Unit 12 Flashcards
Meaning-Mission Fit
Alignment between people’s personal intentions and their company’s mission.
Career Construction Theory
Posits that people build careers through their own actions that result from the interface of their own personal characteristics and the social context.
Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)
Proposes career choice is a result of the application of Bandura’s social cognitive theory, especially the concept of self-efficacy.
Vocational Maturity
Degree of congruence between the people’s occupational behavior and what is expected of them at different ages.
Reality Shock
Situation in which what you learn in the classroom does not always transfer directly into the “real world” and does not represent all you need to know.
Mentor
A person who is part teacher, sponsor, model, and counselor who facilitates on-the-job learning to help a new hire do the work required in his or her present role and to prepare for future roles.
Developmental Coach
Individual who helps a person focus on their goals, motivations, and aspirations to help them achieve focus and apply them appropriately.
Job Satisfaction
Positive feeling that results from an appraisal of one’s work.
Psychological Capital Theory
Notion that having a positive outlook improves processes and outcomes.
Alienation
Situation in which workers feel that what they are doing is meaningless and their efforts are devalued, or when they do not see the connection between what they do and the final product.
Burnout
The depletion of a person’s energy and motivation, the loss of occupational idealism, and the feeling of being exploited.
Passion
A strong inclination toward an activity that individuals like (or even love), that they value (and thus find important), and in which they invest time and energy.
Gender Discrimination
Denying a job to someone solely on the basis of whether the person is a man or a woman.
Glass Ceiling
The level to which a woman may rise in an organization but beyond which they may not go.
Glass Cliff
A situation in which a woman’s leadership position in an organization is precarious.
