Career Development

THEORIES OF CARRRIER DEVELOPMENT

Major Theories of Career Development

Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA)

Theory of Work Adjustment was developed in 1964 by Rene Dawis, George England and Lloyd Lofquist from the university of Minnesota. This theory of work adjustment (TWA) is a comprehensive model of work/job adjustment based on the concept of correspondence between an individual and his environment. Dawis and Lofquist (1964) defined work adjustment as the process of achieving and maintaining the correspondence. The work environment needs some who can perform the task and the individual brings his knowledge and skills to perform the task. In return, the individual expects compensation for his performance and safe place to work.

The main focus of this model is the idea that the environment and the individual both mist meet each other's requirement in order to maintain the relationship. The degree at which the requirement of both...
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