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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Women who are in top positions say men have excluded them from the informal communication channels sometimes
referred to as the “Old Boys’ Club.”
a. True
b. False
2. Working fathers who want to take paternity leave or time off to help raise their children often suffer reduced status at
work and resentment or teasing from coworkers.
a. True
b. False
3. Research shows that in the conversation, men tend to downplay their assurance that they are right. Women like to
minimize their doubts.
a. True
b. False
4. Women entering the work force face three major challenges: the wage gap, the glass ceiling, and balancing career and
family.
a. True
b. False
5. If you are a woman, “doing all the right things” to get ahead will advance your career just as effectively as it would if
you were a man.
a. True
b. False
6. Companies that provide on-site day-care centers find this fringe benefit a strong factor in retaining valuable employees
who have children.
a. True
b. False
7. Men are still more likely than women to hold managerial and professional jobs. However, women hold more top-level
jobs.
a. True
b. False
8. The women’s movement started in the 1940s when the book The Feminine Mystique was published.
a. True
b. False
9. Job sharing has grown because of the availability of powerful home-office computers and communication technologies.
a. True
b. False
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10. A woman who wishes to be viewed as authoritative in the workplace should express her position using wording such
as “I strongly suggest we put this project on the fast track” rather than “How about we put this project on the fast track?”
a. True
b. False
11. The Supreme Court determined that sexual harassment only exists if behavior is severe or pervasive enough to cause
the victim to be fired or held back from a promotion.
a. True
b. False
12. An obstacle to full appreciation of men’s work/life balance issues is that many men are reluctant to discuss these
personal pressures openly.
a. True
b. False
13. The best way to counter resistance against the entry into nontraditional occupations by men and women is to train
them to be the very best and most skilled in their roles.
a. True
b. False
14. Some feel that gender bias and miscommunication between men and women result partly from differences in
linguistic style.
a. True
b. False
15. Gender discrimination often keeps women from rising to top managerial positions with the most power.
a. True
b. False
16. Choosing flexible work options could create job insecurity if you fail to exercise scheduling responsibly or fail to
make your achievements visible to your boss.
a. True
b. False
17. In many types of occupations, women still earn less than men doing the same job.
a. True
b. False
18. Stereotypes about the differences between men and women are often too strong and inflexible. It is tempting to put a
label on someone and believe that label represents that person.
a. True
b. False
19. In general, men’s attitude about women’s ambitions has changed because they worked with them in college classes.
a. True
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b. False
20. All cultures promote one set of behaviors for boys and a separate set for girls.
a. True
b. False
21. An example of a gender-specific language barrier is that women want men to be concise, remain on point, and speak
informally and off-the-cuff, whereas men prefer to avoid restating obvious points and to put together polished
presentations instead.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
22. Juan likes to be able to attend his children’s soccer games. They typically play around 4 p.m. On the days of the
games, he goes into work at 7 a.m. so that he can get off by 3:30 p.m. and go to the game. His company offers
a. compressed workweeks.
b. flextime.
c. a results-only work environment.
d. telecommuting.
23. Madison’s company has a flexible work schedule. She has heard that the company is not doing very well. One of the
strategies she should not consider is
a. attending all meetings to which she is invited.
b. coming into the office, even on her “off day.”
c. relying on the excellent performance review she received last year.
d. ensuring her supervisor is aware of her achievements.
24. Women who work in male-dominated workplaces can assimilate and build their chances of success by
a. finding female mentors with direct experience working and achieving in similar conditions.
b. demonstrating professionalism through engaging with male colleagues in only formal situations.
c. conversing with everyone using a task-oriented mindset.
d. avoiding the use of flex time or compressed work week scheduling.
25. Which of the following has not fueled the growth of telecommuting among workers today?
a. The availability of powerful home-office computers and communication technologies
b. Reduced real estate and office costs for employers of telecommuters
c. The demands of workers who want to blend work and family
d. The trend toward team-based projects and work structures
26. When employers base employment, promotion, job-assignment, and compensation decisions on a person’s gender,
a. employees are set up for success.
b. the work environment is more enjoyable.
c. women have more freedom to pursue motherhood as a career.
d. human relations and productivity suffer.
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27. If you believe yourself to be a victim of sexual harassment, you should not
a. file a complaint to the EEOC immediately.
b. tell the harasser in no uncertain terms that the behavior is unwelcome and inappropriate.
c. record dates and details of the incidents in a journal.
d. tell another coworker or coworkers about the harassment.
Case 16.1
Big Cars Automotive is a car manufacturer based in Asia but with plants in the United States. It has a typical mix of men
and women in its work force, and its senior-level managers reflect the typical diversity of any large American company.
Recognizing the changing values and goals of American society, the company allows men and women to shift to part-time
work or job-sharing when desired in order to help with child rearing responsibilities at home. They then let these
employees return to regular full-time jobs with career tracks when available.
