work and family supplementary

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Work and Family. Required Reading:  Hodson and Sullivan, Chapter 5.  Work and Family Supplementary Reading:  None This discussion will be graded using the discussion participation rubric. Interview a person 65 years of age or older.  Ask them to share their life story.  If you cannot find someone over 65 to interview, phone me. You will use at least 10 of the following key terms in your posting. (Remember to bold or underline the keywords you use and to give page numbers where the word is referenced in the text). Norms, roles, individual life cycle, family life cycle,  sequential life plan, career, boundaryless career,  socialization, dead-end jobs, fringe benefits, entry ports, job ladder, role overload, role conflict, home production, income squeeze, flextime, work sharing, job satisfaction, alienation, anomie. In your posting, discuss special attention to the importance of both work and family and how they interacted.  Mention at least three of the following themes, giving examples from the source you have chosen:  – preparation for work (education, training, experience, family example, and influence),    – work and the influence of race, gender, ethnicity,    – culture etc. on social status (especially on changes in social status),    – how the interaction of work and family changed over the individual and the family life cycle.    Your task is not to judge but to describe their experience in sociological terms.   Discuss their life experiences in terms of the prominent three theories: conflict theory, structural-functionalism, symbolic-interaction. How do these theories agree – and disagree – with the person’s interpretation of their work life. If you have chosen a person to interview, you may ask them directly. If you have selected a media, you may need to infer their beliefs from their behavior.  What did you learn from this assignment?  How could this assignment be improved?