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Compare and contrast how the roles of women and men in society are changing.
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Amanda's coworker often forwards emails and engages in banter that is lewd and sexually offensive. She and several other colleagues feel uncomfortable around this employee because of his behavior. This is an example of ____________________ sexual harassment.
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____________________ refers to a person's speaking pattern and includes elements of directness/indirectness, word choice, use of jokes, or figures of speech, etc.
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Unwelcome verbal or physical behavior that affects a person's job performance or work environment is known as ____________________.
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The sudden loss of a job by a male can be devastating becasue they assume the role of breadwinner. When they have a hard time and a long time finding another job, their earnings are likely to be ____________.
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The ____________________ guarantees continuation of any paid health benefits, plus a return to the same or an equivalent job, for employees (both men and women) who take up to twelve weeks' unpaid time off so that they can care for themselves or an ailing family member such as a parent, child, or spouse.
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The term "____________________" refers to the choice a woman makes to slow her career advancement by taking time out to have a family.
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The ____________________ is a phenomenon in the workplace that explains why many women hold professional and managerial jobs but few hold top leadership positions.
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____________________ can help employees with children better balance work and family life by allowing them to work from home.
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When women attempt to advance in a career that involves more responsibility they face three major challenges: _______________, _________________ and __________________.
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____________________ is a form of threat by a supervisor. If the employee refuses to submit to sexual advances, that person's job or career advancement is in danger.
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At higher levels of management you can find a women offering to help a man carrying too heavy a load.
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Stereotypes about the differences between men and women are still too strong and inflexible. It is tempting to put a label on someone and believe that label represents that person.
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Research shows that in the conversation, men tend to downplay their assurance that they are right. Women also like to minimize their doubts.
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Some feel that part of gender bias and miscommunication between men and women is the result of issues of linguistic style.
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As a woman, if you choose a nontraditional occupation, the best way to counter resistance is to be the very best and most skilled in that role.
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The Supreme Court determined that sexual harassment only exists if behavior is severe or pervasive enough to cause the victim to be fired or held back from a promotion.
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Job sharing has grown because of the availability of powerful home-office computers and communication technologies.
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Choosing flexible work options could create job insecurity if you fail to exercise scheduling responsibly or fail to make your achievements visible to your boss.
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In general men's attitude about women's ambitions has changed because they worked with them in college classes.
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An obstacle to full appreciation of men's work/life balance issues is that many men are reluctant to discuss these personal pressures openly.
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Women are more likely than men to be proactive and reactive to health issues.
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Working fathers who want to take paternity leave or time off to help raise their children often suffer discrimination and are generally regarded more negatively than women who make the same decisions.
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Women who are in top positions say men have excluded them from the informal communication channels that they enjoy.
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The greatest barrier preventing women from rising to top managerial positions is their lack of significant general management and line experience and less time in the "pipeline."
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Women entering the work force face three major challenges that include wage gap, the glass ceiling, and persistent perceptions that they are not capable.
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In many types of occupations, women still earn less than men doing the same job.
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Men are still more likely than women to hold managerial and professional jobs. However, women hold more top-level jobs.
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"Doing all the right things" to get ahead is the fastest way to advance in your career if you are a woman.
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The women's movement started in the 1940's when a book was published, The Feminine Mystique.
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All cultures promote one set of behaviors for boys and a separate set for girls.
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Refer to Case 16.1. Some of the employees without children are upset about the flexibility parents have in order to deal with child rearing responsibilities. What can Big Cars Automotive's management do to avoid resentment from building?
a. Allow all employees to apply for flexible schedules.
b. Give those employees without children a salary increase.
c. Explain the reasoning for flexible schedules to the employees without children and hope they understand why it isn't an option for them.
d. Allow employees with children to bring their children into the office if they have to work late.
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Refer to Case 16.1. What Big Cars management tolerates could be described as
a. quid pro quo sexual harassment.
b. despicable but legal behavior.
c. gender bias.
d. a hostile working environment.
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Refer to Case 16.1. What Big Cars permits men and women to do regarding child rearing is
a. mandated by the Family and Medical Leave Act.
b. called a daddy- or mommy-track.
c. an example of gender bias.
d. an example of flextime.
