...Yisi Zuo SOC 101 Gender Differences and Social Work Intervention in China Introduction Professional activity is one of the most important human activities in modern society; its effects permeate all areas of personal, family and social life. As China's market economy development and social transformation, and increasingly fierce competition in the labor market, unemployment and the rising threat of job flows down, various pressures caused by occupational activities are turned into a widespread social phenomenon. Social development is sustainable, inappropriate occupational stress is not only not conducive to human physical and mental health, family harmony, organizational effectiveness, from a long-term point of view to harmonious and sustainable economic and social development will have a negative impact. Occupational stress mechanisms, manifestations and reaction of certain differences exist in different populations. From a gender perspective, we can see that female occupational stress problem is very prominent. Thus, gender differences in occupational stress is becoming a psychology, sociology, economics, management, organizational behavior, and other subjects of concern to many disciplines. In view of this, angles of social work, this paper, combined with the gender difference in occupational stress survey data, create female occupational stress management and mitigation of social work intervention mechanisms with a view to achieving ease female occupational stress and...
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...emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Quality of work life and career development: perceptions of part-time MBA students Jessica Li College of Information, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, and Quality of work life and career development 201 Received 19 April 2010 Revised 8 November 2010 Accepted 10 November 2010 Roland K. Yeo Kuwait Maastricht Business School, Salmiya, Kuwait Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine what employees perceive as positive and negative aspects of their work, and how these affect their perceptions of the quality of work life (QWL) and their career development decisions. Design/methodology/approach – This is a qualitative study using data collected from an online discussion forum. Thematic and textual analysis was performed to identify core themes associated with perceptions of QWL and career development. Data analysis was based on the researchers’ interpretations of narratives based on the online postings of 140 part-time MBA students and guided by the literature. Findings – Four major themes emerged as domains of tensions within which employees operated to construct meanings around their work life. These include: internal and external tension, private and public tension, self and otherness tension, and present and future tension. Career development support, flexibility and autonomy in job design as well as flexibility in career development planning emerged as positive career development strategies that would affect...
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...Preparing For A Career Change Schuylar Robinson, Kerry Wilson, Deborah West, Airyn Vath, Sheila Rone RES/351 January 21, 2012 Richard Dickens Preparing For A Career Change Preparing for a career change can be difficult yet rewarding. A career is the course of a person's life in working to produce an income to make ends meet. A career is also associated with the productive side of life, what a person's goals are and sometimes his or her accomplishments (Cochran. 1994). There are many obstacles that some may consider to be problems when changing careers. Individuals may be looking to change careers from result of too much stress or personality conflicts with their current coworkers or management. Career problems occurs when a current course of action signals a qualitative difference between possible career futures (Cochran). If a person believes to feel threatened by what is happening in the work place and feels that something else should be happening to reach goals or get the job done more efficiently can be considered a problem and the need for a career change. The only way to change one's direction in life is to take that first step into a career change. This means furthering one's education to climb the corporate ladder or accepting a new career that offers more pay, more vacation time, and personal satisfaction of making a difference in the workplace. The purpose of a career change is "to move into a position of greater managerial responsibility and organizational...
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...Career Preference Among BHRM Students March 2013 Career Preference Among BHRM Students Chapter 1 Introduction to the study This chapter is composed of five parts: (1) Background and Theoretical Framework, (2) Statement of the Problem and the Hypothesis, (3) Significance of the Study, (4) Definition of Terms, and (5) Delimitation of the Study Part One, Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study, presents the reasons for choosing of the problem and the theoretical framework upon which the study was anchored. Part Two, Statement of the Problem and the Hypothesis, states the major problem and specific questions to be answered as well as the hypothesis to be tested. Part Three, Significance of the study, discuss the benefits that may be derived from the results of the investigation. Part Four, Definition of Terms, presents the operation and conceptual meanings of the important terms used in the study. Part Five, Delimitation of the Study, specifies the scope and coverage of the study. Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study “After college, what’s next?” It is the foremost question faced by college students especially the 4th year graduating students. The students are still confused on where, when and what job to apply after graduation. The great part of an individual’s life is spent in his career or vocation and usually satisfaction is made through his occupation or career. His ability to make something work or valuable...
