PSY 2114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Organizational Commitment, Coping With, Grammatical Gender

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Wendy Lee

Document Summary

Occupational and lifestyle issues in young and middle adulthood. Meaning that most of us derive from work = money that can be exchanged. Kind of occupation one has appears to have no effect on people"s need to derive meaning from work (even if repetitive work or in a declining industry) Specific meaning people get from work varies w occupation + influenced by socialization. 4 common meanings: 1) developing + becoming self, 2) union with others, 3) expressing self, 4) serving others. Meaning-mission fit = alignment b/w corporate executives" intentions + firm"s mission. Better alignment = care more about employee"s satisfaction / emotional well-being. Your occupation = key element of who you are (ex. you say it when you introduce yourself, affects friends/clothes you wear/where you live) Occupation = major social role / anchor along w love relationships / part of human dev.