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Flashcards by Siraat Razavi, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Siraat Razavi
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 'GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT' Unlike most people who dread getting up and going to work, 'gainfully employed' people look forward to it. | Characterized by - (9) 1. Variety in duties performed. 2. Safe working environment. 3. Income for family and self. 4. Purpose in providing service/ product. 5. Happiness & satisfaction. 6. Engagement & involvement. 7. Sense of performing well, meeting goals. 8. Companionship & loyalty to company, coworkers. 9. Respect & appreciation for diversity. |
| 'CAREER SELF- EFFICACY' | "The personal confidence in one's capacity to handle career development and work-related goals activities." |
| 'ENGAGEMENT' employee's involvement with his or her work. | Circumstances in which employees "i) Know what is expected of them, ii) Have opportunities to feel something significant with co-workers whom they trust. iii) have chances to improve and develop." |
| 'AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT' | "A favorable evaluation of one's work environment in their organization." |
| 'CELL MANUFACTURING' | Groups of multi-skilled workers take responsibility for an entire sequence in the production process. |
| 'PRESENTEEISM' | The employee may physically be at work, but because of the mental health problems that often result from aversive and repetitive work experiences, he or she is unproductive and unhappy. |
| 'DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT' | "Using various management techniques that increase the positive outcomes associated with having more diversity in the workplace." |
| 10 characteristics common in to the very best bosses - | 1. Provide clear goals & job duties to the employees. 2. Deliver corrective feedback. 3. Genuine and authentic in their interactions. 4. Ethical, demonstrate moral values in their interactions. 5. Honest and model integrity. 6. Find employees talent & strengths and build on them. 7. Trust workers & facilitate employees' trust in them. 8. Encourage diverse views from diverse employees, can take feedback about themselves. 9. Set high but reasonable standards for employees and themselves. 10. Have personal awareness & strive toward cultural competency. |
| 3 STAGES OF - 'STRENGTHS- BASED APPROACH TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT' (CLIFTON AND HARTER) | First stage - "Identification of talents." Second stage - "Integration of the talents into the employee's self- image." Third stage - "Actual behavioral change." |
| CAPITAL AT WORK - | 1) Traditional Economic Capital. 2) Human Capital. 3) Social Capital. 4) Positive Psychological Capital. |
| "Traditional Economic Capital" (WHAT YOU HAVE) - Financial - Tangible assets. "Human Capital" (WHAT YOU KNOW) - Experience - Education - Skills - Knowledge - Ideas | "Social Capital" (WHO YOU KNOW) - Relationships - Network of Contacts - Friends "Positive Psychological Capital" (WHO YOU ARE) - Confidence - Hope - Optimism - Resiliency |
| 'POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL' is | - Unique - Measurable - Develop-able - Impactful on performance |
| 'EFFICACY/ CONFIDENCE' | "Believing in one's ability to mobilize cognitive resources to obtain specific outcomes." |
| 'HOPE' | "Having the pathways and agency to attain one's goals." |
| 'OPTIMISM' | "Having the explanatory style that attributes positive events to internal, permanent, and pervasive causes. |
| 'RESILIENCY' | "Having the capacity to bounce back from adversity, failure, or even seeming overwhelming positive changes." |
| 'WORKAHOLICS' | "A person so engaged in and obsessed by work that he or she is unable to disengage from it and attend to responsibilities of families and friends." |
| 'BURNOUT' | "An employee's feeling that, despite working hard, he or she is unable to do everything that needs to be done. the employee is tired and perceives a lack of reward from his or her job." |
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