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Job enrichment can improve employee performance in cases of dissatisfaction with pay
and benefits.
a. True
b. False
Most organizing campaigns are begun by employees rather than by union organizers.
a. True
b. False
In recent years, there has also been a trend to send expatriates on longer, less
project-basedassignments.
a. True
b. False
The Americans with Disabilities Act severely limits the types of medical inquiries and
examinations that employers may use.
a. True
b. False
Group incentive plans include:
a. straight salary plan.
b. Improshare.
c. straight commission plan.
d. sales incentives.
Unionization restricts the freedom of management to formulate HR policy unilaterally.
a. True
b. False
_____ is a competency of the HR manager earned by developing personal relationships
with people both internal and external to the firmdemonstrating the values of the firm,
standing up for one's own beliefs, and dealing with all parties equitably.
a. Change mastery
b. HR mastery
c. Business mastery
d. Personal credibility
In conducting a wage and salary survey for office personnel, the relevant labor market
to be surveyed is most likely:
a. regional.
b. local.
c. national.
d. international
The job specification section of a job description should include:
a. the skills required to perform the job.
b. the location of the job.
c. the person to whom the jobholder reports.
d. the date of job posting.
A union wishes the National Labor Relations Board to hold a representation election.
The NLRB will hold the election only if the union has 50 percent of signed
authorization cards collected.
a. True
b. False
Family-friendly practices include offering flexible hours, telecommuting, and job
sharing.
a. True
b. False
Mentoring functions can be formal or informal.
a. True
b. False
The exempt or nonexempt status of employees is determined by:
a. the National Labor Relations Board.
b. the Secretary of Labor.
c. the Office of Programs and Budgets.
d. the U.S. Department of Labor.
The business practice of sending jobs to other countries is referred to as:
a. outplacement.
b. offshoring.
c. outsourcing.
d. employee leasing.
The Griggs case established the principle that employment practices must be related to
the job.
a. True
b. False
Honesty tests have been shown to validly predict all of the following employee
outcomes EXCEPT:
a. job satisfaction.
b. theft.
c. absenteeism.
d. job performance.
The placement of an employee in another job for which the duties, responsibilities,
status, and remuneration are approximately equal to those of the previous job is known
as:
a. a promotion.
b. a transfer.
c. relocation.
d. job rotation.
If one inflates the evaluation of people with whom they have something in common,
one commits a:
a. leniency error.
b. similar-to-me error.
c. recency error.
d. central tendency error.
