| decline stage | Super's label for the period of 65 years and older when individuals' career activity declines and retirement takes place.
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| establishment stage | Super's term for the period from 25 to 45 years of age when individuals pursue a permanent career and attain a stable pattern of work in a particular career.
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| exploration stage | Super's stage (15 to 24 years of age) when individuals become more likely to take their needs, interests, capacities, values, and opportunities into account when considering career choices.
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| extrinsic motivation | Involves external incentives such as rewards and punishments.
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| fantasy stage | Ginzberg's stage for the childhood years during which careers are perceived in an unrealistic manner.
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| glass ceiling | The invisible barrier to career advancement that prevents women and ethnic minorities from holding managerial or executive jobs regardless of their accomplishments and merits.
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| growth stage | Super's label for the period in which physical and cognitive growth takes place from birth through adolescence.
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| intrinsic motivation | Is based on internal factors such as self-determination, curiosity, challenge, and effort.
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| leisure | The pleasant times after work when individuals are free to pursue activities and interests of their own choosing such as hobbies, sports, or reading.
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| maintenance stage | In Super's view, a period from about 45 to 64 years of age during which individuals continue their career and maintain their career status.
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| personality type theory | Holland's view that it is important to develop a match or fit between an individual's personality type and the selection of a particular career.
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| realistic stage | Ginzberg's stage for the age period of 18 to 25 when individuals rid themselves of their fantasies about careers and make pragmatic decisions.
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| self-handicapping strategies | Involve efforts by individuals to avoid failure.
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| tentative stage | Ginzberg's stage for the adolescent period of 11 to 17 when individuals are between the fantasy stage of childhood and the more realistic stage that will come later.
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