week 7

Question 1

define employment

Answer 1

he state of having paid work, usually contracted occupational in which labour is exchanged for specific remuneration.

Question 2

define volunteer work

Answer 2

a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task, a person who works for an organisation without being paid.

Question 3

consequences of employment

Answer 3

• Imposes a time structure on ones day
• Enforces a predictibable demand for action/ builds routines
• Links individulas to broader work/ community goals and purposes beyond their own personal goals
• Creates oppitunity to contribute, advnce and acumlate
• Source of seld respect, personal challenge, growth and fulfilment

Question 4

define productivity

Answer 4

“Occupations that make a social or economic contribution, or that provide for economic sustenance.”

Question 5

whats a volunteer

Answer 5

someone who benefits the community by freely undertaking work in a designated voluntary position without financial payment

Question 6

benefits of volunteering

Answer 6

Increased perception of health, sense of purpose and life satisfaction (older adults)
• Reduction in mortality (older adults)
• Social contact and social support
• Valued role and identity as a change from work / to replace lost roles
• Increased emotional and intellectual maturity (college students)
• Increased expression of intrinsic values related to work, caring, community involvement (adolescents)

Question 7

dimensions of experience; do live well framework for employment

Answer 7

• Contributing to community and society
• Building security/prosperity
• Developing and expressing idenity
• Developing capability and potential.

Question 8

dimensions of experience do live well framework for volunteering

Answer 8

• Connecting with others
• Contributing to community and society
• Developing and expressing identity

Question 9

employment potential transition poin

Answer 9

• developmental distruption related to productivity roles
• work place challenges for employed persons
• employment interruption or seperation
• employment marginalisation

Question 10

human productivity is driven by

Answer 10

• Survival strategy
• Gain satisfaction from working towards and reaching a personal goal.
• Physiological need for challenge.

Question 11

whats the flow theory

Answer 11

• Flow is a state of consciousness in which one is involved in an occupation that nothing else is noticed.
• Finding flow in work gives us a unique sense of enjoyment and satisfaction that we cannot enjoy without striving toward goals.

Question 12

average age of volunteering

Answer 12

Age: 35-55 years
Gender: female
Employment: part time
How much time: 1x per week 1-2 hrs

Question 13

outcomes of volunteering

Answer 13

• Opportunity to make new friends andbuild social networks
• Increase interpersonal communication skills and self awareness
• Opportunities to learn new skills including vocational and organisational skills
• Opportunities to explore career options and gain work related experiences