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The modern workplace has been described as knowledge-based, therefore the
following changes are expected in the workplace.
- Competency-based outsourcing.
Which of the following work values refer to the capacity one has to influence the
behaviour of other people?
- Power
The following describes a process of inner directedness through which the individual
expresses their intrinsic nature.
- Self-actualisation
In which era was work mechanistic, with less emphasis on human capital?
- Industrialisation
Gilbert has been working at CC Limited for over 30 years. He turns 65 at the end of
2020 and intends to retire.
Gilbert can be described as belonging to which generation?
Calculating based on 2020:
1922 – 1945 [75 – 98] (The Silent generation)
1946 – 1964 [56 – 74] (The Baby Boomers)
1965 – 1976 [44 – 55] (Generation X)
1977 – 2000 [20 – 43] (Generation Y/ Baby Boom Echo/ millennials)
Born since 2000 (Millennium Generation)
Born after 1997 [21, 22, 23,] (Generation 2020]
- Baby Boomers
James (25 years) and Gilbert got on well because:
- Generation Y prefer working in structured environment.
,Career resilience and career self-efficacy are likened to _____ in that the individual
must be able to and believe that they can adapt to change.
- Career maturity
_____ developed a theory with the assumption that individuals choose occupations
that satisfy their personality orientations?
- Holland
The individual who has general / managerial competence as a career anchor, must
also have the following three basic fields of competence ____
- Analytical competence, interpersonal competence and emotional competence
Todays economy favours individuals with a security/stability career anchor.
- False
Parson’s trait-and-factor theory helps individuals to develop by integrating___ and
____ and matching the individual traits to find them the best occupational
environment.
- Self-knowledge, knowledge of the environment
Which of the following is characteristic of employees’ expectations in the new
psychological contract?
- Competitive salary and job related training
The knowledge economy has resulted in the ____ career contract becoming more
predominant.
- Protean
The ___ career management model has continuously changing goals with the ideal
of improving one’s ability to formulate and test hypotheses about the future
possibilities.
- Test-and-learn
, The career concept where the individual is described as taking control and agency
of their career is _______.
- Career planning
Hackett and Betz’s theory postulate that women have lower expectations of self-efficacy.
/
- True
The _____________ is underpinned by the action theory in order to describe the goal-
directed behaviour of individuals in managing their careers.
- Contextual action model
This career management model incorporates narratives or meaning that people ascribe
to the working life.
- Contextual action model
Which of the following is not true about the spiral career pattern? /
- Changes can occur every tow to four years
The ______ career management model is ideal for young adults who want to kick-start
their careers and require basic steps to guide them as they develop their career self and
self-concept’s.
- Plan-and-implement
Drag and drop the appropriate answer listed at the bottom to the matching
description:
❖ Protean career – Shaped by individual
❖ Composite Careers – More than one form of employment
❖ Boundaryless Careers – Flexibility and mobility
❖ Enterpreneural Careers – Self-employment
Olivia and her husband are a Dual worker couple – because
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