Work And Leisure Of Young And Middle Adulthood

Front 1

What are the four ways personal fulfillment is derived from work?

Back 1

1. Developing the self
2. Union with others
3. Expressing the self
4. Serving others

Front 2

What are the five distinct stages resulting from changes in individuals self concept and adaptation to an occupational role? (Super)

Back 2

1. Implementation
2. Establishment
3. Maintenance
4. Deceleration
5. Retirement

Front 3

What is Super's Theory?

Back 3

- people located on a continuum of vocational maturity

Front 4

When does the implementation stage begin in Super's theory?

Back 4

- late adolescence or in the early 20s

Front 5

What does Super's implementation stage entail?

Back 5

- series of temporary jobs

Front 6

What does Super's establishment stage entail?

Back 6

- selecting a specific occupation during young adulthood
- Advancing up the career ladder

Front 7

What does Super's maintenance stage entail?

Back 7

- middle age
- workers begin to reduce work time

Front 8

What does Super's deceleration stage entail?

Back 8

- workers begin planning and seperating themselves from their work

Front 9

What does alienation mean in reference to occupation?

Back 9

- the feeling that what a worker is doing is meaningless and that their efforts are devalued, or when they do not see the connection between what they do and the final product

Front 10

What is a burnout in reference to occupation?

Back 10

- a depletion of a person's energy and motivation
- the loss of occupational idealism
- the feeling that one is being exploited

Front 11

What is an intrinsic reward for an occupation?

Back 11

- Doing it for a passion
- E.g. Health practitioner that enjoys helping others

Front 12

What is an extrinsic reward for an occupation?

Back 12

- Money, Status

Front 13

Do intrinsic or extrinsic rewards lead to more life satisfaction?

Back 13

- Intrinsic rewards lead to more life satisfaction
- Extrinisic rewards can be disillusioning

Front 14

What factor is most related to alienation?

Back 14

- Cynicism

Front 15

What is possible treatment for alienation?

Back 15

- Involve employees in decision-making
- create flexible work schedules
- focus on employee development

Front 16

What is possible treatment for employee burnout?

Back 16

- stress reduction techniques
- lower personal expectations
- enhance communication

Front 17

Why were women and minorities originally hired?

Back 17

- To keep the companies as industry leaders
- more as a marketing scheme than for actual reasoning

Front 18

What is the glass ceiling?

Back 18

- an invisible barrier that a women must break through to get to the goal
- A high position in the company is in this case the goal

Front 19

Is age discrimination legal?

Back 19

- No under the Canadian Human rights act it is against the law

Front 20

How does age discrimination still happen?

Back 20

- Employers make a part of the job mandate a type of performance that older workers are less likely to rate highly on

Front 21

What are retirement incentives?

Back 21

- Packages given by the company to make older employees leave early
- seen less frequently now jobs are more often simply eliminated

Front 22

What are factors that effect occupational insecurity?

Back 22

- Changing economic conditions
- changing demographics

Front 23

What problems are assoicated with occupation insecurity?

Back 23

- Poorer mental health
- feelings of insecurity

Front 24

What are the two ways to cope with unemployment?

Back 24

- Declines in physical health and self esteem

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going out and finding somethign new (seeing the situation as an opportunity)