Chapter 13 Exam

A  lowered turnover

B  higher employee retention

C  decreased absenteeism

D  decreased productivity

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

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

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

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

A  They help reduce child care costs.

B  They reduce the possibility of a divorce.

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  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

C  increases the possibility of presenteeism

D  contributes to job turnover

A  gender neutrality

B  discretionary income

C  gender imbalance

D  gender wage gap

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

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

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 spend a minimum of 15 weeks in the labor force

B  who work solely as white-collar workers

C  who earn wages that fall below the official poverty level

D  who earn high disposable income

A  both indicate the removal of traditional gender stereotypes

B  both refer to biases against women

C  both focus specifically on women who are mothers

D  both focus on stay-at-home mothers

A  welfare class

B  bourgeois class

C  middle-class

D  working poor

A  bonds

B  stocks

C  wages

D  real estate

A  contributes to job turnover

B  ensures that employees have fixed work hours

C  increases the possibility of presenteeism

D  decreases the likelihood of exhaustion

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

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

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 wage gap

B  discretionary income

C  gender neutrality

D  gender imbalance

A  allow women to play the role of kin keepers

B  raise the family’s standard of living

C  help parents spend more time with their children

D  lower role overload for parents

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

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

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

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

A  flextime

B  health insurance

C  tax breaks

D  pension

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

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

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

D  It is restricted because of globalization.

A  contributions that employees of a company make to their society

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

C  environmentally sustainable initiatives that companies participate in

D  favorable treatment that the government creates for businesses

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

B  have high occupational aspirations

C  remain in the labor force reluctantly

D  consider their careers more important than their families

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

B  the President and the first lady

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

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