Career Management Quiz - Chapter 17

About how many new managers fail within the first 18 months on the job?

40%

What is the average retirement age in the United States?

62

Who among the following developed the concept of career anchors?

Edgar Schein, after studying graduate students at MIT.

Which of the following do each of the four career stages have in common?

They require mentorship (?)

Which of the following statements accurately describes work-home conflicts?

When working women experience a work-home conflict, their performance declines.

All of these statements about becoming your own career coach are true EXCEPT

You must take a short-term versus long-term orientation.

What are career anchors?

a network of self-perceived talents, motives, and values that guide an individual's career decisions.

During the withdrawal stage, the typical employee works to

achieve a sense of integrity.

In which career stage do people focus on increasing their competencies?

advancement.

Which of the following concepts is part of the NEW career paradigm?

basing job rewards on the current market value of the work being performed.

Owen left his full-time brokerage job at the age of 66. He now works part-time as an usher at the local baseball stadium and plans to remain there until he turns 70. Owen's retirement plan is an example of

bridge employment.

All of the following statements describe career anchors EXCEPT

career anchors are stable and unchanging.

Which of the following terms refers to an approach to building competencies by moving laterally through different departments in an organization?

career lattice.

Which of the following career functions involves a mentor providing advice on career and job performance?

coaching.

According to Daniel Goleman, career success depends most upon

emotional intelligence.

Which of the following career stages tends to occur in the life stage Levinson calls early adulthood?

establishment.

During your first week at your new job, your supervisor provides you with continuous feedback on your task performance. As part of your psychological contract, she is providing you with which of the following types of support?

evaluative.

During the establishment stage, all of the following tasks face the newcomer to the organization EXCEPT

finding a mentor.

During interviews, Ryan inflated his skills and abilities and now has more than one desirable job offer. He is having a difficult time choosing which offer to accept because he is not sure where he fits best. Ryan's conflict can be classified as

internal to the individual (?)

Prenay has reached a career plateau but still seeks challenges and opportunities for learning. Which of the following is the best way for the organization to help him achieve his goals?

involve him in a new project team.

Realistic job previews (RJPs) typically result in

more effective matches between organization and employee.

According to Carolyn Smith Paschal, employees who find themselves suffering from burnout in the maintenance stage should be given

sabbaticals.

For most people, the establishment stage is a time of

transition from school to work.

Which of the career stages involves the contemplation of a career change?

withdrawal