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The first federal law pertaining to labor relations was the:
a. Norris-LaGuardia Act.
b. Railway Labor Act.
c. Taft-Hartley Act.
d. Wagner Act.
Employees are comfortable with the employee stock ownership plan because the
federally established Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation guarantees them their
contribution to the plan.
a. True
b. False
Pay levels are limited in part by profitability of the firm and productivity of employees.
a. True
b. False
If the primary objective of a performance appraisal is to give employees developmental
feedback, which of the following appraisal methods is most ideal?
a. Trait
b. Results
c. Behavioral
d. Attitudinal
By far the most common informal method used for training employees is on-the-job
training.
a. True
b. False
The concept of work teams holdsthat employees, not managers, are in the best position
to contribute to work performance.
a. True
b. False
The significance of wrongful discharge suits is that they challenge an employer's right
under the employment-at-will doctrine to unilaterally discharge employees.
a. True
b. False
A very high level of worker participation in management is found in Germany, where
national law requires that labor be part of the boards of directors of companies. This
participative arrangement is called:
a. German unionization.
b. worker councils.
c. shop steward movement.
d. codetermination.
Straight commission plans may induce salespeople to grant price concessions.
a. True
b. False
Before firing an employee, employers should apply the:
a. principles of just cause.
b. standards of employment conduct.
c. rules of fair employment.
d. policies of equity and responsibility.
Interest-based bargaining is based upon:
a. the area within which union and management are willing to concede.
b. the identification and resolution of mutual interests.
c. a give-and-take philosophy.
d. suspicion and compromise.
Today about _____ percent of women aged 16 years and older participate in the work
force in the U.S.
a. 40
b. 80
c. 30
d. 60
Giving preference to members of protected classes to the extent that unprotected
individuals believe they are suffering is known as:
a. sexual harassment.
b. retaliation.
c. affirmative action.
d. reverse discrimination.
_____ organizational structures in firms means that there are fewer promotion
possibilities.
a. Taller
b. Flatter
c. Simpler
d. Organic
Competence-based pay systems represent a fundamental change in the attitude
ofmanagement regarding how work should be organized and how employees should
bepaid for their work efforts.
a. True
b. False
When a firm's resources improve the efficiency or effectiveness of the company, the
resources are always considered to be:
a. difficult to imitate.
b. valuable.
c. organized.
d. rare.
If an employee is doingsomething wrong, waiting for a formal evaluation later in the
year to communicate thatinformation is an example of a balanced approach to effective
communication.
a. True
b. False
