REC100 Lecture Notes - Dalton Conley, Job Satisfaction, Personal Identity
22 Nov 2012
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Objective: interrelationship between work and leisure and how they im- pact our quality of life. Work and leisure: overview: defining work, relationship between work and leisure (early theories, relationship between work and leisure (contemporary ideas, exploring the new dominance" of work, work-life balance, importance of job satisfaction. Concept varies according to a variety of demographic, situational, and life-cycle factors: age, gender, socio-economic status, geographic location, life cycle ( where are you at?) Often involves obligatory time, paid or unpaid: looking for work, caregiving work (unpaid, housework. Broadly defined as employment activities undertaken by an indi- vidual for financial compensation (hilbrecht, 2007, p. 83) Relationship between work and leisure (ear- ly theories) Utilize same skills and abilities in work and leisure. We are attracted to certain conditions in work and attracted to similar things in our leisure. Characteristics, qualities, and attitudes towards tasks performed at work reflected in leisure choices. Leisure is used to compensate for needs unfilled by work.
