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career development test 1 study guide
with complete solutions
Job satisfaction - Answer✔✔-correlates with job performance (task and contextual)
contextual - Answer✔✔-related to all non task variables, coworkers, environment, etc
task - Answer✔✔-related to the actual work you do
job satisfaction relationship - Answer✔✔-High performance → positive outcomes→ high job
satisfaction
dysfunctional behaviors - Answer✔✔-people who are dissatisfied are less likely to be engaged,
more likely to slack off and be more unproductive
life satisfaction - Answer✔✔-related to job satisfaction in more models, optimistic people tend
to be more satisfied with their jobs, conscientious people tend to be more satisfied, most likely
because they hit deadlines and reap the positive rewards
health - Answer✔✔-satisfaction impacts immune system, more likely to get sick if dissatisfied,
unhappiness at work increase stress which increase heart problems and disease; dissatisfied
people are also more likely to experience depression and anxiety
spillover model - Answer✔✔-when dissatisfaction or satisfaction spills over to other parts of life
(positively correlated)
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compensation model - Answer✔✔-one area of life can make up for another area (can be
opposite)
segmentation model- two lives are mentally separated and one realm doesn't impact the other
(they have nothing to do with each other) - Answer✔✔-
steady-state career - Answer✔✔-single job for whole career
linear career - Answer✔✔-series of jobs in the same occupation
spiral career - Answer✔✔-series of jobs in the same occupational family but involving different
skills
transitory career - Answer✔✔-series of unrelated jobs (job hopping)
job - Answer✔✔-predetermined set of activities one performs for a single position
career - Answer✔✔-evolving sequence of work experiences (a succession of jobs)
occupation - Answer✔✔-a collection of interconnected jobs
career anchors - Answer✔✔-elements of jobs that may be important for one's occupational self-
concept; what is of primary importance to you in your career
technical or functional - Answer✔✔-career anchor that has people focused on a specific content
area
managerial competence - Answer✔✔-career anchor that has people value opportunity to be
influential/advancement
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security and stability - Answer✔✔-career anchor; values predictability, knowing a job is secure
creativity or entrepreneurship - Answer✔✔-career anchor that values creating product/pieve of
art/business models/etc.
autonomy and independence - Answer✔✔-career anchor that values freedom to structure
work, opportunity to work at own pace, may involve working on your own with the ability to
control a lot of the work context
job satisfaction - Answer✔✔-A pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the
appraisal of one's job or job experiences"
Involves emotional, cognitive/attitudinal, and behavioral components
Global vs. facet elements
job satisfaction causes - Answer✔✔-Job characteristics & stressors
Social context of work
Comparisons to prior job experiences
Personal dispositions
Person-job/environment fit
person-job/environment fit - Answer✔✔-whether the person and the job align in terms of
interests, values, etc. helps to know what KSA employers are looking for as well as your own
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career development test 1 study guide
with complete solutions
Job satisfaction - Answer✔✔-correlates with job performance (task and contextual)
contextual - Answer✔✔-related to all non task variables, coworkers, environment, etc
task - Answer✔✔-related to the actual work you do
job satisfaction relationship - Answer✔✔-High performance → positive outcomes→ high job
satisfaction
dysfunctional behaviors - Answer✔✔-people who are dissatisfied are less likely to be engaged,
more likely to slack off and be more unproductive
life satisfaction - Answer✔✔-related to job satisfaction in more models, optimistic people tend
to be more satisfied with their jobs, conscientious people tend to be more satisfied, most likely
because they hit deadlines and reap the positive rewards
health - Answer✔✔-satisfaction impacts immune system, more likely to get sick if dissatisfied,
unhappiness at work increase stress which increase heart problems and disease; dissatisfied
people are also more likely to experience depression and anxiety
spillover model - Answer✔✔-when dissatisfaction or satisfaction spills over to other parts of life
(positively correlated)
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compensation model - Answer✔✔-one area of life can make up for another area (can be
opposite)
segmentation model- two lives are mentally separated and one realm doesn't impact the other
(they have nothing to do with each other) - Answer✔✔-
steady-state career - Answer✔✔-single job for whole career
linear career - Answer✔✔-series of jobs in the same occupation
spiral career - Answer✔✔-series of jobs in the same occupational family but involving different
skills
transitory career - Answer✔✔-series of unrelated jobs (job hopping)
job - Answer✔✔-predetermined set of activities one performs for a single position
career - Answer✔✔-evolving sequence of work experiences (a succession of jobs)
occupation - Answer✔✔-a collection of interconnected jobs
career anchors - Answer✔✔-elements of jobs that may be important for one's occupational self-
concept; what is of primary importance to you in your career
technical or functional - Answer✔✔-career anchor that has people focused on a specific content
area
managerial competence - Answer✔✔-career anchor that has people value opportunity to be
influential/advancement
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security and stability - Answer✔✔-career anchor; values predictability, knowing a job is secure
creativity or entrepreneurship - Answer✔✔-career anchor that values creating product/pieve of
art/business models/etc.
autonomy and independence - Answer✔✔-career anchor that values freedom to structure
work, opportunity to work at own pace, may involve working on your own with the ability to
control a lot of the work context
job satisfaction - Answer✔✔-A pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the
appraisal of one's job or job experiences"
Involves emotional, cognitive/attitudinal, and behavioral components
Global vs. facet elements
job satisfaction causes - Answer✔✔-Job characteristics & stressors
Social context of work
Comparisons to prior job experiences
Personal dispositions
Person-job/environment fit
person-job/environment fit - Answer✔✔-whether the person and the job align in terms of
interests, values, etc. helps to know what KSA employers are looking for as well as your own
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