Workplace Flashcards
Why does the workplace influence a lot of individuals? List 2
- Many individuals experience the workplace at some point throughout their lives.
- Young people experience the workplace whilst still in education whereas many others experience it once older
What has changed in the workplace and what result does this have?
Work is no longer 9 - 5 (used to be the norm)
Work more flexible - now on internet or from home
What do you have to learn in the job?
You have to learn the varying norms depending on what your job is.
What process do individuals go through when they enter a new place of work?
The process of resocialisation
What is the process of resocialisation? 2
Learning the rules, regulations, and associated norms of their new workplace.
Includes role for which they were employed.
What is provided for new members of staff and what does this do? 3
Training Programmes
Mentors
To support workers in the process
How are the unwritten rules learnt of the workplace? 2
Observing others
Informal discussions with work colleagues
How can the workplace be compared with schools?
Through the formal (taught and learnt) and informal curriculum (not taught but learnt)
In the workplace what does the uniform provide the workers with?
A sense of identity
In the workplace what is used to portray a sense of identity?
The dress code/dress appropriately where there are less rigid dress codes
What does the uniform portray?
Order and conforming (values)
How does the workplace socialise individuals? 6
RHIP WC Imitation Role Models Control Pressuring People Hierarchy What they need to know for a promotion
Ward and Winstanley
How workers ‘came out’ and disclosed their homosexuality in different organisations.
What did Ward and Winstanley find? 2
Concealing a part of your identity was harder in workplaces like Police Force due to informal discussions than other workplaces.
There are differences between formal and informal occupational cultures.
