Work & Life Chances

Parker's (1971) research focused on ...?

• Females & Males in part time employment

• Females & Males in full time employment

• Males in part time employment

• Males in full time employment

Parker identified how many ..?.. work leisure patterns?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

If the nature of the work is physically hard & dangerous the leisure was found to be ...?

• Of similar nature and challenge the individual in various different ways

• Very physically demanding as well as highly rewarding and challenging

• A contrast to work and an opportunity to escape from hardships of work

• Something which is fairly neutral and boring

If the nature of the work is boring and routine the nature of the leisure is nothing to do with work and generally just involves relaxation with family. This is called..?

• Neutrality

• Opposition

• Extension

• Opposing

If work involved high levels of commitment & job satisfaction then the leisure activities tend to be work related as the work is so interesting. This is called..?

• Indentation

• Explanation

• Intention

• Extension

Opposition is where

• The work is very similar to the leisure activities chosen

• The work is very different from the leisure activities chosen

• The work and leisure activities vary from person to person

• The work and leisure activities chosen work together in balance

End of Work Thesis was outlined by..?

• Dockerty

• Doherty

• Donnelly

• Davidson

The changing nature of work has seen a rise in what type of work..?

• Temporary, seasonal, full time, zero-hour contracts

• Full time, temporary, seasonal, zero-hour contracts

• Part time, permanent, zero-hour contracts

• Part-time, temporary, seasonal, zero-hour contracts

Beck (post modernist) suggests the changing nature of work results in people becoming...?

• More individualised and people lose their social identity

• More communal and people feel like they belong

• More part of the collective community and share social responsibility

• More lonely yet still part of community

A difference between work and employment is...?

• Work is paid and Employment is unpaid

• Work is hard Employment is fun

• Work is unpaid and Employment is paid

• Work and Employment are the same thing