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1. The Dyson Foundation and Jeremy Fry Memorial Scholarship identifies potential and deserving students and Dyson mentors such students in their areas of interest. In the career stage model, Dyson is most likely to become a mentor in the           .

a. withdrawal stage

b. maintenance stage c. establishment stage d. advancement stage

2. Career management includes all of the following except:

a. setting personal goals.

b. unwavering application of strategies irrespective of change. c. developing strategies for achieving goals.

d. revising goals based on work and life experiences.

3. An example of the subjective element of a career is:

a. the number of jobs in a chosen occupation.

b. a person’s perception of potential in a chosen occupation. c. a person’s training to improve skills.

d. the application for and receipt of an occupational license.

4. The pattern of work-related experiences that span the course of a person’s life is known as:

a. a career. b. growth.

c. a job ladder.

d. advancement.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the attributes of the “new” career?

a. Discrete exchange

b. Organizational empowerment c. Top-down approach

d. Project allegiance

6. Discrete exchange means:

a. explicit exchange of specified rewards in return for task performance. b. implicit trading of employee compliance in return for job security.

c. assuming employment and career opportunities are standardized by a firm. d. leaving a mutual loyalty assumptions as a political barrier to re-negotiations.

7. Occupational excellence means:

a. continually honing skills that can be marketed across organizations.

b. forgoing technical or functional development in favor of firm-specific learning.

c. employees identifying with and focusing on what is happening in their particular firm. d. relying on the firm to specify jobs and their associated occupational skill base.

8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of discrete exchange?

a. Explicit exchange of specified rewards in return for task performance b. Implicit trading of employee compliance in return for job security

c. Basing rewards on the current market value of the work being performed

d. Exercising flexibility as each party’s interests and market circumstances change

9. Corporate allegiance means:

a. shared employer and employee commitment to the goal of a project. b. financial and reputational rewards stemming from project outcomes.

c. loyalty to work group being considered more important than the project itself. d. constant rearrangement of reporting relationships as required by the projects.

10. The best way to stay employed is to:

a. choose a major that will be in high demand well into the future.

b. utilize the first six months of the socialization process to become thoroughly familiar with an organization’s

c. identify future stars within the organization and attempt to develop a positive relationship with them. d. see yourself as being in business for yourself, even if you work for someone else.