Human Resource Management
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Human Resource Management (HRM) explores the strategic approach to the effective management of people within organizations to drive performance and achieve organizational goals. This course covers key HRM functions such as recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and compliance with labor laws. Through real-world case studies and practical applications, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how HR professionals contribute to shaping workplace culture, supporting organizational strategy, and facilitating employee growth and satisfaction.
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Diversity in Organizations 3rd Edition by
Myrtle P. Bell
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Diversity in Organizations
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Q1) Doing a better job of integrating workers from various backgrounds often results in A) worse exit interviews.
B) lost productivity while positions are unfilled.
C) higher recruiting costs.
D) Greater organizational competitiveness.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following are not among the potential negative outcomes that may be consequences of increased diversity?
A) Dysfunctional communication processes.
B) Harassment.
C) Perceptions that traditional workers are unqualified.
D) Lowered attachment, commitment, and satisfaction.
Answer: C
Q3) Diversity without a supportive climate can result in negative consequences in an organization
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Theories and Thinking About Diversity
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Q1) Efforts to change attitudes of those who are prejudiced but think they are unbiased are the same as efforts to change attitudes of those who acknowledge and express overt prejudice.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) Benevolent sexism is positive and not detrimental to women.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) When we first come into contact with others, we categorize them as belonging to an in-group or an out-group.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) Minority groups are not necessarily fewer in number than majority groups.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Legislation
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Q1) Up to 75% of working women have experienced or will experience sexual harassment at some point during their working lives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Sex segregation limits the effectiveness of the Equal Pay Act.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In the research on the effects of diversity on judges and on judicial decisions, researchers found that
A) about 60% of all federal and state judges are White.
B) White and minority judges make very similar rulings.
C) male judges were more likely than female judges to rule for the party bringing the complaint in sex discrimination cases.
D) White judges were more likely than Black judges to make judgments in favor of the employer in racial harassment cases.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Blacksafrican Americans
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Q1) When access discrimination occurs, its targets are likely to be aware that it has occurred.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements is not true about sexual harassment of Black women?
A) Early on Black women were likely to be overrepresented in cases of sexual harassment brought against organizations, but are not currently overrepresented. B) Companies have tolerated sexual harassment in some of these cases.
C) Black (and other minority) women are especially likely to be subjected to racialized sexual harassment.
D) Racialized harassment of Black women is likely rooted in the sexual abuse and powerlessness Black women endured as slaves.
Q3) Lack of job autonomy and advancement at work have been associated with stress and high blood pressure for Blacks.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Latinoshispanics
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Q1) Because Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, those born there can apply for and receive expedited U.S. citizenship.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Racial profiling by police occurs against Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and others of color in the U.S.
A)True B)False
Q3) At times, "separate but equal" schools were required for Mexican children in the U.S. A)True B)False
Q4) When bilingual employees are called upon to assist monolingual employees with their work tasks, this may reduce bilingual employees' work effectiveness. A)True
B)False
Q5) Hispanics now comprise about 25% of the U.S. population.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 6: Asians and Asian Americans
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Q1) Immigration laws that affected Asians
A) included the Chinese Inclusion Act.
B) historically preferred Asians because of their strong work ethic and high education levels.
C) restricted immigration of minorities from other ethnic groups while allowing for immigration of Asians.
D) included a restriction that allowed 105 Chinese to enter the U.S. per year.
Q2) "Positive" stereotypes of Asian Americans may contribute to their overrepresentation in higher-level organizational positions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 1922 an Asian with white skin was not categorized as White for immigration purposes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing racial/ethnic groups in America.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Whiteseuropean Americans
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Q1) As Blacks migrated from the South to the North seeking better jobs and greater opportunities,
A) European ethnic groups viewed Blacks moving north as helpful in the overall economy and non-threatening.
B) Whites in the dominant group became more vocal about their contempt for lower status Whites.
C) White ethnic groups became "insiders," while Blacks became the "other".
D) White ethnics continued in-fighting and paid little attention to the arrival of Blacks.
Q2) Which of the following is accurate of Whites/European Americans in the U.S.?
A) Some White ethnic groups faced considerable overt discrimination in the U.S.
B) The English, as later arrivals, were viewed negatively by White immigrants who arrived earlier.
C) White Americans have been underrepresented in books, films, and other depictions of U.S. history, relative to American Indians, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in the U.S.
D) No White Americans have ever experienced discrimination and thus none are able to understand or help those who have been oppressed.
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Chapter 8: American Indians, Alaska Natives, and
Multiracial Group Members
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Q1) The Mâori are indigenous people to New Zealand.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Barack Obama
A) is widely considered to be Black, but is actually biracial.
B) was the first Black U.S. senator in history.
C) is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Kenya.
D) is Black, Hispanic, and American Indian.