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...Compensatory education: additional educational opportunities/resources directed at deprived or under-achieving pupils. • Cultural deprivation: a lack or deficit of values (or of norms, attitudes, skills or knowledge). Partial answer [immediate gratification / a lack of culture] • Vocational education: relating to a career or specific work roles. • Ethnocentric curriculum: the subjects taught in school being biased towards one particular culture. One mark for a partially satisfactory answer. 02 Suggest three ways/reasons ... (6 marks) Two marks for each of three appropriate ways. One mark will be awarded where there is a partially appropriate answers. Marxists see school as being similar to the world of work: • A hierarchy of authority • Fragmentation of work/learning • Extrinsic rewards • Based on competition • Alienation • Status differences. Boys’ educational under-achievement: • Lack of male teacher role models • Feminisation of assessment • Boys’ poorer literacy • Laddish subcultures • Decline of traditional ‘male’ jobs. Educational policies that may have contributed to social class differences in achievement: • The tripartite system/ the eleven-plus exam/Butler Act/1944 Act • Streaming • Marketisation • Private schooling • Fees for higher education. Note: Award...
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...Employee’s Perception of Quality of Work Life: The concept of the ‘Quality of Working Life’ is imprecise and thus problematic to operationalize. Historically, it can be traced back to the quality of working life movement that largely consisted of a number of industrial psychologists in response to a perceived disenchantment with the organization of work in the late1960s and early 1970s (Walton, 1973; Stjernberg, 1977; Littler and Salaman, 1984). QWL has also been associated with organizational changes aimed at increasing the levels of job enlargement (greater horizontal task flexibility) and job enrichment (greater vertical task flexibility including the taking on of new responsibilities including those formerly undertaken by supervisory or managerial personnel). Crucially, the idea is that of attaining higher levels of participation and thereby motivation by improving the attractiveness of the work itself rather than through improving the terms and conditions of work (Herzberg et al, 1959: 52). Walton (1973) has given focus on the following factor of QWL: · A just rewards system with minimum guarantees; · A safe and healthy physical and psychosocial work environment; · Job design based on the needs of both workers and their organisations; · Employment security with prospects for internal career advance; · A working climate with a positive social atmosphere and social integration; · Clearly articulated individual right; · Worker participation in decision marking; ...
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...Needs Analysis Mary Kelly, Candace Thompson, Deidre Anderson, Brenda Bower HRM/326 October 6, 2014 Tracey Durden Needs Analysis The success of any organization is dependent upon the development of the employees and ensuring they have the skills, knowledge, and abilities to carry out the mission of the organization in a way that will achieve company goals and objectives. Target is one of the largest retail department stores, and a contributing factor to their success is developing employees. Prior to training, Target must conduct a needs analysis to determine if and what training is necessary to achieve the company’s goals and objectives. The first step is to conduct an organizational analysis to review where the organization is in regards to reaching their goals. They analyze what has been accomplished and what still needs to be accomplished to achieve the goals. From the outcome of this analysis, the organization conducts a task analysis to break down the goals into small tasks. With this information, they move on to the team analysis to see what level of skills the team possesses and what training is required to get them to the level needed to complete the necessary tasks for the organization. Organizational Analysis “Target is an upscale discounter that provides high quality, on trend merchandise at attractive prices in clean, spacious and guest-friendly stores. In addition, Target operates an online business Target.com (http://investors.target.com). Target...