While Big Cars has a tough sexual harassment policy, it seems to tolerate the posting of explicit photos in public areas,
lewd conversations or jokes in mixed gender groups, and sexual innuendo between first-line supervisors and workers.
Their attitude is, “What can you do about the way people talk?”
28. Refer to Case 16.1. Some of the employees without children are upset about the flexibility parents have in order to
deal with child rearing responsibilities. What can Big Cars Automotive’s management do to prevent resentment from
building?
a. Allow all employees to apply for flexible schedules.
b. Give those employees without children a salary increase.
c. Explain the reasoning for flexible schedules to the employees without children and hope they understand why it
isn’t an option for them.
d. Allow employees with children to bring their children into the office if they have to work late.
29. Which of the following is not a challenge to women in top-level positions?
a. Those positions can require duties or outside activities that accommodate men with non-working or part-time-
working wives.
b. There is social pressure to fulfill more traditional, “feminine” roles.
c. Husbands are beginning to compromise their ambitions to support their wife’s career.
d. Their balance of work and life is more difficult.
30. Women who desire both a career and a family
a. should choose a career with greater flexibility and forgiveness of interruptions.
b. are declining in number as more women choose job satisfaction over motherhood.
c. typically find it easy to “do it all” and avoid frustration.
d. must avoid the Mommy Track if they are to be successful.
31. A stress facing men as they seek the “package deal” of marriage, fatherhood, employment, and homeownership is the
realization that
a. it is too expensive to “have it all.”
b. they secretly prefer employment to the other three options.
c. they believe women should be in charge of bringing home the family’s income.
d. these goals often conflict.
32. Tensions between employees with and without children can be alleviated by
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a. offering flexible schedule opportunities to employees with children.
b. offering pay and promotional incentives based on hours worked during overtime, nights, and weekends.
c. offering flexible schedule opportunities to all employees.
d. assigning big projects to those without children.
33. As we study the challenges facing men in terms of their changing roles, we find that
a. men today find it more challenging to work with assertive, successful women.
b. men are losing more top leadership positions to women.
c. the socialization process has put men at a disadvantage for succeeding in team-based work environments.
d. many young men live in an extended adolescence because the transition to adulthood is especially difficult for
them.
34. Gender bias consists of
a. any unwanted behavior toward a member of another sex.
b. the differences in the way men and women express their ideas verbally.
c. discrimination on the basis of gender.
d. all of these
Case 16.1
Big Cars Automotive is a car manufacturer based in Asia but with plants in the United States. It has a typical mix of men
and women in its work force, and its senior-level managers reflect the typical diversity of any large American company.
Recognizing the changing values and goals of American society, the company allows men and women to shift to part-time
work or job-sharing when desired in order to help with child rearing responsibilities at home. They then let these
employees return to regular full–time jobs with career tracks when available.
While Big Cars has a tough sexual harassment policy, it seems to tolerate the posting of explicit photos in public areas,
lewd conversations or jokes in mixed gender groups, and sexual innuendo between first-line supervisors and workers.
Their attitude is, “What can you do about the way people talk?”
35. Refer to Case 16.1. What Big Cars management tolerates could most precisely be described as
a. quid pro quo sexual harassment.
b. despicable but legal behavior.
c. gender bias.
d. a hostile working environment.
36. Refer to Case 16.1. What Big Cars permits men and women to do regarding child rearing is
a. mandated by the Family and Medical Leave Act.
b. called a Daddy or Mommy Track.
c. an example of gender bias.
d. an example of flextime.
37. Which of the following is true about filing a sexual harassment charge?
a. It is a more likely result when organizations implement a zero-tolerance policy on harassment.
b. It is best to file the charge directly with the EEOC and not press your case through company channels.
c. Companies that can demonstrate employees failed to use internal procedures for reporting abusive behavior still
will be unprotected in a court of law.
d. It is a lengthy, expensive, and psychologically draining experience.
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38. Linguistic style refers to a person’s speaking pattern and includes such characteristics as
a. directness or indirectness.
b. pacing, pausing, and word choice.
c. the use of such elements as jokes, figures of speech, stories, questions, and apologies.
d. all of these
39. Recent data analysis shows that the extent of the wage gap is determined by
a. the state a woman lives in.
b. how good a woman is at negotiating larger salaries.
c. whether a woman is balancing motherhood with her career.
d. the number of women assuming higher-paying top management roles.
Case 16.1
Big Cars Automotive is a car manufacturer based in Asia but with plants in the United States. It has a typical mix of men
and women in its work force, and its senior-level managers reflect the typical diversity of any large American company.
Recognizing the changing values and goals of American society, the company allows men and women to shift to part-time
work or job-sharing when desired in order to help with child rearing responsibilities at home. They then let these
employees return to regular full-time jobs with career tracks when available.
