Question

What are linear and nonlinear occupations? Explain what this distinction means and why it is important.

Answer 1

Linear occupation means like a career route where emphasis is on rising gradually in power and prestige through time.career option can very based on how they assess the main factor like strength,status etc.

Non linear occupation route was not pursuing a traditional progression pattern.as we know people need to experiment for a lot of position before picking best one .

Linear and non linear occupation both are different and important.as in linear occupation we follow traditional route while in non linear occupation we didn't follow traditional route.