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Refer to Case 16.1. Which of the following statements is most true about the female engineers at Big Cars Automotive?
a. They hold nontraditional jobs.
b. They hold gender-biased jobs.
c. They are unlikely to be promoted to managerial positions.
d. They are likely to be paid the same as their male colleagues.
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Refer to Case 16.1. Given a typical mix of men and women, what percentage of their top managers would be women?
a. 50 percent
b. 35-45 percent
c. 25-35 percent
d. less than 20 percent
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Which of the following statements is a guideline from the new etiquette for organizations?
a. Women executives should open the door for male executives.
b. Men should continue to assist women or other men with heavy loads, but women are not expected to help men.
c. When an executive visits another executive in his or her office, the visited executive should rise to greet him or her.
d. When greeting a woman executive, a male executive should always note her appearance.
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Which of the following statements is trueregarding men and women's linguistic styles?
a. Female-style humor tends to focus on banter and teasing remarks.
b. Men tend to speak in a steady flow, free of pauses, interrupting each other to take turns.
c. Women tend to dominate discussions during meetings.
d. Men are likely to downplay their certainty and are more apt to emphasize politeness.
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Linguistic style refers to a person's speaking pattern and includes such characteristics as
a. directness or indirectness.
b. pacing, pausing, and word choice.
c. the use of such elements as jokes, figures of speech, stories, questions, and apologies.
d. all of these.
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Which of the following is trueabout filing a sexual harassment charge?
a. Companies frequently acquiesce and settle to avoid embarrassing court cases.
b. It is best to file the charge directly with the EEOC and not press your case through company channels.
c. Most cases are settled quickly, but the plaintiff is seldom able even to cover the court costs from the settlement.
d. It is a serious economic and emotional decision, and there is no guarantee of the outcome.
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If you believe yourself to be a victim of sexual harassment, you should not
a. file a complaint to the EEOC immediately.
b. tell the harasser in no uncertain terms that the behavior is unwelcome and inappropriate.
c. record dates and details of the incidents in a journal.
d. tell another coworker or coworkers about the harassment.
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Madison's company has a flexible work schedule. She has heard that the company is not doing very well. One of the strategies she should notconsider is
a. be sure she attends all meetings.
b. come into the office, even on her "off day".
c. keep in mind that her supervisor had given her an annual excellent performance reveiw.
d. be sure her supervisor is aware of her achievements.
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Which of the following has notfueled the growth of telecommuting among workers today?
a. The availability of powerful home-office computers and communication technologies
b. Large-scale use of temporary workers due to massive downsizing
c. The demands of workers who want to blend work and family
d. The trend toward team-based projects and work structures
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Tensions between employees with and without children can be alleviated by
a. offering flexible schedule opportunities to employees with children.
b. offering pay and promotional incentives based on hours worked during overtime, nights, and weekends.
c. offering flexible schedule opportunities to all employees.
d. assigning big projects to those without children.
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Juan likes to be able to attend his children's soccer games. They typically play around 4 p.m. On the days of the games, he goes into work at 7 a.m. so that he can get off by 3:30 p.m. and go to the game. His company offers
a. compressed workweeks.
b. flextime.
c. a Results-Only Work Environment.
d. telecommuting.
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A stress facing men as they seek the "package deal" of marriage, fatherhood, employment, and homeownership is the realization that
a. it is too expensive to "have it all."
b. they secretly prefer employment to the other three options.
c. they believe women should be in charge of bringing home the family's income.
d. these goals often conflict.
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Women who work in male-dominated workplaces can assimilate and build their chances of success by
a. finding female mentors with direct experience working and achieving in similar conditions.
b. demonstrating professionalism through engaging with male colleagues in only formal situations.
c. conversing with everyone using a task-oriented mindset.
d. avoiding the use of flex time or compressed work week scheduling.
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The opening Chapter 16 vignette highlighted the unusual and delicate position the CEO of IBM encountered at a golf tournament because that person was a woman. What did Virginia Rometty do?
a. Concentrated on the goal of her company.
b. Encouraged the women golfers.
c. Allowed the male top executives to represent IBM as sponsors of the tournament because more men play golf.
d. Made a point of inviting the wives of the CEO's who were attending as their companies were some of IBM's best customers.
