Erikson's Theory Of Generativity Theory

When deciding a career it’s very important to take into consideration on how this could ultimately affect an individual 's life in an emotional, mental, and physical aspect. Many individuals are either highly satisfied with their careers or they’re unsatisfied, but continue to work in that career for multiple reasons. These reasons are mainly social and economic factors, with that being said it’s very important for an individual to be very consciousness when deciding a career. Furthermore, when it’s comes to career satisfaction it’s very important for that individual to be passionate in the career that they are pursuing in order to reach full satisfaction. In this survey three young adults and three middle aged adults were selected that all …show more content…
As well, when it came to the reasoning on why they’ve made a decision on leaving their careers it was due to there being no more opportunities for growth. It’s very common for middle aged adults to want to continue to grow and pursue new challenges in their careers. The reasoning for this can be seen in Erikson 's theory of generativity, this theory states that generativity is the “motivation to contribute to the well-being of future generations”, with that being said when there are more opportunities present for growth it leads to more success and the betterment of their children overall. Furthermore, when it comes to how important career is in achieving overall happiness and life satisfaction all three adults agreed that it’s important to their individual lives. One of the adults response to this question pretty much sums up this importance, they claimed that if one is focused on their career and love what they do then everything else will fall into place in the social and economic …show more content…
Within these three young adults two have completed their masters and are both working towards their PhD, while the other is working towards their bachelors in teaching. These young adults fit into Holland’s theory of the six different personality characteristics. The reasoning behind this is because two of these young adults fit into Holland’s category of social due to the fact they have very good social skills and they both are in career paths that deal with working, teaching, and counseling people. As well, the third young adult fits into Holland’s category of being realistic since she has a practical approach to problem solving and her occupation is in agriculture. Furthermore, this proves Holland’s theory of personality of how certain characteristics determine the occupation of individuals. When it comes down to the most important characteristic of a satisfying career to them it would be a healthy working environment and giving back in some way, shape, or form to society. They believe that these characteristics would overall help in one’s happiness and satisfaction when it comes to a satisfying career. As well, when it comes to factors that have contributed most to leaving a job or career path it would be due to bad management, not being appreciated enough, or there was no guidance for further success. Furthermore, when it comes to their “dream”