Chapter 13 Exam

A  lowered turnover

B  decreased productivity

C  higher employee retention

D  decreased absenteeism

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

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

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

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

A  They prevent parents from undertaking shift work.

B  They make parents’ work schedules more predictable.

C  They reduce the possibility of a divorce.

D  They help reduce child care costs.

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  gender neutrality

B  discretionary income

C  gender wage gap

D  gender imbalance

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

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

C  Gina can avail paid leave for 12 weeks.

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

A  who earn high disposable income

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 work solely as white-collar workers

A  both indicate the removal of traditional gender stereotypes

B  both focus specifically on women who are mothers

C  both refer to biases against women

D  both focus on stay-at-home mothers

A  working poor

B  middle-class

C  welfare class

D  bourgeois class

A  real estate

B  bonds

C  wages

D  stocks

A  increases the possibility of presenteeism

B  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

C  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

D  contributes to job turnover

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

A  discretionary income

B  gender imbalance

C  gender wage gap

D  gender neutrality

A  allow women to play the role of kin keepers

B  help parents spend more time with their children

C  raise the family’s standard of living

D  lower role overload for parents

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

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

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

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

A  flextime

B  tax breaks

C  health insurance

D  pension

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

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

C  It is restricted because of globalization.

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

A  environmentally sustainable initiatives that companies participate in

B  favorable treatment that the government creates for businesses

C  contributions that employees of a company make to their society

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

A  have high occupational aspirations

B  consider their careers more important than their families

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

D  remain in the labor force reluctantly

A  the President and the first lady

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

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

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