PSY313H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ageism, Crystallization, Job Satisfaction
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Work is the main setting in which people develop self-esteem, relationships, learn from experience, and highly influences development. Work has changed most dramatically in the past 100 years than at any time before. We are moving towards a society in which mostly 90% of the labour force will be working in the delivery of services. Issues related to career choice are fundamentally important for personal development. Career choice is a key concern of the psychology of work. Research shows that at least 50% of people will have at least one major career change in their life. Some career changes forced upon workers as companies outsource, downsize, etc. Outsourcing increasingly becoming more popular in jobs that require higher education levels creating a challenge for workers educated in their own country. In the 1900s the average working life was 21 years, in 2000 average working life has almost doubled to 40 years. Job selection is a two-way process (employer employee)
