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As an employee benefit, personal days are scheduled so that they extend a Tuesday or
Thursday holiday into a long weekend.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Floating holidays are paid holidays that vary from year to year. The organization may
schedule floating holidays so that they extend a Tuesday or Thursday holiday into a long
weekend. Paid personal days off are scheduled according to the employee's personal needs,
with the supervisor's approval.[/membership]
Work flow design is the process of analyzing the tasks necessary for the production of a
product or service.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Through the process of work flow design, managers analyze the tasks needed to produce a
product or service.[/membership]
The process of selecting employees remains constant for all organizations and for all jobs.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The process of selecting employees varies considerably from organization to organization
and from job to job.[/membership]
Aptitude tests measure a person’s existing knowledge and skills.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Aptitude tests assess how well a person can learn or acquire skills and abilities.
[/membership]
Procedural justice is a judgment that takes employees' feelings into account while carrying
out discharge actions.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Procedural justice is a judgment that fair methods were used to determine the
consequences an employee receives.
[/membership]
One method to simplify a job’s mental demands is to limit the amount of
memorization required for the job.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
There are several ways to simplify a job’s mental demands. One is to limit the amount
of information and memorization that the job requires.[/membership]
Content validation is most suitable for measuring abstract qualities such as intelligence or
leadership ability.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The usual basis for deciding that a test has content validity is through expert judgment.
Because establishing validity is based on the experts’ subjective judgments, content
validity is most suitable for measuring behavior that is concrete and observable.
[/membership]
The two primary sets of people in an organization who most affect job satisfaction are
co-workers and customers.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The two primary sets of people in an organization who affect job satisfaction are
co-workers and supervisors.
[/membership]
(p.277) In goal setting, it is the employee's responsibility to identify the goal and the
method of determining his/her progress toward that goal.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
In goal setting—the third step of the career management process—the employee sets
short- and long-term career objectives. The goals should be specific, and they should
include a date by which the goal is to be achieved. It is the employee's responsibility to
identify the goal and the method of determining her or his progress toward that goal.
[/membership]
The results of a personality test are the most reliable.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Compared with intelligence tests, people are better at “faking†their answers to a
personality test to score higher on desirable traits. For example, people tend to score higher
on conscientiousness when filling out job-related personality tests than when participating
in research projects.[/membership]
(p.269) Job rotation increases employees' understanding of different company functions.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Job rotation involves moving employees through a series of job assignments in one or
more functional areas. Job rotation helps employees gain an appreciation for the
company's goals, increases their understanding of different company functions, develops a
network of contacts, and improves problem-solving and decision-making skills.
[/membership]
Nathan, a citizen of England, works for an automobile company in England and is
currently working on a project of the company in the United States. Nathan will hence be
regarded as an expatriate.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]TRUE
Employees who take assignments in other countries are called expatriates.[/membership]
Virtual teams rely on communications technology such as videoconferences, e-mail, and
cell phones to keep in touch and coordinate activities.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]TRUE
Virtual teams are teams that teams that rely on communications technology such as
videoconferences, e-mail, and cell phones to keep in touch and coordinate activities.
[/membership]
To ensure success with an outsourcing strategy, companies should outsource work that
requires tight security.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
To ensure success with an outsourcing strategy, companies should avoid outsourcing any
work that is proprietary or requires tight security.[/membership]
Whether the training is done in-house or contracted out, the responsibility for coordinating
the overall training program is called _____.
A. behavior modeling
B. training administration
C. simulation
D. orientation
E. training zone
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
B.
Even in organizations that send employees to outside training programs, someone in the
organization may be responsible for coordinating the overall training program. Called
training administration, this is typically the responsibility of a human resources
professional.
[/membership]
(p.260) Protean careers require that employees:
A. look for organizations to provide job security.
B. take responsibility to manage their own careers.
C. be specialized at repetitive tasks.
D. look for organizations for a career ladder to climb to higher positions.
E. focus on holding on to their jobs to avoid being laid off.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
B.
A protean career is one that frequently changes based on changes in the person's interests,
abilities, and values and in the work environment. Employees in protean careers take
responsibility for managing their careers. This practice is consistent with the modern
psychological contract. Employees look for organizations to provide, not job security and a
career ladder to climb, but instead development opportunities and flexible work
arrangements.
[/membership]
The temporary work visa granted by the U.S. government: A. allows workers to
permanently bring their spouse and children to the United States.
B. permits the workers to remain in the U.S. as immigrants.
C. provides dual citizenship to highly qualified and valued immigrants.
D. permits highly educated workers to work in the U.S. for a set period of time.
E. allows the workers to work permanently in the U.S.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
D.
The U.S. government grants temporary work visas to a limited number of highly educated
workers, permitting them to work in the United States for a set period of time but not to
remain as immigrants.[/membership]
(p.260) _____ help(s) employees select development activities that prepare them to meet
