Discuss the explanations for why adolescents engage in occupational deviance. Use examples of the deviance to illustrate your point

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Examples of Occupational Deviance o called in sick when not o gave away things free or for less than value o took things from employer or coworkers o worked while drunk or high o put more hours of time card than was true o lied to employer to get or keep job o took money from work o purposely short-changed a customer o purposely damaged employer's property • Explanations for Occupational Deviance o work is often boring and tedious o jobs are not leading to anything the adolescent plans to be doing in the future o no feeling of personal investment in the job o if you get caught doing these things you might get fired but who cares o there are plenty of other jobs of the same type o the adolescent workplace has little adult supervision o adolescents do not feel close to the adults they work with so they may feel they have little obligation or responsibility to these adults to behave ethically o adolescents who work are more likely than adolescents who do not to be cynical in their attitudes toward work

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