Chapter 13 Exam

A  decreased absenteeism

B  decreased productivity

C  higher employee retention

D  lowered turnover

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

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

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

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

A  They reduce the possibility of a divorce.

B  They help reduce child care costs.

C  They prevent parents from undertaking shift work.

D  They make parents’ work schedules more predictable.

A  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

B  contributes to job turnover

C  increases the possibility of presenteeism

D  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

A  gender wage gap

B  gender imbalance

C  discretionary income

D  gender neutrality

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

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

C  Gina can avail paid leave for 12 weeks.

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

A  who work solely as white-collar workers

B  who earn wages that fall below the official poverty level

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

D  who earn high disposable income

A  both focus specifically on women who are mothers

B  both refer to biases against women

C  both focus on stay-at-home mothers

D  both indicate the removal of traditional gender stereotypes

A  working poor

B  bourgeois class

C  welfare class

D  middle-class

A  real estate

B  stocks

C  wages

D  bonds

A  contributes to job turnover

B  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

C  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

D  increases the possibility of presenteeism

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

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

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

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

A  gender wage gap

B  discretionary income

C  gender imbalance

D  gender neutrality

A  help parents spend more time with their children

B  raise the family’s standard of living

C  lower role overload for parents

D  allow women to play the role of kin keepers

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

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

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

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

A  pension

B  tax breaks

C  health insurance

D  flextime

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

B  It is restricted because of globalization.

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

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

A  favorable treatment that the government creates for businesses

B  contributions that employees of a company make to their society

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

D  environmentally sustainable initiatives that companies participate in

A  consider their careers more important than their families

B  have high occupational aspirations

C  remain in the labor force reluctantly

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

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

B  the President and the first lady

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

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