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Which of the following is not a challenge to women in top-level positions?
a. Those positions can require duties or outside activities that accomodate men with non-working or part-time working wives.
b. There is social pressure to fulfill the duties and actions of traditional females.
c. Husbands are beginning to compromise their ambitions to support their wife's career.
d. Their balance of work and life is more difficult.
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Women in senior management positions say the real problems for most women's career advancement in organizations
a. are a lack of significant management and line experience and less time on the job.
b. are preconceptions of women held by men and the exclusion of women from informal networks of communication.
c. are family issues that get in the way of their ability to travel and work late.
d. are women who, once in an advanced position, won't help other women advance.
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Recent data analysis shows that the wage gap is determined by
a. the state you live in.
b. how good a woman is at negotiating larger salaries.
c. whether a woman is balancing motherhood with her careers.
d. more women assuming higher paying top management roles.
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Which of the following examples illustrates an individual holding a nontraditional job?
a. Manuel is a computer systems analyst.
b. Maria is director of finance.
c. Carlos is an engineering manager.
d. Cecilia is a bank teller.
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As we study the challenges facing men in terms of their changing roles, we find that
a. men today find it more challenging to work with assertive, successful women.
b. men are losing more top leadership positions to women.
c. the socialization process has put men at a disadvantage for succeeding in team-based work environments.
d. many young men are not adopting to the historical roles created by society.
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Today in America, there has been a major shift in the role of women in that
a. women are being pursued for more top leadership roles than men.
b. greater numbers of women are assuming the role of breadwinner.
c. fewer mid-managerial roles are being filled by women who instead pursue the "mommy track."
d. most women pursuing nontraditional careers are choosing jobs in the skilled trades.
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Gender bias consists of
a. any unwanted behavior toward a member of another sex.
b. the differences in the way men and women express their ideas verbally.
c. discrimination on the basis of gender.
d. all of these.
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When employers base employment, promotion, job-assignment, and compensation decisions on a person's gender,
a. employees are set up for success.
b. the work environment is more enjoyable.
c. women have more freedom to pursue motherhood as a career.
d. human relations and productivity suffer.
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What happens when there is discrimination in laying workers off during an economic decline?
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Imagine you or your friend or coworker is being discriminated against at work. What comprehensive advice would you offer them?
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What are the economic costs of not appropriately valuing diversity?
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Compare and contrast discrimination with subtle discrimination.
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Discuss the three major factors that contribute to the development of prejudice.
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What is the hate crime bill and why was it considered necessary?
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Diversity consists of primary and secondary dimensions. Define these two terms, and offer three examples of each. Which dimensions and characteristics do you believe contribute most strongly to stereotypes?
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The 1964 Civil Rights Act established guidelines for the implementation of ____________________ in order to remedy the effects of past discrimination against groups protected under this law.
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Creating an organizational culture where the primary and secondary dimensions of diversity are respected is known as ____________________.
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To develop a culture that values and enhances diversity, organizations need ____________________ that give managers and employees the tools they need to work more effectively with one another regardless of their backgrounds.
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The term "Hispanic" is a label of ____________________ that includes people descending from countries such as Spain, Mexico, Cuba, or Columbia.
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The 1991 law, ____________________, bans discrimination against workers with disabilities and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations of the workers' disabilities.
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__________ __________ refers to the condition of being culturally rather than physically distinctive.
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Upon arriving in a foreign country on a business trip, Maria thinks to herself "Wow. These people should take a lesson on hospitality from our people." Maria seems to be guilty of ____________________.
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____________________ are attitudes that favor, or are biased against, a people solely on the basis of their primary or secondary traits.
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In many cases, a(n) ____________________ involves the false assumption that all members of a group share the same characteristics.
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Health habits, religious beliefs, education and training, and general appearance are all known as ____________________ of diversity.
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In most cases an employer can legally give preference to applicants based on their race if the intention is to create a diverse workplace.
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The affimative action policies eliminated the publication of job announcements.
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Diversity training programs are most effective when they are mandatory and emphasize the consequences of discrimination.
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The more contact there is among culturally diverse individuals, the more likely it will be that stereotypes based on myths and inaccurate generalizations will not survive.
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Employers who expect gay and lesbian employees to keep their private lives under wraps at work are breaking federal laws.
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As a target of discrimination, your assertiveness can help to change people's attitudes.
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One way you can eliminate subtle discrimination aimed at you personally is to excel in your work.