Exam 13: Work and The Economy

What proportion of Canadian workers are employed in organizations that have more than 500 employees?

What distinctive feature characterizes a communist economic system?

Selena works part-time at a grocery store and is hoping to gain enough hours to reach full-time status so she can both pay her rent and eat.In wanting full-time work rather than part-time work,Selena joins what proportion of part-time workers in Canada?

What do we call an increase in the amount of something produced for each hour of work?

Ongka is the "Big Man" in a Papua New Guinea village.He ensures that all of the members of his family raise cattle to give at a giant ritualized celebration ceremony that he is holding.Which societal institution is Ongka engaged in with his activities?

Benjamin is engaged in a heated argument with a classmate that a free market expands economic growth.Which perspective does Benjamin most likely subscribe to?

According to the deskilling thesis,what do owners stand to gain by separating "conception to execution" in the workplace?

Which of the following is linked to increased rates of substance abuse,stress,aggression and depression in Canada?

Brian works a split shift at the drive-through window at a local fast food franchise.He makes minimum wage and no benefits.What type of job would the authors of the textbook argue he has?

Discuss how a sociologist would approach the issue of the minimum wage.

Describe what the deskilling thesis is and outline the major criticisms of it.

According to Ester Rieter's research on fast-food workers in Toronto,what were the workers trained to do?

Connie and her daughters all work in a salmon processing plant on the north coast of British Columbia.Which sector of the economy are they engaged in?

Jim is an addictions counsellor who works mainly with at-risk youth.Which sector of the economy is he engaged in?

Who developed the deskilling thesis?

According to the textbook,which of the following are people born after 1955 more likely than their grandparents to experience?

Alfred produces the parts for a very specialized piece of machinery and then sells them to a supplier.Which societal institution is Alfred engaged in with his activities?

The private ownership of property is one of the defining characteristics of capitalism.

Thomas had employment on an auto assembly line but left to enlist in the army,so he could fight Nazis.According to the stages of labour market development model,which stage did Thomas's pre-war employment situation characterize?

What do we call work that requires a low skill level,is poorly paid,has little autonomy and few,if any,benefits?