Exam 17: Career Management

Individuals who are extraordinary at their job often have a team of mentors or "developers" from both inside and outside their employing organization. A recent study investigated three questions regarding mentors or "developers: (1) Who are developers? (2) What do developers do? (3) What type of development network is most effective? Which of the following statements are supported by this study?

Match the following: -Realistic Job Preview

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

Richard Branson, head of Virgin Group, believes mentorship has the power to change the world. He cites his parents, along with Sir Freddie Laker, the British airline entrepreneur, as his most important mentors. Sir Laker was the one who taught Branson that:

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

All of the following are stages of the mentoring relationship except:

Match the following: -Withdrawal

An appropriate occupation/job for a person with a technical/functional competence anchor is:

Which of Holland's personality types are you most likely to find majoring in the fields of business administration?

In which of the following career anchors does one desire freedom?

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

In which stage or phase of adjustment to a new organization should newcomers set realistic goals and take credit for the successes that occur as they master the job?

Teach for America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate education inequity in the U.S. TFA does not emphasize making a career out of teaching but rather recruit future "leaders" to teach 2 years in order to improve education. This is an example of which of the following in terms of occupational choice?