Vocational anticipatory socialization

Vocational Anticipatiry Socialization

Is a communicated process and mission individuals intentionally intentionally receive socializing occupation messages from the environment that affect their career expectations

Background assumptions

1. Socialization is

2. A lifespan phenomenon= from early age where orientated toward different type of jobs by our family school media

3. Reflects society

4. Involves self concept comparison

5. Two interealted stages = 1. Life course 2. Organization entry

6. 5 key sources

Families

1. Task oriented organizing activities = chores

2. Parents model work roles

3. Communicated related procedure = children do what they are told, it’s okay to ask questions

4. Direct convos of work = expect you to make doc or lawyer or whatever you want

Educational institutions

1. Establish hierarchies = which jobs are prestigious, have power

2. Opportunities for comparison = talented or no

3. Communicative skills

4. High school / college : explicit messages

Part time engagement

• work experiences people have been before they engage in looking find full time employment

• Explicit signals from experience

• Developing professional and comm skills

Peer and Friends

• shift to rely on peers from families

• Explicit convo about work

• Establishing norms

• Comm skills

• Comm related activities = sport teams

Media

• representation of job status

• Gender stereotypes

• Attitude toward profession = ex. Finance = negative

• Comm expectations

The Internet

• the 6th socialization force

• Active info seeking

Approach to research

Interpretive

Types of socialization message

1. Value messages = pursue your talent

2. Expectation message = find stable career / provide for your family

3. Presecption messages = don’t waste your math skills on being an engineer you love arguing be a lawyer

4. Opportunity messages = more women in medical field/ shortage

5. Description opportunity = students that partical info that might get them engaged in a career

Evaluation

1. Utility, Heurism

Critiques

1. Testability