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What motivates individuals with a 'creator' career anchor?
What motivates individuals with a 'creator' career anchor?
- Predictable work and steady income
- Close supervision and guidance
- Recognition for loyalty and steady performance
- Building new organizations and reshaping existing ones (correct)
What is a characteristic of individuals with a 'security/stability' career anchor?
What is a characteristic of individuals with a 'security/stability' career anchor?
- Desire for constant new challenges
- Need for autonomy and independence
- Preference for stable and predictable work (correct)
- Focus on integrating personal and family needs
What type of promotion system is preferred by individuals with a 'security/stability' career anchor?
What type of promotion system is preferred by individuals with a 'security/stability' career anchor?
- Seniority-based promotion systems (correct)
- Pay for performance, bonuses
- Recognition-based promotion systems
- Autonomy-oriented promotion systems
What is a key aspect of the 'lifestyle' career anchor?
What is a key aspect of the 'lifestyle' career anchor?
What type of benefits are preferred by individuals with a 'lifestyle' career anchor?
What type of benefits are preferred by individuals with a 'lifestyle' career anchor?
What motivates individuals with a 'service/dedication' career anchor?
What motivates individuals with a 'service/dedication' career anchor?
What is the primary factor that distinguishes a dual-earner couple from other family patterns?
What is the primary factor that distinguishes a dual-earner couple from other family patterns?
Which of the following family patterns is characterized by shared parenting roles and equal household responsibilities?
Which of the following family patterns is characterized by shared parenting roles and equal household responsibilities?
What is the definition of work-family conflict?
What is the definition of work-family conflict?
Which type of work-family conflict arises when a person has numerous social roles to carry out, exceeding their capacity?
Which type of work-family conflict arises when a person has numerous social roles to carry out, exceeding their capacity?
What is the consequence of time-based conflict in dual-earner couples?
What is the consequence of time-based conflict in dual-earner couples?
According to Gilbert (1994), how many general marital patterns of dual-career families are identified?
According to Gilbert (1994), how many general marital patterns of dual-career families are identified?
What is a common consequence of restructuring and downsizing that affects employees' careers?
What is a common consequence of restructuring and downsizing that affects employees' careers?
What is a characteristic of a 'productively plateaued' employee?
What is a characteristic of a 'productively plateaued' employee?
Why do some employees choose to be plateaued?
Why do some employees choose to be plateaued?
What is a result of flatter organisational structures?
What is a result of flatter organisational structures?
Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributes to career plateau?
Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributes to career plateau?
What is the term for a point in a person's career where there is no longer opportunity to progress in the organisational hierarchy?
What is the term for a point in a person's career where there is no longer opportunity to progress in the organisational hierarchy?
What is a potential positive outcome of plateauing?
What is a potential positive outcome of plateauing?
What is one organisational action to address plateauing?
What is one organisational action to address plateauing?
What is obsolescence?
What is obsolescence?
Why is it important to reassess the selection system?
Why is it important to reassess the selection system?
What is a benefit of job enrichment?
What is a benefit of job enrichment?
What is the purpose of candid feedback for plateaued employees?
What is the purpose of candid feedback for plateaued employees?
What are the three personal characteristics associated with low levels of obsolescence?
What are the three personal characteristics associated with low levels of obsolescence?
What can performance appraisals help identify?
What can performance appraisals help identify?
What can be done to reduce obsolescence according to the WORK OBSOLESCENCE MODEL?
What can be done to reduce obsolescence according to the WORK OBSOLESCENCE MODEL?
What can be done to encourage continuous learning and updating of skills?
What can be done to encourage continuous learning and updating of skills?
What is the likely reason for Tom's feeling of being stuck in his current position?
What is the likely reason for Tom's feeling of being stuck in his current position?
What is the importance of organisational climate in reducing obsolescence?
What is the importance of organisational climate in reducing obsolescence?
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Study Notes
Career Anchors (Edgar Schein)
- Entrepreneurial Creativity: Enjoy creating new products or services, building new organizations, or taking over an existing business and reshaping it.
- Rewards: Individual wealth, ownership, freedom, and power.
- Security / Stability: Prefer stable, predictable work with clearly defined goals and autonomy.
- Rewards: Pay for performance, bonuses, autonomy-oriented promotion systems.
- Autonomy / Independence: Desire independence, freedom, and autonomy in work.
- Rewards: Autonomy-oriented promotion systems, stable, predictable work.
- Service / Dedication to a Cause: Work towards improving the world in some manner, prefer helping professions.
- Rewards: Sense of fulfillment, making a positive impact.
Dual-Earner Couple
- Three General Marital Patterns:
- Conventional Pattern: Both partners are career-oriented, but the woman bears most responsibility for children and household.
- Modern Pattern: Parenting role is shared equally, but the woman still takes responsibility for the household.
- Role-Sharing Pattern: Both spouses are actively involved in the household, roles as parents, and careers.
Work-Family Conflict
- Definition: Inter-role conflict where pressures from work and family are mutually incompatible in some respects.
- Types of Work-Family Conflict:
- Time-Based Conflict: Time demands make it physically impossible to be in two places simultaneously.
- Strain-Based Conflict: Pressure from work affects family life, causing strain.
- Behaviour-Based Conflict: Behaviour required at work is incompatible with family expectations.
Career Plateau
- Definition: A point in a person's career where there is no longer opportunity to progress in the organizational hierarchy, and chances for advancement are limited.
- Factors that Play a Role: Inappropriate abilities, low need for career mobility, people working for longer, lay-offs, high competition, organizational needs, and flatter organizational structures.
- Four Kinds of Plateaued Performers:
- Productively Pleasantly Plateaued: High employee actions, high organizational actions.
- Passively Plateaued: Low employee actions, high organizational actions.
- Partially Plateaued: High employee actions, low organizational actions.
- Negatively Plateaued: Low employee actions, low organizational actions.
Obsolescence
- Definition: The degree to which an organization's professionals lack up-to-date knowledge or skills necessary to maintain effective performance in either their current or future work roles.
- Three Personal Characteristics Associated with Low Levels of Obsolescence: High intellectual abilities, self-motivation, and personal adaptability.
- Work Obsolescence Model: Balance between worker and job, retrain for technology, modify organization, and treat workers' behavior.
- Organisational Actions to Reduce Obsolescence: Ensure proper training, educate the workforce, encourage growth, provide 360-degree feedback, implement periodic job changes, and encourage continuous learning.
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