Ch 10 Work, Retirement and Leisure Patterns

Social Security Act

1935 (FDR) federal legislation that guarantees income for retirees and others who are unable to work as well as a lump sum in death benefits for survivors

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

1967 act that prohibits discrimination in employment for persons age 40 and over except

conventional

A career counselor working with a client seeking to change occupations uses Holland's RIASEC model to determine that the client would feel most satisfied in a career as an accountant. This suggests that the client is high on which of the RIASEC types?

emotional labor

Individuals who would prefer not to reveal their sexual orientation in the workplace, due to fear of discrimination, are more likely to experience:

content plateau

Occurs when a person has learned a job too well and is bored with day-to-day activities

your payroll tax goes toward current retiree benefits.

Social Security is "pay-as-you-go," meaning that:

false

T/F The O*NET is used in the area of occupations as a model of vocational development.

stabilization

adaptation to nonworking role

resource model of retirement

adjustment to retirement reflects physical, cognitive, motivational, financial, social, and emotional resources; the more resources, the more favorable will be the individual's adjustment, biopsychosocial perspective

calling

an individual's consuming passion for a particular career domain that serves people in some capacity and contributes to a sense of personal meaning and purpose

decision to retire

announcement of retirement date, financial preparation

Strong Vocational Interest Inventory

asks respondents to rate their top interests based on their preferences regarding work and leisure activities, areas of study, specific occupations and preferences regarding their own work style, learning environment, leadership style, desire to take risks, and team orientation

ORP 2- altruism

being of service to others

ORP 6- status

being recognized and serving in a dominant position

anticipatory period

changes in work attitudes, financial assessment

generativity

combating plateau by mentoring others, aligns with Erikson's concept of

Occupational Information Network (O*NET)

consists of an interactive national database of occupations

motivation crowding out

describes workers who feel that they cannot fulfill their intrinsic needs because their motivation is controlled entirely by extrinsic factors

affective events theory

events at work lead individuals to experience affective reactions, and these in turn influence attitudes toward work and performance

work-family enrichment model

experiences in one role improve the quality of life in the other

official retirement

final day of work, recognition by employers and coworkers

Super's life-span life-stage theory

focuses on the role of the self and proposes that people attempt to realize their inner potential through their career choices

ORP 3- autonomy

having a sense of control

labor force

includes all civilians in the over-16 population who live outside of institutions and have sought or are actively seeking employment

protean career

individuals are both self-directed and driven internally by their own values

two-factor motivational theory

intrinsic factors are job "motivators," and extrinsic factors are the "hygiene" conditions present in the workplace

crisp retirement plan

leave the labor force in a single, unreversed clear-cut exit

ORP 4- comfort

not feeling stressed

person-environment correspondence theory

people are most satisfied when their workplaces respond to their needs

recycling

people change their main field of career activity pathway into occupational life, once again in establishment stage

Holland's vocational development theory

people express their personalities in their vocational aspirations and interests, six types of vocational interest

career plateau

people remain static in their vocational development

vocation

person's choice of occupation

gender gap

proportion of women's to men's salaries, 82% in 2017, men early roughly $200 more per week than women

life course perspective on retirement

proposes that changes in the work role in later life are best seen as logical outgrowths of earlier life events (persistent work role trend)

work-family conflict model

proposes that people have a fixed amount of time and energy to spend on their life roles

continuity theory of retirement

proposes that retired individuals maintain their self-concept and identity over the retirement transition

role theory of retirement

proposes that retirement has deleterious effects because the loss of the work role loosens the ties between the individual and society

bridge employment

retirees work in a completely different occupation than they had during most of their adult life

Self-Directed Search

self administered self scored and self interpreted career counseling tool based on Hollands RIASEC person environment typology

initial adjustment

shifts in use of time, financial adaptation

ORP 5- safety

stability, order and predictability

vocational satisfaction

the extent to which people find their work to be enjoyable

extrinsic motivation in vocational satisfaction

the features that accompany the job but are not central to its performance

job tenure

the length of time a person has spent in the job, rather than age that may relate to job satisfaction

relatedness

the need to feel connected with others

emotional labor

the requirement in some jobs that employees express emotions to customers or clients that are associated with enhanced performance in the job

intrinsic factors in vocational satisfaction

the tasks required to perform the work itself

career

the unique connection between individuals and social organizations over time

retirement

the withdrawal of an individual in later life from the labor force

blurred retirement plan

they exit and reenter the labor force several times

ORP 1- achievement

using one's abilities and feeling a sense of accomplishment

teaching

Having majored in art during college for two years, as a junior the student realizes that in order to get a job, it will be necessary to get additional training in another field. The closest occupation in the RIASEC model to artist would be in which area?

true

T/F Workers who fail to develop as optimally as possible are, in Holland's theory, referred to incongruent.

ecological

The concept of "life space-life stages" in Super's theory is close to the ______________ model proposed by Bronfenbrenner.

RIASEC model

The six basic types that characterize an individual's vocational interests. (R)ealistic (I)nvestigative (A)rtistic (S)ocial (E)nterprising (C)onvential

core self-evaluation

Work that allows an individual to feel a higher sense of self-esteem and inner directedness contributes to which psychological quality?

boundaryless career

a career that crosses the boundaries of an employer or organization

core self-evaluation

represents a person's appraisal of people, events, and things in relation to oneself

congruence

when your vocational type matches your occupational environment

autonomy

worker's desire to feel in control of job conditions

self-determination theory

workers attempt to fulfill their needs for competence, autonomy and relatedness

asking the year you graduated

Which of the following behaviors by an employer in screening job applicants would be an example of violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)?

occupational reinforcement patterns (ORPs)

the work values and needs likely to be reinforced or satisfied by a particular occupation, 6 types