages of…
30, 40 & 50
If transitional periods are turbulent…
midlife crisis
Career anchors are…
motivational, attitudinal
Value syndromes…
are formed early in life that function to guide and constrain people’s careers
Different career anchors…
- technical / functional competence
- managerial competence
- security & stability
- creativity / entrepreneurship
- autonomy and independence
- service
- pure challenge
- lifestyle
4 patterns of careers are…
- linear
- steady-state
- spiral
- transitory
5 strategies for managing dual careers…
- limiting impact of family on work
- taking turns
- participating in joint ventures
- choosing independent careers
- subordinating one career to the other
A mentor is…
a senior person within the organization who assumes responsibility for a junior person
People who are extensively mentored…
- more promotions
- more highly paid
- reported higher job satisfaction
The career functions of mentoring are…
- sponsorship
- exposure and visibility
- coaching
- protection
- challenging assignments
The psychosocial functions of mentoring are…
- role modeling
- acceptance & confirmation
- counseling
- friendship
Stress…
nonspecific response to demands that tax or exceed its resources
The transactional model of career stress consists of…
- stressor situations
- cognitions
- stress reactions
3 types of coping mechanisms
- direct action
- cognitive reappraisal
- symptom management
Individual characteristics that are related to higher stress…
- Type A
- external locus of control
Cost of excessive work stress…
- decreased job satisfaction and performance
- increased absenteeism
- alcohol & drug abuse
- illness
