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119) Diversity management involves implementing EEOC rules to ensure that hiring
discrimination does not occur.
120) Diversity management requires managers to ensure that factors are in place to encourage
the continued development of a diverse workforce by melding any differences among workers in
order to achieve maximum productivity.
121) Programs that highlight a firm's diversity management program can be used to help attract
desirable recruits.
122) What are the various components of a diverse workforce? What is diversity management?
How can firms benefit from implementing diversity management programs?
123) According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, just more than ________ of U.S.
women work that have school-age children.
A) 10%
B) 88%
C) 70%
D) 44%
124) Which profession is dominated by women?
A) teaching
B) health care
C) marketing
D) management
125) It is estimated that ________ of Fortune 500 firms ban discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation.
A) 50%
B) 89%
C) 36%
D) 25%
126) Women-owned businesses account for nearly ________ of all enterprises in the market
today.
A) 20%
B) 14%
C) 38%
D) 79%
127) ________ is the concept used when organizations try-out professionals who are resuming
their careers.
A) Job rotation
B) Returnships
C) Flexible time
D) Internship
128) Tanya and Jack are married and have two children. Tanya works as a nurse at a local
hospital, and Jack is an accountant. Which term best describes Tanya and Jack?
A) dual-career family
B) multi-career couple
C) baby boomer couple
D) diverse family
129) According to Professor Ella Bell, what term refers to the stress of coping with membership
in two cultures simultaneously?
A) minority stress
B) cultural stress
C) role reversal
D) bicultural stress
130) Many Baby Boomers are delaying retirement. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
________ will be working in 2024.
A) 3 million workers 65 and over
B) 20 million workers 65 and over
C) 13.5 million workers 65 and over
D) 7 million workers 65 and over
131) What is the one thing in common that that foreign-born workers have?
A) little education
B) eagerness to work
C) well educated
D) limited skills
132) What is the label affixed to U.S. workers born between the mid-1960s and late 1970s?
A) Generation X
B) Baby Boomers
C) Generation Y
D) Generation Z
133) What is the likely reason that the trend in layoffs involves retaining older workers rather
than younger workers?
A) Older workers are less expensive for firms to employ.
B) Older workers are more productive than younger workers.
C) Older workers serve as role models for younger workers.
D) Skills of older workers are desired by firms.
134) The concept of ________ as a legitimate workplace diversity issue has gained increasing
recognition.
A) multigenerational diversity
B) race and ethnicity
C) sexual orientation
D) disability
135) The invisible barrier in organizations which prevents many women and minorities from
achieving top level management positions is called the ________.
A) glass ceiling
B) marble mantle
C) stone staircase
D) granite hurdle
136) The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the Due Process and
Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
137) An estimated 89 percent of Fortune 500 firms now ban discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation.
138) The number of single-parent households in the United States has decreased primarily
because the number of marriages ending in divorce has dropped sharply in recent years.
139) Approximately 70 percent of mothers with school-age children are in the workforce.
140) Firms that are considered excellent places to work by working mothers typically offer
flextime and telecommuting options.
141) In today's workplace, women make up the majority of the American workforce.
142) The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 7.3 million workers 65 and over will be
working in 2022, down from about 13.2 million today.
143) Surveys indicate that employers who hire disabled employees are less likely to hire
additional disabled employees because of the costs associated with ADA compliance.
144) The H-1B employment visa is no longer available because of the high unemployment rate
that began during the 2007/2009 recession.
145) The members of Generation X, born between the mid-1960s and the late 1970s, believe in
lifetime job security.
146) Members of Generation Y are also known as Digital Natives.
147) The concept of "multigenerational diversity" has gained increasing recognition as a
workplace issue.
148) The H-1B employment visa allows U.S. citizens the opportunity to work for companies
located outside the United States.
149) What is diversity management?
150) What is multigenerational diversity? How does it affect the contemporary workplace?
