Deck 18: Career Management

Question 1

How can inherent conflicts between the individual and the organization regarding job choice be avoided?

A) use of a mediator
B) conflict resolution
C) reality counselling
D) realistic job preview

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to the text,how many times do new graduates typically change jobs in their first 10 years of work?

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following are examples of John Holland's six types?

A) remove obstacles and short-term wins
B) artistic and stable
C) investigative and conventional
D) urgency and vision

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of Holland's personality types would match the occupation of actuarial scientist?

A) conventional
B) artistic
C) enterprising
D) investigative

Question 5

How can the concept of organizational allegiance be described?

A) constant rearrangement of reporting relationships as projects require
B) financial and reputation rewards stemming from project outcomes
C) active encouragement of social relationships within corporate boundaries
D) shared employer and employee commitment to the goal of a project

Question 6

What is a key strategy if your goal is for continuous employment?

A) Choose a field of study that will be in high demand well into the future.
B) Use the first six months of the socialization process to become thoroughly familiar with the organization's culture.
C) Identify future stars within the organization and attempt to develop a positive relationship with them.
D) View yourself as being in business for yourself,even if you work for someone else.

Question 7

What is an example of the subjective element of a career?

A) the number of jobs in your chosen occupation
B) applying for and receiving an occupational license
C) your perception of your potential in a chosen occupation
D) your organizational orientation to a new job

Question 8

What is the most common explanation for why newly hired managers to flame out or fail within the first 18 months?

A) lack of internal political skills
B) tendency to be confused or uncertain about what their bosses expect
C) inability to achieve the two or three most important objectives of the new job
D) failure to build good relationships with peers and subordinates

Question 9

Which of the following applies to the practice of giving potential employees a realistic picture of the job they are applying for?

A) providing prospective candidates with results of a job satisfaction survey
B) providing both positive and negative information regarding the organization
C) providing value clarification services in order to ensure there is a culture/personality fit
D) providing the candidate with the strengths of the organization with respect to its position in the industry and its strategic capabilities

Question 10

What is a characteristic of discrete exchange?

A) the organization gains productivity while the employee gains rewards based on future market value
B) the organization gains productivity while the employee gains work experience
C) the organization gains employee commitment while the employee gains employment and career opportunities that are standardized for equity reasons
D) the organization obtains employee loyalty while the employee gains job security

Question 11

You are in a new job.What approach to change should you adopt to be successful in the new career paradigm?

A) Appreciate that there are different models of change for different types of change.
B) Become a transformational leader.
C) Develop change management skills.
D) Think of change not as a disruption to your work,but as the central focus of your work.

Question 12

What gives potential employees both positive and negative information about a job they are applying for?

A) straight-talk interview
B) training manual
C) realistic job preview
D) realistic interview

Question 13

Which of the following applies to occupational excellence?

A) relying on the firm to specify jobs and their associated occupational skill base
B) identifying with and focusing on what is happening in the firm
C) forgoing technical or functional development in favour of firm-specific learning
D) continually honing skills that can be marketed across organizations

Question 14

What type of person is likely to be successful in the new career paradigm?

A) someone who is able to tolerate ambiguity
B) someone who is paralyzed by change
C) someone who is hierarchical
D) someone who is inflexible

Question 15

What is a probable result of an RJP?

A) lower job information
B) less effective match
C) lower organizational commitment
D) realistic expectations

Question 16

What is an example of a career management component?

A) looking for a job
B) training to do a job
C) sticking to your set goals
D) developing strategies for achieving goals

Question 17

Which of the following is synonymous with the new career paradigm?

A) subordinating strategic direction to "corporate headquarters"
B) identifying with and focusing on what is happening in one's adopted occupation
C) allowing job rewards to be routinely deferred into the future
D) business unit marketing depends on the corporate agenda

Question 18

Suzy was anxious to start work and earning money.She decides to work for the first organization that offers her a job,even though the location and salary are not what she wanted.What best explains her decision?

A) Suzy is generating a short-term win.
B) Suzy demonstrates perceived fit.
C) Suzy demonstrates job fit.
D) Suzy satisficed.

Question 19

What is generally the outcome of traditional recruiting practices?

A) conflict between the individual's attempt to attract several organizations and the organization's need to select the best candidate
B) conflict within the individual due to low job satisfaction as a result of unrealistically high expectations
C) conflict between the individual's desire for several job offers and the need to make a good choice
D) conflict between the organization's effort to attract candidates and the individual's choice of an organization

Question 20

What is the term for the pattern of work-related experiences that span the course of a person's life?

A) growth
B) career
C) advancement
D) job ladder

Question 21

According to Levinson,what is an important personal life transition stage that includes beginning to separate from one's parents and becoming less emotionally and financially dependent?

