PSYCH 3AG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Emotional Exhaustion, Retirement Planning, Job Satisfaction
16 Sep 2014
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55-64 yrs: 16% women, 21% men have university degrees. 25-34 yrs: 33% women, 25% men have university degrees. A lot of efforts in not seeing the benefits of your effort. Tends to occur when you are experiencing great deal of frustration. When individuals experience burnout, they may experience some change. Change in career, and there is a lot of reasons why they change careers. Some of it has to do with plateauing. So few positions at the top there is not many opportunities. So may not be intellectually stimulated or challenged. Some individuals take the opportunities, when they find their career reaching plateau and doesn"t proceed further. Ginzberg"s career choice theory: fantasy period (childhood, tentative period (adolescence, realistic period (adulthood) Holland"s personality type theory: realistic (practical, physical, intellectual (theoretical, abstract, social (people-oriented, conventional (structured tasks, enterprising (leaders, risk-tasker) artistic. Job satisfaction: higher when workers have input and feel their ideas and opinions are valued, variety over repetition.
