Exam 2: Practitioners of Public Relations

Which type of practitioner tends to work for organizations with relatively stable and low-threat environments?

Even though they are not present when management makes a decision, which practitioner role often is given the job of explaining it to employees and the press?

Findings from many salary surveys consistently show a pay gap between men and women in public relations.Which of the following does not explain the gendered pay gap?

What one activity, more than any other, assures advancement into management?

Practitioners operating in the _________ role assume that effective two-way communication improves the quality of decisions for both their organization and the publics it serves.

Which type of practitioner tends to work for organizations with relatively stable, but threatening environments?

What qualification do top public relations executives tend to bring to their positions?

Which practitioner is most likely to be invited to management team meetings and to participate with line managers in strategic planning?

Which practitioner role tends to work for organizations with relatively unstable settings, but in which changes pose little danger?

According to the text, which one of the following is the single largest employer of public relations practitioners?

Approximately 28 percent of all practitioners work in:

Being "good with people" is often the first thing many associate with public relations, but how important is it on the list of eleven common tasks in public relations practice?

According to salary surveys, what kind of employer pays practitioners the highest wages?

Sometimes, minority practitioners are restricted to working with minority clients or dealing with minority publics, even when they might wish to work on "mainstream" public relations programs or accounts.What is this challenge called?

Top management tends to leave public relations in the hands of the __________ and assumes a relatively passive role, often so they can "get back to business."

In surveys of practitioners, those who score high on one role stand alone, while others tend to score high on all three of the other roles.Which role stands alone?

Which role leads to the greatest dissatisfaction with practitioners and produces turnover in the ranks of public relations?

Which type of practitioner tends to work for organizations with rapidly changing and threatening environments?

U.S.Census Bureau statistics indicate that approximately ______ of public relations practitioners are women.

Which type of practitioner acts as a liaison and provides guidanc