Lecture 9: Occupational development Flashcards
Super’s Theory of Occupational Development
5 stages
- Crystallization
- Specification
- Implementation
- Maintenance
- Retirement
Super’s Theory of Occuptational Development
5 developmental tasks
- First ideas
- Getting training
- Enter work force
- Stabilization
- (Retirement)
Hollands Personality Type Theory
Poeple whose personalities match their jobs are more likely to be satidfied with their work and be succeful in it
Different personality Types in Holland’s Theory
- Realistic
- Investigative
- Social
- Conventional
- Enterprising
- Artistic
Realistic (Personality type)
individuals enjoy doing physicial labor and working with their hands, they like to solve concrete problemes (mechanic, truck driver, condtruction worker)
Investigative (Personality type)
individuals are task-oriented and enjoy talking about abtract relations (scientist, technical writer)
Social (personality type)
individuals are skilled verbally and interpersonally, they enjoy solving probelms using these skills (teacher, counselor, social worker)
Conventional (personality type)
Individuals have verbal and quantitative skills that they like to apply to structured, well-defined tasks assigned to them by others (bank teller, payroll clerk, traffic manager)
Enterprising (personality type)
individuals using their verbal skills in positions of power, status, and leadership (business executive, producer, real estate agent)
Artistic (personality type)
individuals enjoy expressing themselves through unstructured tasks (poet, musician, actor)
Social cognitive career theory
- self-efficacy
- outcome expectations
- interests
- choice goals
Organizational commitment is fostered by …
- trust in the organization
- perceives fairness and impartiality of the employer
- worker’s involvement in decision-making
- etc.
3 Factors of the Maslach Burnout Inventory
- emotional exhaustion
- depersonalization
- reduced personal accomplishment and dissatifaction with reduced accomplishment on the job
A passion
a string inclination toward an activity than individuals like (or even love), that they value and in which they invest energy… and incorporate in their identity
Harmonious passion
- the good passion
- results when individuals do not feel compelled to engage in an enjoyable activity, they are free to choose and their choice harmonizes with other activities in their personal life
Obsessive passion
- the bad passion
- result when individuals people cannot disengage fully from throughts about the activity, which leads to conflict with other activities
Passion and Burnout?
- harmonious passion promotes job satidfaction
- obsessive passion might be contributing to burnout
What do unemployed poeple loose?
- financial compensation
- loss of family role as the provider
- loss in self-esteem
- loss of control over their work environement
- loss in the structure of the day
Factors that affect psychological well-being
- work-role centrality
- coping resources
- cognitive appraisal
Factors that are affecting physical well-being
- Human capital and demographics
- Coping strategies
Coping resources…
- Personal
- Social
- Financial
- Time Structure
Cognitive appraisal…
- Stress Appraisal
- Internal Attribution
- Reemployement expectation
Coping strategies
- Job search effort
- Problem-focused coping
- Emotion-focused coping
Entering the Labor Force, Marriage and Parenthood
- transitions that stimulate individuals to adapt and to make major changes in their lives
- challenging tasks that call upon a lot of ressources
- cannot be solves one at a time
Longer timeout for parenthood (pros)
More time, enjoy children while they are young
Longet timeout for parenthood (cons)
negative consequences for carrer when timeout exceed 12 months
working and caring for children (pro)
fewer disadvantages in the career
working and caring for children (cons)
stress and strain, burn-out?
What reduces job and parenting stress?
- partner/family support
- high control in job
- flexible work schedule
- family friendly supervisor
- back-up child care
