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0.97 hours
1.06 hours
0.59 hours
0.9 hours
3.01 hours
8.64 hours
8.9 hours
Household activities
Eating and drinking
Caring for others
Other
Leisure and sports
Sleeping and personal care
Work and work-related activities
Average hours per day spent in selected activities on days worked by employment status.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey, 2017
Figure 13.1 Daily Life Breakdown
13.1 The Requirements of Professionalism
Learning
Outcomes
lapses in organizations.
3. Understand the importance of respecting one’s coworkers.
4. Explain the concept of personal responsibility in the workplace.
What is professionalism? A is an occupation that involves mastery of complex knowledge
and skills through prolonged training, education, or practical experience. Becoming a member of a
specific profession doesn’t happen overnight. Whether you seek to be a public relations expert, lawyer,
doctor, teacher, welder, or electrician, each profession requires interested parties to invest themselves in
learning to become a professional or a member of a profession who earns their living through specified
expert activity. It’s much easier to define the terms “profession” and “professional” than it is to define the
term “professionalism” because each profession will have its take on what it means to be a professional
within a given field.
According to the United States Department of Labor, 1 professionalism “does not mean wearing a suit
or carrying a briefcase; rather, it means conducting oneself with responsibility, integrity, accountability,
and excellence. It means communicating effectively and appropriately and always finding a way to
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