Tutorial Slides Week 7 Flashcards
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Entering the Workforce
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- Erikson (1968)
- Vocation is the first domain in which the identity crisis of adolescence is resolved. –
- Entry into the work force is one of the life transitions
- Marks the shift from adolescence and emerging adulthood to full adulthood.
- Proves to others that the individual has attained full maturity
- Severs lingering ties of economic and emotional dependence to parents.
2
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Career Exploration
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- Factors as important in selecting a career:
- Goals and opportunities
- Maturation in cognition that leads to maturation in self-concept
- Personality
3
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Holland - Theory of Vocational Preference
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- Core hypothesis is that vocational choices express personality.
- Used a hexagonal model to coordinate and specify the degrees of resemblance among personality types and work environments
- The closer the occupational fields the more compatible
- The further away the more dissimilar
4
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Vocational Preference Inventory
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- Holland (1985)
- Assess the six personality types according to career choice.
- Provide vocational assistance cheaply and with minimal counsellor intervention.
5
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Barriers to Career Developmentt
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- Do not address the ways in which perceived barriers can function to shape the selection of a career for men and women.
- Luzzo (1995)
- Indicates that perceptions of barriers motivate the career choices of college students.
- Barriers tend to differ by gender:
- Men - Financial Concerns
- Women - Deciding when to have children, juggling work and family responsibilities, making sacrifices for children
6
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Betts & Fitzgerlad 1987
Barriers to Career Development
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- Being married and having children negatively affected women’s careers
- Especially for women who are married and have a disproportionate responsibility for family chores
- Who are then able to commit less time to their work
7
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Gender as a Barrier to Career Development
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