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...Assignment Submission Form · · Please complete and attach this form to your assignment. All assignments must be submitted on the stipulated submission date. Please add a “ü” into appropriate box to indicate your assignment type. o Assignment 1/ o Assignment 2 Program / Intake :__MSc33________ Pathway: __Management________ Student Name: Module: Lecturer/Tutor: Muhammad Taufik Bin Supan Organisational Behaviour Dr KC Chan Grade: Student Number: 14204786 DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the attached assignment is my own work. I understand that if I am suspected of plagiarism or another form of cheating, my work will be referred to the Academic Registrar/ or the Board of Examiners, which may result in me being expelled from the program. Signed: _______________________ Date Submitted: __23/12/2014_____________ Acknowledgment of Assignment Receipt (Students are required to fill up this acknowledgment slip upon submission of assignments) Student Name: _______________________Student Number: ___________________________ Program / Intake: _________________________ Module: _________________________________ o Pre-course / o Main Assignment Lecturer: ________________________________ Received by: __________________________ National University of Ireland, Dublin Master of Science (MGT) Intake 33 Module: Organisational Behaviour Essay Title: Assignment 1 Submitted by: Muhammad Taufik Bin Supan Student Number: 14204786 Lecturer: Dr KC Chan Submission Date: 23rd...
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.... Your Career in Psychology Bria Malone Capella University Abstract The complete principle objective of this paper is to demonstrate the counseling techniques in my psychology career. I have prior experience working with children and young adolescent with to depression, anxiety and behavioral disorders. The ideal of the scholar practitioner defines this effort in terms of lifelong learning that expands the individual's capacity for insight, reflection, and effective action. The assurance in counseling as a promising practitioner-scholar is that it will provide great experiences for me in the future. Counseling has always been a compromising task; which has been a passion and desire for me for many years. Over the years my vision and goals has not changed. However, it has expanded me to reach out to young women and men and help them with their capability to accomplish everyday life struggles. All of these researchers (Miles, J, Detweiler, M. and Nader, J .connects in the child development and practice that is substantially connected with children behavioral disorder needs. Your Career in Psychology Introduction In my own words what describes a good career in psychology is someone who has the ability to study the mind and behaviors of individuals. I have a passion and desire to help children and young adults, who have neglected but, not abused. I also counsel children with emotional behavioral problems, depression and anxiety problems. What led me to this...
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...SECTION A PERSONAL ATTRIBUTE VENSUS CAREER DEVELOPMENT Introduction Due to the change of social construction and production mechanism in Hong Kong, Knowledge-based Society is essential for the sustainability development of Hong Kong in the 21st century that cultivates talent labors (MediaDigest, RTHK, 2006). Recently, the globalization is allied and compounded around the world. It indicates the trend of “Whole People Education” for undergraduates to develop their own strategic vision and analytical technology for the externally globalized environment – social and economy (Y.K. Pang, HKIE, 2009). Integrated with the upward paragraph, this promotion has rapidly developed owing to the advocate of “Lifelong Learning” (executed by Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of HKSAR). Based on the data generation, the percentage of growth rate of continuous education has increasing from 18 in 2002 to 28 in 2003 (Professor K.M. Yeung, HKU SPACE). In the literature aspects, “Lifelong Learning” is the recognition that learning may stretch out across a lifetime for anyone sustainability use and renew throughout each lifespan (Field, 2006). Based on Role of Reflection in Learning (Kolb, 1984), its operation is coordinated with 3 main items – (1) 1 Action, (2) Reflect on Experience; and (3) Conclude and Learn. For my own view, it could be comprehended with using the outcome of your lifespan to strengthen the core competence to make the continuous improvement...
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...PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA JULY, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA (B.ED BUSINESS EDUCATION, ACCOUNTING OPTION) A Thesis in the Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Philosophy (M. Phil Guidance & Counselling) degree JULY, 2011 DECLARATION STUDENT’S DECLARATION I, DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA declare that this Thesis, with the exception of quotations and references contained in published works which have all being identified and duly acknowledged, is entirely my own original work, and it has not been submitted, either in part or whole for another degree elsewhere SIGNATURE: ............................................................................. DATE: ......................................................................................... SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION I hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of this work was supervised by me in accordance with the guidelines...
