IOP 3703
Student number: 61169285
Unique Number: 722865
Assignment: 2
Semester: 1
Year: 2021
Due Date: 02/07/2021
,Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3
Various career roles and their motives ....................................................................... 3
The psychological well-being model of Ryff and Singer (1998). How the six
dimensions of the model can be applied to a person’s career wellbeing .................... 7
Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 11
Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 12
Declaration ............................................................................................................... 12
, Introduction
In this essay the different aspects of career roles and how they pertain to people’s
career identity as well as how it helps them attain career goals will be discussed. All
the different theories of the career role will be critically analysed and explained. This
will be done by referring to the personal experiences of a working student who already
has work experience. Relevant examples will be given of how the career roles impact
such a student personally and how it affects the people around them as well as their
organisation. The psychological well-being model of Ryff and Singer (1998) will be
discussed as well as how the six dimensions of the model can be applied. Once again,
the theory will be analysed by applying it to the personal experiences of a working
student with real life experiences.
Various career roles and their motives
There is a saying “A jack of all trades is a master of none.” Which in this instance can
be translated to having various career roles in one’s lifetime. Moving from one job to
another never settling and specialising in one field. But is this really something that
can be done in today’s fast-growing world?
There is an observation known as “Moore’s Law” (Brittanica, 2011) that states that the
number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every 18 months. Put
in a simpler term, technological advancements double about ruffly every 2 years. Now
what exactly does this have to do with career roles you ask? Well… everything. The
world and all its different aspects are advancing at an incredible pace and if a person
does not evolve and advance with it you will surely be left behind.
One of the ways to keep up to this fast and changing world is to keep on evolving and
learning yourself, being able to change, learn and adapt to multiple career roles. The
theory of career roles (Hoekstra, 2011) sees people’s careers as a process of
acquiring different roles in order to sustain their careers and employability under
uncertain and turbulent employment times. It is a well-known fact that the current
employment rate in the world is not very high. As it stands at this moment in the first
quarter of 2021 South Africa has an employment rate of 38.01% and if a person is
lucky enough to be one of those people they will have to keep on learning and adapting
to various career roles so that they can stay desirable in their organisation.
In addition to staying relevant and desirable it is also important for people to form a
career identity over their lifespan. Using one’s own motives, interests and
competencies will help them decide what commitments they will pursue in their career.
There are three types of personal dimension career motives that anchor people to their
career roles, namely:
Distinction Motives: Meaning for a person to differentiate themselves from the rest of
the people around them and to prove that they too have importance and their own
Student number: 61169285
Unique Number: 722865
Assignment: 2
Semester: 1
Year: 2021
Due Date: 02/07/2021
,Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3
Various career roles and their motives ....................................................................... 3
The psychological well-being model of Ryff and Singer (1998). How the six
dimensions of the model can be applied to a person’s career wellbeing .................... 7
Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 11
Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 12
Declaration ............................................................................................................... 12
, Introduction
In this essay the different aspects of career roles and how they pertain to people’s
career identity as well as how it helps them attain career goals will be discussed. All
the different theories of the career role will be critically analysed and explained. This
will be done by referring to the personal experiences of a working student who already
has work experience. Relevant examples will be given of how the career roles impact
such a student personally and how it affects the people around them as well as their
organisation. The psychological well-being model of Ryff and Singer (1998) will be
discussed as well as how the six dimensions of the model can be applied. Once again,
the theory will be analysed by applying it to the personal experiences of a working
student with real life experiences.
Various career roles and their motives
There is a saying “A jack of all trades is a master of none.” Which in this instance can
be translated to having various career roles in one’s lifetime. Moving from one job to
another never settling and specialising in one field. But is this really something that
can be done in today’s fast-growing world?
There is an observation known as “Moore’s Law” (Brittanica, 2011) that states that the
number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every 18 months. Put
in a simpler term, technological advancements double about ruffly every 2 years. Now
what exactly does this have to do with career roles you ask? Well… everything. The
world and all its different aspects are advancing at an incredible pace and if a person
does not evolve and advance with it you will surely be left behind.
One of the ways to keep up to this fast and changing world is to keep on evolving and
learning yourself, being able to change, learn and adapt to multiple career roles. The
theory of career roles (Hoekstra, 2011) sees people’s careers as a process of
acquiring different roles in order to sustain their careers and employability under
uncertain and turbulent employment times. It is a well-known fact that the current
employment rate in the world is not very high. As it stands at this moment in the first
quarter of 2021 South Africa has an employment rate of 38.01% and if a person is
lucky enough to be one of those people they will have to keep on learning and adapting
to various career roles so that they can stay desirable in their organisation.
In addition to staying relevant and desirable it is also important for people to form a
career identity over their lifespan. Using one’s own motives, interests and
competencies will help them decide what commitments they will pursue in their career.
There are three types of personal dimension career motives that anchor people to their
career roles, namely:
Distinction Motives: Meaning for a person to differentiate themselves from the rest of
the people around them and to prove that they too have importance and their own
