Exam 11: Work-Related Problems and Social Work in the Workplace

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Which of the following types of industry engages in the gathering or extracting of undeveloped natural resources?

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Which of the following is a primary service provided by employee assistance programs?

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​President Reagan's plan to revive the economy included an increase in federal spending for social welfare programs and for educational programs.

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​Which of the following is true about occupational health hazards?

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In the context of on-the-job and work-related hazards, the most common injuries are disorders associated with repeated motion, such as carpal tunnel and tendinitis.

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​The practice of locating plants that produce products for American markets in Third World nations where the corporation can take advantage of lower wage rates is sometimes referred to as _____.

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​Occupational social work is synonymous with employee assistance programs.

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​Which of the following is a reason for the high unemployment among African Americans and Latinos?

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Which of the following is a prominent trend in the American workforce that has been observed for the past 10 decades?

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Outsourcing deals with the export of manufacturing jobs from the United States to the Third World.

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_____ are work-improvement task forces in which managers and employees meet regularly to allow employees to air their grievances, to identify problems that reduce productivity, and to obtain suggestions for alleviating these concerns.

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Which of the following is true about Theory Y managers?

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​Widespread unemployment sharply cuts government tax revenues that generally lead to reductions in the services provided by the government.

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​Alienation is the sense of meaninglessness and powerlessness that people experience when interacting with social institutions they consider oppressive and beyond their control.

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​What are the major sources of the alienation that many people feel with respect to their jobs?

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​The American society has become highly interdependent because of specialization.

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​In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, _____ asserted that the Protestant ethic encouraged and made possible the emergence of capitalism.

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​The _____ holds that when subjects know they are participants in a study, this awareness may lead them to behave differently and thereby substantially influence the results of the study.

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​Extrinsic rewards are rewards that come from the nature of the work itself.

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​Which of the following types of industry involves turning raw materials into manufactured goods such as processed foods, steel, and automobiles:

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