A) career establishment
B) career advancement
C) career maintenance
D) career separation

Question 22

What is summarized by an implicit agreement between an individual and an organization that specifies what each is expected to give and receive in the relationship?

A) psychological contract
B) work agreement
C) reciprocity agreement
D) employment contract

Question 23

Which statement summarizes the late adulthood stage,specified by the career stage model?

A) This stage finds the person learning the job and adapting to working life.
B) This stage is the high achievement stage.
C) This stage is typically the final stage in an individual's career in which he/she attempts to maintain productivity.
D) This stage is typically the final stage in an individual's career in which possible career changes are considered.

Question 24

Research indicates that at one particular career stage,an individual is more likely to experience a mid-life crisis.Which response supports the research findings?

A) A midlife crisis is more likely during the establishment stage.
B) A midlife crisis is more likely during the advancement stage.
C) A midlife crisis is more likely during the maintenance stage.
D) A midlife crisis is more likely during the withdrawal stage.

Question 25

Establishment is a time of big transitions in both personal and work life.At work,three major tasks face the newcomer: two of these tasks are negotiating effective psychological contracts and managing the stress of socialization.What is the third task?

A) undertaking change and acquisition
B) beginning anticipatory socialization
C) transitioning from outsider to insider
D) resisting socialization

Question 26

What does Levinson recommend we consider when examining career stages and work/life balance?

A) motivational attributes of the individual
B) life stages of the individual
C) emotional stages of the individual
D) personality characteristics of the individual

Question 27

What type of support for the newcomer includes empathy,esteem,caring,and love?

A) emotional
B) modelling
C) informational
D) evaluative

Question 28

In which high-achievement-oriented stage do people focus on increasing their competence?

A) entry and apprenticeship
B) establishment
C) advancement
D) maintenance

Question 29

What would you do if you wanted to develop a broad knowledge of the organization in which you work?

A) I would engage in a career path,in which I would have many different experiences within the organization.
B) I would engage in a career ladder,in which I would progress through increasingly senior positions.
C) I would engage in a career lattice in which I would move up and down within the organization to complete projects.
D) I would engage in a career lattice in which I move laterally within the organization.

Question 30

Which is the most important factor contributing to EI?

A) EI is innate and individuals cannot be trained.
B) EI is less important as the employee goes up the career ladder.
C) EI has been found to be a determinant of conflict management skills.
D) EI is subject to different cultures and therefore difficult to generalize.

Question 31

What percentage of new mangers fail within the first year and a half in their new role?

A) 40
B) 47
C) 50
D) 53

Question 32

What is an example of a recent contemporary business issue?

A) flextime
B) health care
C) establishment
D) eldercare

Question 33

Which organization builds its psychological contracts on permitting newcomers to design their own compensation systems?

A) Blockbuster
B) Parents in a Pinch
C) Pure
D) Netflix

Question 34

What kind of support is being provided by a mentor who tells a new employee about the power structure in the firm?

A) modelling
B) emotional
C) informational
D) protection

Question 35

What is best described as the sequence of job experiences that employees move along during their career?

A) career ladders
B) career path
C) career growth
D) career lattice

Question 36

What is most commonly the cause of mentor success or failure?

A) selecting the "top dog" as your mentor
B) personality compatibility with your mentor
C) desire to have a career path just like your mentor
D) providing mentor details to other employees within the organization

Question 37

Fatima is provided with informal advice on the political climate within the organization and informal roles people within the group hold.What is occurring?

A) informational support as part of the psychological contract
B) evaluative support as part of the psychological contract
C) protection from stressors as part of the psychological contract
D) emotional support as part of the psychological contract

Question 38

Which statement explains the four-stage career model?

A) A significant change could cycle from advancement back to establishment.
B) The establishment stage could be 5 years to 20 years.
C) The four stages are mutually exclusive.
D) Withdrawal could occur as early as 45 years of age.

Question 39

According to research conducted by Levinson,which finding relates to the establishment stage?

A) the individual has a sense of achievement
B) the individual seeks a mentor to provide guidance and coaching
C) the individual seeks greater responsibility as well as upward mobility
D) the individual begins to separate from his/her parents and is less emotionally and financially dependent

Question 40

Dora is building competencies by moving laterally through different departments or different projects.What is this an example of?

A) career lattice
B) horizontal integration
C) career path
D) horizontal career path

Question 41

What is the term for a relationship where both people have important job roles?

A) career stressor
B) conflicting careers
C) dual-career partnership
D) conflicting partnership

Question 42

Although the concept of the career is undergoing a paradigm shift,the paternalistic attitude that organizations take care of employees remains the same and will no doubt continue.

Question 43

A career is a journey.

Question 44

An organization has an Aboriginals group,a diversity group,and a people enablement group.What is this organization demonstrating?

