OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION
the designation of jobs to professions using programs like O-FT (the Occupational data Network),
OCCUPATIONAL COUNSELING
20th-century approach toward vocational guidance. Three steps were determined in the process: (i) pertinent knowledge of self, (ii) authentic knowledge…
OCCUPATIONAL CRAMP
painful muscle spasms, generally in the arm or hand, which inhibits the person from participating in their profession, like writing,…
OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE
a distinctive pattern of thought and actions shared by members of the same profession and showed in their language, morals,…
OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS
a specialty region of ergonomics which tries to make work programs and procedures within specific professions more reactive to the…
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
theory and research committed to comprehending workplace sources of wellbeing, disease, and injury and the use of this knowledge to…
OCCUPATIONAL INHIBITION, OCCUPATIONAL NORM
the common or average score attained from examinations of a specific capacity, attribute, or interest among members of a specific…
OCCUPATIONAL NEUROSIS
a psychogenic inhibition correlated with employment wherein the person encounters distress and escalating aversion to work, that might be reflected…
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)
a federal department of the U.S. Department of Labor established to promote the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,…
OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION
the level that persons of the same sex or ethnic background are rendered jobs in some professions when others are…
OCCUPATIONAL STATUS
the amount of esteem attributed to members of a profession by a culture. Professions which are seen positively are high-status…
OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
tension and strain encountered by employees on the job, stemming from such problems as harsh or time-consuming schedules, tough decisions,…
OCCUPATIONAL TEST
an examination modeled to gauge possible capacity or authentic proficiency in a chosen profession.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OT)
a therapeutic, rehabilitative procedure which uses deliberate jobs and activities to better wellness- inhibit injury or impairments- improve quality of…
OCEANIC STATE
a state of understood limitlessness of the individual, at times, comprising the comprehension of omnipotence. It might be an ecstatic…
O'CONNOR V DONALDSON
a 1975 lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court wherein it was established that people can't be committed against their will…