Chapter 13 Exam

A  lowered turnover

B  decreased productivity

C  decreased absenteeism

D  higher employee retention

A  It refers to having the money to access food and shelter but not purchase luxury products.

B  It indicates an income level that falls right above the poverty line.

C  It refers to not having enough money to afford the basic necessities of life.

D  It indicates having enough money only to maintain an average standard of living.

A  They help reduce child care costs.

B  They prevent parents from undertaking shift work.

C  They reduce the possibility of a divorce.

D  They make parents’ work schedules more predictable.

A  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

B  increases the possibility of presenteeism

C  contributes to job turnover

D  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

A  gender imbalance

B  gender neutrality

C  gender wage gap

D  discretionary income

A  Gina can return to a job with fewer responsibilities but with the same pay and benefits.

B  Gina can depend on the supervisor’s good will for leave.

C  Gina can take leave from work without losing her job.

D  Gina can avail paid leave for 12 weeks.

A  who earn wages that fall below the official poverty level

B  who work solely as white-collar workers

C  who earn high disposable income

D  who spend a minimum of 15 weeks in the labor force

A  both indicate the removal of traditional gender stereotypes

B  both refer to biases against women

C  both focus on stay-at-home mothers

D  both focus specifically on women who are mothers

A  middle-class

B  working poor

C  bourgeois class

D  welfare class

A  stocks

B  bonds

C  wages

D  real estate

A  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

B  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

C  contributes to job turnover

D  increases the possibility of presenteeism

A  Studies have shown that men become more responsible and efficient workers after marriage than when they were unmarried.

B  Women who have invested more time in their education have a greater commitment to their careers after marriage.

C  A large majority of married men are passed over for top managerial positions despite being well-qualified.

D  Married women who work for more than 45 hours per week are more likely to quit their jobs than those who are unmarried.

A  discretionary income

B  gender wage gap

C  gender imbalance

D  gender neutrality

A  help parents spend more time with their children

B  raise the family’s standard of living

C  allow women to play the role of kin keepers

D  lower role overload for parents

A  It is the process of segregating women based on their marital status.

B  It refers to the process of lowering the pay gap by encouraging women to join male dominated occupations.

C  It involves a lack of mentoring for women and providing them limited access to highly visible committees at the workplace.

D  It is the process of channeling women and men into different types of jobs.

A  tax breaks

B  health insurance

C  pension

D  flextime

A  It refers to the transfer of jobs within different states in a country.

B  It is restricted because of globalization.

C  It helps reduce a company’s costs in the home country.

D  It indicates the increase of manufacturing jobs within a country.

A  favorable treatment that the government creates for businesses

B  welfare activities that the government undertakes for people living in absolute poverty

C  contributions that employees of a company make to their society

D  environmentally sustainable initiatives that companies participate in

A  have high occupational aspirations

B  remain in the labor force reluctantly

C  consider their careers more important than their families

D  are forced to become full-time homemakers because of the expectations of society

A  the President and the first lady

B  a stay-at-home wife and an entrepreneur husband

C  couples in which both the husband and wife are marketing professionals

D  a stay-at-home dad and a working wife