Q3) Until 1924, American Indians born in the U.S. were not U.S. citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q4) For recruitment purposes, tribal colleges are not generally a good source of American Indian applicants because such colleges tend not to be accredited.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Gaming wealth associated with casinos on or near reservations is significant for a very small portion of the American Indian population.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Sex and Gender
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Q1) Employers may find unintended positive outcomes result from efforts to remove discriminatory barriers to employment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Worldwide, women are more likely to live in poverty than men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Glass walls
A) can be easily broken and with the elimination of those barriers, people can get ahead. B) enable peoples talents and success to be seen by those on the other side.
C) are similar to the glass ceiling in that they restrict movement of certain groups. D) provide transparency and enable people to see how they can get ahead.
Q4) With the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, women who are unaware of pay discrimination are less likely to run out of time to file a claim once they find out about it.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Work and Family
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Q1) Flexible scheduling
A) is more likely to be available to women than men.
B) is associated with lower turnover.
C) increases stress in dealing with work and family issues.
D) is available to the majority of workers in the U.S.
Q2) The proportion of the family income contributed by wives is directly related to the amount of housework performed by husbands.
A)True
B)False
Q3) More households are headed by single women than there are married couple families with an employed husband and an unemployed wife.
A)True
B)False
Q4) On average, working mothers experience an 11% wage penalty per child.
A)True B)False
Q5) Part-time work is associated with fewer job rewards and shorter career ladders. A)True B)False
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Chapter 11: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) When domestic partner benefits are offered
A) large numbers of gay and lesbian employees enroll their partners.
B) organizations experience disproportionately higher costs.
C) costs are generally consistent with any increase in the number of plan participants.
D) similar benefits must be offered to international partners as well regardless of their sexual orientation.
Q2) Gay and lesbian employees, but not heterosexuals, are more committed to organizations in which sexual orientation discrimination is not tolerated.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Hewlett-Packard offers domestic partner benefits to its employees.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Gender identity refers to a person's internal sense of gender, but not how a person behaves or appears with regard to societal expectations of that person.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Religion
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Q1) In terms of women in religious organizations,
A) discrimination against women is illegal.
B) religious organizations are subject to the same laws prohibiting sex discrimination as other organizations.
C) due to bans on women clergy in many organizations, religious organizations do not ordain women.
D) under certain circumstances, discrimination against women is not illegal.
Q2) Racial and religious discrimination
A) occur to the same degree since both race and religion can be easily identified.
B) differ regarding the law since racial discrimination is illegal but religious discrimination is not.
C) race is visible but religion can be invisible thus affecting the degree of discrimination in religion vs. race.
D) of any type is completely illegal under all circumstances in all organizations, including religious institutions.
Q3) Undue hardship varies by employer.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Age
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Q1) Because of declining vision and muscle control, older workers have higher rates of injury and accidents at work than younger workers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When laid off, because of their greater experience, older workers find other employment faster than younger workers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Regarding age and gender,
A) women are perceived to become old at younger ages than men.
B) older men and women are similarly disadvantaged.
C) older women are viewed as more intellectually competent than men.
D) older men are viewed as being more nurturing than older women.
Q4) When age is a bona fide occupational qualification,
A) employers may set minimum ages for hiring.
B) employers can require all employees be in the same age range.
C) employers can force retirement on employees by age 50.
D) employers may legally discharge, force retirement on, or fail to hire certain selected types of employees.
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Chapter 14: Physical and Mental Ability
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Q1) Of those participating in the workforce (working or looking for work), unemployment rates for people with disabilities are three times greater than the unemployment rates of people without disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Having a disability is a strong predictor of unemployment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People with disabilities are more likely to be unemployed but less likely to be underemployed than people without disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 emphasizes that the definition of disabilities should be more narrowly defined than the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Weight and Appearance
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Q1) When assessing appearance requirements, employers should consider which of the following?
A) Whether the applicant or employee puts too much emphasis on being overly neat and clean.
B) Is the requirement necessary to the safe operation of the business?
C) Recognize that the issue is simply appearance and not to get it confused with race, cultural, and ethnic issues.
D) That is a dangerous thing to consider thus employers should not look at a person until after the person is hired regardless of what the person will be doing on the job.
Q2) Regarding treatment of overweight people in organizations
A) employers may make virtually any decision they desire.
B) assigning overweight people to jobs where they are not seen by customers or clients makes good business sense.
C) employers should make job-related decisions on the ability to perform the job.
D) employers need to first think of an excuse and then get rid of them.
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Chapter 16: International Diversity and Facing the Future
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Q1) In terms of diversity, Royal Dutch Shell
A) defines diversity as relating to visible differences only.
B) includes both visible and invisible differences in its definition of diversity.
C) focuses on sexual orientation, nationality, and inclusion, along with country-specific issues.
D) focuses on race, nationality, and inclusion, along with country-specific issues.
Q2) All of the following are true about sex discrimination and sexual harassment around the world except:
A) Men who are most likely to be harassed are older and White.
B) Women who are more likely to be targeted for sexual harassment are young, financially dependent, divorced or never married, and migrant.
C) Women's concentration in low-status positions contributes to sexual harassment.
D) Sex discrimination and harassment are common problems faced by women around the world.
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