A) the use of group to facilitate withdrawal into retirement
B) the use of teams as a source of socialization
C) the use of network groups as a source for mentoring
D) the use of network groups to facilitate the recruitment of minorities

Question 45

Donna works in sales and frequently travels.She finds she is not happy due to the frequent travel and commission basis for her salary.Which anchor is Donna experiencing?

A) creativity anchor
B) technical/functional competence anchor
C) autonomy and independence anchor
D) security/stability anchor

Question 46

According to your text,which statement best explains the life of an individual's career?

A) Your career is complex.
B) Your career is a journey.
C) Your career will go through similar stages.
D) Your career will be determined by family background.

Question 47

Which statement is an example of flextime,compressed work weeks,work-at-home arrangements,part-time hours,job sharing,and leave options?

A) They are expensive but necessary in today's working environment.
B) They are time savers because they allow employees to spend more time at work.
C) They are alternative work arrangements necessary to manage work-home conflicts.
D) They are initiatives directed toward women to attract them to the job market.

Question 48

What would be an appropriate career for someone with a security/stability career anchor?

A) entrepreneur
B) full-time professor
C) commercial airline pilot
D) salesperson

Question 49

Which career stage is synonymous with the topics of sustaining performance and becoming a mentor?

A) withdrawal
B) establishment
C) maintenance
D) advancement

Question 50

What is an important issue for someone in the maintenance career stage?

A) career regression
B) sustaining performance
C) retirement
D) finding a career anchor

Question 51

What is a relatively new source of work-home conflict?

A) need for childcare
B) lack of transportation
C) neighbourhood crime
D) need for eldercare

Question 52

What is a common phenomenon during the maintenance stage?

A) career plateau
B) demotion and downgrade job changes
C) lowered job performance and termination
D) transition to nonsupervisory positions

Question 53

What would be an appropriate occupation for a person with a technical/functional competence anchor?

A) factory machine operator
B) accountant
C) assembly line worker
D) freelance photographer

Question 54

What is a research finding related to older workers?

A) increased rates of absenteeism due to health issues
B) higher rates of safety violations
C) lower rates of stress
D) lower rates of tardiness and absenteeism

Question 55

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs relates to organizational choice.

Question 56

What does research indicate has increased in recent years?

A) single career advancement
B) dual-career partnerships
C) same sex career partnerships
D) partnerships in which only one person is working

Question 57

What is the most difficult phase of a mentoring relationship?

A) separation
B) redefinition
C) cultivation
D) initiation

Question 58

According to Kathy Kram,what is a key characteristic of a successful mentoring program?

A) individuals who have reached a career plateau would be ideal
B) mentors should have an innate ability to understand their role,with no training required
C) a graceful exit if there is a mismatch between the mentor and mentee
D) individuals should be identified as mentors to ensure the appropriate individuals are involved

Question 59

Career management is a lifelong process of learning about self,jobs,and organizations; setting personal career goals; developing strategies for achieving the goals; and revising the goals based on work and life experiences.

Question 60

What does Edgar Schein's research refer to as self-perceived talents,motives,and values that guide an individual's career decisions?

A) visions
B) career planning
C) life goals
D) career anchors

Question 61

Holland's typology has been used to classify occupational types and occupations but the typology has not been used to predict career choices of international participants.

Question 62

A career path can be very similar to a career ladder.

Question 63

Almost 40 percent of new managers fail within the first 18 months on the job.

Question 64

An intentional and purposeful commitment to taking charge of your professional life will be necessary in managing the new career.

Question 65

Goleman's argument on emotional intelligence versus intellectual intelligence suggests that they are equally important to an individual's success.

Question 66

The stigma associated with frequent job changes has largely disappeared.

Question 67

Project allegiance means that when an organization gains productivity while a person gains work experience,renegotiation of the relationship must occur.

Question 68

Goleman's belief is that emotional competencies are not as important to people's success as raw intelligence or technical know-how.

Question 69

The best way to stay employed is to see yourself as being in business for yourself,even if you work for someone else.

Question 70

Enterprising is one of Holland's six types of organizational values characterized by a set of interests and values.

Question 71

Emotional intelligence tends to decrease as one advances through life.

Question 72

Psychological contracts are commonly written as provisions of personal employment agreements.

Question 73

Organizations require individuals who are specialized and can focus on one job.

Question 74

Under the concept of the new career paradigm,project allegiance has replaced organizational allegiance.

Question 75

Emotional intelligence has not been shown to be important to career success in different cultures.

Question 76

A person may make several occupational choices during the establishment and maintenance career stages.

Question 77

In Holland's occupational choice research,persons with enterprising personalities are analytical,curious,and independent.

Question 78

Realistic job previews are part of anticipatory socialization.

Question 79

Occupational excellence means continually honing skills that can be marketed across organizations.

Question 80

According to the expectancy theory view of how individuals choose organizations,individuals choose organizations that maximize positive outcomes and avoid negative outcomes.