Option: Individuals and Work

Question 0

individual and group needs met through work

Answer 0

• self-esteem
• financial
• social
• education
• status
• lifestyle
• career
• social conscience
• cultural

Question 1

the nature of work

Answer 1

• definitions of work
  
  • historical
  • contemporary
• paid and unpaid work
• value and status of work

Question 2

changing work patterns

Answer 2

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Question 3

patterns of work (PCPC SST TV FHJ)

Answer 3

• full time
• part time
• casual
• permanent
• contract
• shiftwork
• voluntary
• self-employment
• job share
• telecommuting
• seasonal
• working from home
• others

Question 4

social factors leading to changing work patterns (PEGFEET)

Answer 4

• education/retraining
• technology
  
  • computers
  • automation/robotics
  • research and development
• employment/unemployment
• perceptions of gender
• family circumstances including structural changes
• government policy
• economics

Question 5

managing workplace and family roles

Answer 5

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Question 6

role expectations as a family member

Answer 6

• changing circumstances for parents
  
  • number of children (age differences, multiple births, sex)
  • children starting school
  • parents changing employment
• negotiating and sharing roles within families
• managing resources to meet multiple role expectations
  
  • time e.g. delegation, division of labour
  • technology e.g. labour saving devices, fast food
  • support networks (formal, informal)

Question 7

workplace supports for individuals as family members

Answer 7

• flexible working patterns and practices
• workplace culture, including provision of childcare
• regulations and entitlements
  
  • carers’, maternity, paternity, long service, sick and annual leave
  • Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
  • Enterprise agreements