Exam 13: Managing Diversity

Riya was a highly successful manager at Optics International. After ten years with the company, she decided to leave and become a fulltime mother and caregiver to her ailing father. This example demonstrates which factor affecting women's careers?

Matthew is Mandy's supervisor. He promises to fire her if she does not engage in sexual activity with him. This type of sexual harassment would be categorized as:

A diverse workforce is better able to anticipate and respond to changing consumer needs.

The belief that one's own group or subculture is inherently superior to other groups or cultures is known as _____.

Age, race, and gender are included in the primary dimension of diversity.

An invisible barrier that separates women and minorities from advancement to important lateral movement within the organization defines the glass ceiling.

Which workforce generation category is characterized as ambitious but lacking loyalty to the organization?

The genuine efforts to accept and manage diverse people in North America are a phenomenon that emerged in the 1800s.

Inclusive dimensions of diversity include:

Diversity training is special training which can help people become aware of their own biases and stereotypes, and is used by many organizations.

Which is the highest level of sexual harassment?

Shortly after she landed a corporate-level job at InfoBasis, Tonya Kennel formed a women's leadership group to help women advance within the company. Membership within the group was voluntary and open to women with a desire to advance in the company. Tonya's group can best be described as a(n):

Discrimination is the tendency to view people who are different as being deficient.

Most organizations _____ shift from a monoculture perspective to one of pluralism.

One of the consequences of diversity in the workplace is that there is a decreased quality of team problem solving.

The belief that ethics are not absolute but instead need to be evaluated relative to the situation refers to ethnorelativism.

A higher ranking, senior organizational member who is committed to providing upward mobility and support to a protégé's professional career is known as a sponsor.

Because employees with different backgrounds bring different options and ideas to the table, a diverse workforce may lead to increased conflict, anxiety, and misunderstanding.

In 1970, Joseph Searles became the first African American member of the New York Stock Exchange.

_____ is a psychological experience of a person who, usually engaged in a task, is aware of a stereotype about his or her identity group suggesting he or she will not perform well on that task.