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...Introduction 3 II. Intrapersonal Effectiveness 3 A. The Big Five Dimensions of Personality 3 B. Analysis and Reflection of Results 3 C. Goal Setting 5 III. Conclusion 6 IV. References 7 Introduction This portfolio reflects the research, analysis and conclusions of my intrapersonal effectiveness and how I can utilize my skills in pursuit of my goal of being a brand manager for a cosmetics company. I will analyse my results using the NEO IPIP measure of personality and strategise how I can make use of this information to improve my skills and competencies for my desired exponential success of my career and develop SMART goals to create a direction for my learning curve that can be monitored and improved on. Intrapersonal Effectiveness The Big Five Dimensions of Personality Research has shown that personality and workplace behaviour and outcome are closely linked together (McShane, Olekalns, Travaglione, 2013). The way a person portrays or reacts to a certain situation will influence his duties, responsibilities and growth in his or her organisation. Personality and performance are meaningfully related to one another as well (Barric, M., Mount, M., & Judge, T., 2001). The Big Five Dimensions of Personality can also determine which career paths will make a person portray positive emotional reactions towards the job which results in a better state of mind for work and chasing after needed results (McShane, Olekalns, Travaglione, 2013). The Big Five gave me insight...
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...boundaryless career on individuals, organizations and society, by some researches, who suggested that, in practice, in spite of bounaryless career are widely used. Before discussing “boundaryless careers.” It is helpful to define “career.” A person’s career is the unfolding sequence of his or her work experience over the (Arthur, Hall, and Lawrence, 1989). The concept of boundaryless career first appeared in the 1990s, is by Arthur in 1994 in the Journal of Organization Behavior, refers to a career can consist of one job held in an organization for a long time, many jobs held in the same organization, the same job in many different organizations, or many jobs in many organization; the sum total of one’s work experience in one or several organization is her career. The concept of career is highly influenced by environmental factors such as culture, socio-economic factors and personal factors; therefore, a career can be defined as a mixture of work-related, rather than work-related factors (Sullian and Baruch, 2009). Past career studies not revolve more relationship between individuals, organization and society, which helps to develop a now career model, provide the new concept of career research, such as boundaryless career (Inkson et al., 2012). Boundaryless career is also an ideal concept for examining the strengths and weaknesses of various career orientations (Briscoe and Hall, 2006). This essay will consider that by the analysis, a general comment in boundaryless career, through...
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...Career Contents 1. Abstract ..............................................................2 2. Introduction.........................................................3 3. Body * How to choose a Career.......................................5 * Choosing Economics as a Career.......................11 4. Conclusion..........................................................18 5. Bibliography.......................................................20 6. Appendix ..........................................................22 Abstract This paper explores how should an individual choose the career for his or her life as well as choosing career in economics. Online (web-pages, online journals, NBEA yearbooks) and offline (books, magazines, dictionaries, research) materials are used in the research that are shown in bibliography. Apart from these, there can be seen the Myers-Briggs Personality Test that helps people to take first idea when choosing future career. This article clearly explains the definitions of career, job, and occupation. At the end in appendix part, example resume and tables are shown that mentioned in body part. It contains below listed keywords: career, job, occupation, personality test, resume, interview, search strategies, search engines, salary, economics, theoretical economist, business economist, government economist, academic, personal qualities, work conditions, education Introduction Many people ask "How do I pick the right career?" In the...
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...S.A Per.4 12/3/12 Career Paper: History Teacher For my career project I choose Historian, which can be categorized as a History teacher or professor. History is the ideal career for me, due to the passion I have for it. As an individual I see myself as more open to working cooperatively, I find it difficult to work in solitude. Teaching is the perfect career for my personality; I value knowledge and consider myself an exemplary student. This career was one of the choices from my personality survey, It suits my style of working and the type of environment I most comfortable with. History is my favorite subject in school, so perhaps my passion in it can lead me to a prosperous career. Historians and or History teachers have one common goal, to spread the knowledge of the past, and make people understand the importance of history and how it connects to our world and our life’s. History can range from teaching World History, European History, Art History , and any other study that involves the analysis of the past. The process of historical analysis involves investigation and analysis of controversial ideas, facts to create coherent narratives and theories that explain "what happened" and "why or how it happened". Modern historical analysis usually specifies on social sciences, including economics, sociology, politics, psychology, anthropology, philosophy and linguistics. There are some historians that are guides in museums, this takes great knowledge and memorable facts...
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