Employees are most likely to seek unionization if they believe that doing so will
achieve results that they cannot achieve acting individually.
a. True
b. False
Return on investment is the amount of money a company saves by avoiding training
programs.
a. True
b. False
The majority of research on why employees unionize comes from the study of
white-collaremployees in the private sector.
a. True
b. False
The principal reason guiding executive stock options as an incentive is for senior
managers to have a significant stake in the success of a business.
a. True
b. False
Human capital is intangible, but can still be managed the way organizations manage
jobs, products, and technologies.
a. True
b. False
A 2010 study by the Kessler Foundation and National Organization on Disability
(NOD) found that 85 percent of adults without disabilities access the Internet, whereas
only _____ of adults with disabilities do.
a. 54 percent
b. 39 percent
c. 24 percent
d. 9 percent
When an American MNC hires an employee from Italy to work in its office in India,
this employee is referred to as a(n):
a. expatriate.
b. international manager.
c. host-country national.
d. third-country national.
It is inappropriate for an interviewer to ask men if they are married or have children.
a. True
b. False
The major provisions of which act are concerned with minimum wage rates and
overtime payments, child labor, and equal rights?
a. Equal Pay Act
b. Davis-Bacon Act
c. Fair Labor Standards Act
d. Walsh-Healy Act
Fair employment practice laws:
a. are often more comprehensive than federal laws.
b. are established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
c. cannot bar discrimination based on marital status or political affiliation.
d. are provisions under the Veterans’ Readjustment Act.
Personality tests can inadvertently discriminate against individuals who would
otherwise perform effectively.
a. True
b. False
Repatriation is a process designed to:
a. train expatriates prior to their first international assignment.
b. help employees make the transition back home.
c. adapt leadership and decision-making styles to the host country.
d. reduce communication errors in foreign assignments.
Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when unwelcome sexual conduct has the
purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with job performance or creating an
intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
a. True
b. False
Taking a job as a manager may result in a professional employee being promoted out of
something they were good at doing.
a. True
b. False