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Holland's theories of vocational choice, The Holland Occupational Themes, "now pervades career counseling research and practice". [4] Its origins "can be traced to an article in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 1958 and a subsequent article in 1959 that set out his theory of vocational choices. ...
Job analysis (also known as work analysis [1]) is a family of procedures to identify the content of a job in terms of the activities it involves in addition to the attributes or requirements necessary to perform those activities. Job analysis provides information to organizations that helps them determine which employees are best fit for ...
The worked-example effect is a learning effect predicted by cognitive load theory. [1] [full citation needed] Specifically, it refers to improved learning observed when worked examples are used as part of instruction, compared to other instructional techniques such as problem-solving [2] [page needed] and discovery learning.
Job characteristics theory is a theory of work design.It provides “a set of implementing principles for enriching jobs in organizational settings”. [1] The original version of job characteristics theory proposed a model of five “core” job characteristics (i.e. skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback) that affect five work-related outcomes (i.e ...
Trained PAQ job analysts then use the position analysis questionnaire to analyze selected jobs. The PAQ questionnaires are submitted to PAQ for scoring, with the results then used to analyze by human resource or other trained managers. [1] Patrick and Moore have revised the PAQ and developed a couple of changes called Job Structure Profile (JSP).
In psychology, gainful employment is a positive psychology concept that explores the benefits of work and employment. Second only to personal relationships, work is the most important determinant of quality of life. [1] [2] Over 7855 articles were published on job satisfaction between the years 1976 and 2000. [citation needed]
Personnel psychology is a subfield of industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology. [1] Personnel psychology is the area of I-O psychology that primarily deals with the recruitment, selection and evaluation of personnel, and with other job aspects such as morale, job satisfaction, and relationships between managers and workers in the workplace. [2]
The sociologist Arlie Hochschild provided the first definition of emotional labor, which is displaying certain emotions to meet the requirements of a job. [1] The related term emotion work refers to displaying emotions you don't feel within the private sphere of one's home or interactions with family and friends .