While Big Cars has a tough sexual harassment policy, it seems to tolerate the posting of explicit photos in public areas,
lewd conversations or jokes in mixed gender groups, and sexual innuendo between first-line supervisors and workers.
Their attitude is, “What can you do about the way people talk?”
40. Refer to Case 16.1. Given a typical mix of men and women, what percentage of their top managers would be women?
a. 50 percent
b. 35–45 percent
c. 25–35 percent
d. Less than 20 percent
41. Refer to Case 16.1. Which of the following statements is most true about the female engineers at Big Cars
Automotive?
a. They hold nontraditional jobs.
b. They hold gender-biased jobs.
c. They are unlikely to be promoted to managerial positions.
d. They are likely to be paid the same as their male colleagues.
42. Which of the following statements is true regarding men’s and women’s linguistic styles?
a. Female-style humor tends to focus on banter and teasing remarks.
b. Men tend to speak in a steady flow, free of pauses, interrupting each other to take turns.
c. Women tend to dominate discussions during meetings.
d. Men are likely to downplay their certainty and are more apt to emphasize politeness.
43. Which statement about paid parental leave is true?
a. Most countries do not guarantee paid parental leave, but the U.S. does.
b. About 85% of U.S. firms provide some form of paid leave for new fathers.
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c. Germany provides 52 weeks of paid paternity leave, and Sweden offers 61 weeks.
d. Men, but not women, in the U.S. tend to feel uneasy about taking parental leave.
44. Today in America, there has been a major shift in the role of women, in that
a. women are being pursued for more top leadership roles than men.
b. greater numbers of women are assuming the role of breadwinner.
c. fewer mid-managerial roles are being filled by women who instead pursue the “mommy track.”
d. most women pursuing nontraditional careers are choosing jobs in the skilled trades.
45. Which of the following examples illustrates an individual holding a nontraditional job?
a. Manuel is a computer systems analyst.
b. Maria is director of finance.
c. Carlos is an engineering manager.
d. Cecilia is a bank teller.
46. Women in senior management positions say the real problems for most women’s career advancement in organizations
a. are a lack of significant management and line experience and less time on the job.
b. are misconceptions of women and the exclusion of women from informal networks of communication.
c. are family issues that get in the way of their ability to travel and work late.
d. are women who, once in an advanced position, won’t help other women advance.
Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
47. Unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature that affects a person’s job performance or work
environment is known as ____________________.
48. The addition of the words “salary negotiable” to an advertisement for an administrative position in a male-dominated
field functioned as a ________________________________ because it closed the wage gap between men and women by
45%.
49. ____________________ is a form of threat by a supervisor. If the employee refuses to submit to sexual advances, that
person’s job or career advancement is in danger.
50. The ____________________ guarantees continuation of any paid health benefits, plus a return to the same or an
equivalent job, for employees (both men and women) who take up to twelve weeks’ unpaid time off so that they can care
for themselves or an ailing family member such as a parent, child, or spouse.
51. ____________________ can help employees with children better balance work and family life by allowing them to
work from home.
52. ____________________ refers to a person’s speaking pattern and includes elements of directness/indirectness, word
choice, use of jokes, or figures of speech, and so forth.
53. The ____________________ is a phenomenon in the workplace that explains why many women hold professional and
managerial jobs but few hold top leadership positions.
54. The term “____________________” refers to the lifestyle of a woman who slows her career advancement by choosing
a career path that allows a mother flexible or reduced work hours.
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55. The sudden loss of a job can be devastating for a male because he has assumed the role of breadwinner. When he is
out of work for a long time while trying to find another job, his earnings are likely to be ____________ when he is
reemployed.
56. Amanda’s coworker often forwards e-mails and engages in banter that is lewd and sexually offensive. She and several
other colleagues feel uncomfortable around this employee because of his behavior. This is an example of sexual
harassment in which the harasser is creating a ________________________.
57. What is linguistic style? Identify two linguistic styles of men and two linguistic styles of women.
58. Who does pregnancy discrimination affect and how have they been discriminated against? Provide three factors that
contribute to pregnancy discrimination.
59. Compare and contrast how the roles of women and men in society are changing.
60. What is the glass ceiling? What are its likely causes?
61. What is the best way to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace?
62. The implementation of flexible work schedules is one way that businesses are trying to be more family friendly. List
and give a brief explanation of five types of flexible scheduling available to employees. Which option do you believe is
most effective in today’s economic and work climate and why?
63. What advice would you give a woman or man who wants to pursue a life that balances work with family?
64. Identify some of the challenges faced by family-oriented men and women in the workplace. Discuss some of the ways
progressive organizations are meeting the needs of their employees in the twenty-first century.
65. In what ways do you believe the business world would be the same and in what ways would it be different if more
women occupied top leadership positions?
66. What do you believe are the ramifications of the wage gap for men and women?
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