Chapter 13 Exam

A  decreased productivity

B  higher employee retention

C  lowered turnover

D  decreased absenteeism

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

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

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

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

A  They prevent parents from undertaking shift work.

B  They reduce the possibility of a divorce.

C  They make parents’ work schedules more predictable.

D  They help reduce child care costs.

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  gender neutrality

B  gender imbalance

C  gender wage gap

D  discretionary income

A  Gina can avail paid leave for 12 weeks.

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

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

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

A  who work solely as white-collar workers

B  who earn high disposable income

C  who earn wages that fall below the official poverty level

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

A  both focus specifically on women who are mothers

B  both refer to biases against women

C  both indicate the removal of traditional gender stereotypes

D  both focus on stay-at-home mothers

A  bourgeois class

B  welfare class

C  working poor

D  middle-class

A  wages

B  bonds

C  stocks

D  real estate

A  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

B  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

C  increases the possibility of presenteeism

D  contributes to job turnover

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

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

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

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  gender imbalance

B  discretionary income

C  gender wage gap

D  gender neutrality

A  lower role overload for parents

B  allow women to play the role of kin keepers

C  raise the family’s standard of living

D  help parents spend more time with their children

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

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

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

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

A  health insurance

B  tax breaks

C  pension

D  flextime

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

B  It is restricted because of globalization.

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

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

A  environmentally sustainable initiatives that companies participate in

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  favorable treatment that the government creates for businesses

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 dad and a working wife

B  the President and the first lady

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

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