Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Turnover rates are higher among managers returning from overseas assignments than for those who do not go abroad. 
2. The career path that most resembles the traditional view of climbing the stairs in a corporate hierarchy is called the linear career. 
3. A steady-state career entails a slow-but-steady growth in level of responsibility and compensation. 
4. A spiral career path depends on having jobs that, while fundamentally different, build on one another. 

Answer 1

1. TRUE
Of those managers who stayed for the length of their overseas assignments, about one-fourth left the company, often to join a competitor, which is a turnover rate double that of managers who did not go abroad.
2. TRUE
The linear career resembles the traditional view of climbing the stairs in an organization's hierarchy. That is, you move up the organization in a series of jobs, each of which entails more responsibility and requires more skills.
3. FALSE
The steady-state career is almost the opposite of a linear career: You discover early in life that you're comfortable with a certain occupation and you stay with it. Or you accept a promotion for a while, decide you don't like the responsibility, and take a step down.
4. TRUE
The spiral career is, like the linear career, upwardly mobile. However, on this career path, you would have a number of jobs that are fundamentally different yet still build on one another, giving you more general experience and the skills to advance in rank and status.