Exam 12: Work, Leisure, and Retirement

According to Holland, people choose occupations that optimize:

People who believe that they are going to lose their job experience similar levels of stress as those who are actually unemployed.

Which would be an emotion-focused coping mechanism concerning possible job loss?

How many of these employer working conditions are related to more optimal job performance by parents with children: job sharing, higher productivity demands, inflexible schedules, and autonomy?

Edsel is an autoworker on an assembly line. When asked to comment on his job, Edsel says, "First, I am a nothing to this company. Second, my 'do-nothing' job serves no purpose in the production of automobiles." Edsel is best described as:

Which of these is NOT an effect of job loss associated with middle-aged men?

What is age discrimination, and how can it manifest itself in the workplace?

Roxburgh (2002) introduced the notion that parents of families dealing with time pressures feel:

Research has indicated that the most critical factors in determining whether a formerly employed woman with a preschooler returns to work are her financial need and her level of:

The hot dog processing factory that Oscar works at recently instituted a total quality management program to better include workers in the planning process. This was most likely done in response to workers' complaints about:

As the result of recent changes in cultural attitudes, the division of labor between heterosexual couples in the United States is now virtually equal.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in order for an occupation to be classified as "nontraditional for women," women must comprise ____ percent or less of the total number of people employed in that occupation.

Which statement is TRUE?

Twenty-five-year-old Claire and her uncle, 50-year-old Dane, are both about to lose their jobs. How will the impact on their lives and sense of self be similar? In what ways will their reactions likely differ?

According to Kolb, Williams, and Frohlinger (2010), which of these is NOT something women need to focus on when being assertive in getting their rightful place at the table in the effort to eliminate the glass ceiling?

A key reason for women leaving the workforce is that they feel:

Super's theory applies to individuals who enter and remain in the same career their entire life.

To qualify as "leisure," an activity must:

Research on women working in the corporate world indicates that women professionals are most likely to leave that career because they:

Hideki has recently relocated from Japan and is now employed at an American business. To make sure that his mentoring relationship will be effective, it is important that his mentor is: