FRHD 2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Reasonable Person, Glass Ceiling, Job Satisfaction
5 Apr 2018
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Reasons for working: prestige, money, recognition. Younger workers have lower expectations of job: more emphasis on learning and growing. Meaning of work: all jobs still require meaning to be derived, has a lot to do with job-person fit, job strain. Could be a reason for early retirement. Low control + high demand = high strain. High control + low demand = low strain. Low control + low demand = passive job. High control + high demand = active job. Holland"s theory: optimize the fit between individual traits and occupational interests, choose work that fits the person. Social cognitive career theory (scct: self-efficacy (believing in yourself) related to expectations. If you believe in yourself, you will have high expectations. If you don"t believe in yourself, you will have low expectations. Super"s theory of stages of adulthood: 1. If your career fits your stage of life, you have vocational maturity. From countries where wages are cheaper and worker protection is less.
