PSY 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Organizational Commitment, Absenteeism, Job Performance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Work provides us with: money needed for livelihood, possibility of personal growth, often, a sense of meaning. Lips-wiersma identified four common meanings derived from work: developing and becoming self, union with others, expressing self, serving others. Work is often an important element of our identity and self-efficacy: our occupations are often among the first things mentioned in introductions. It also influences: where we live, what friends we make, what clothes we wear. Social cognitive career theory app(cid:396)oa(cid:272)h p(cid:396)oposi(cid:374)g that people(cid:859)s (cid:272)a(cid:396)ee(cid:396) (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es a(cid:396)e heavily influenced by their interests. Choices are influenced by: self-efficacy, outcome expectations. Advancement within a career depends partly on professional socialization, learning an o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)(cid:859)s u(cid:374)(cid:449)(cid:396)itte(cid:374) (cid:396)ules. Rules may include factors such as: expectations, support from co-workers, priorities, job satisfaction. Vocational maturity deg(cid:396)ee of (cid:272)o(cid:374)g(cid:396)uit(cid:455) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s age a(cid:374)d o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)al behaviors: people who feel too old for their job are more likely to feel less satisfied with it. Super proposed five developmental tasks: primarily in adolescence.