Exam 10: Work and the Economy

When unemployment is high for particular groups but not others, it is called discriminatory unemployment.

Brenner (1978) calculated the impact for a sustained 1 percent rise in unemployment to cause a _____ percent increase in suicide.

The unemployment rate is the proportion of the labor force that is not working but is available for work and has made specific efforts to find work.

In the context of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), _____ is the most common form of employee ownership in the United States.

Unemployment that is the result of the functioning of the political-economic system itself is called discriminatory unemployment.

Since the 1960s, the proportion of workers who are members of unions has declined.

To increase profits, management has decided to subvert workers' needs to organizational needs, bust unions, and _____.

Which of the following terms refers to the proportion of the labor force that is not working but is available for work and has made specific efforts to find work?

Brenner (1978) calculated the impact for a sustained 1 percent rise in unemployment to cause a _____ percent increase in suicide.

Millions of Americans now work under flextime that results in _____ than Americans who do not.

In _____, people are motivated by profit and compete with each other for maximum shares of profit.

When unemployment is high for particular groups but not others, it is called _____.

The _____ administration fired and permanently replaced more than 1200 air-traffic controllers.

Initially, the United States was a(n) _____.

The union movement has been instrumental in bringing about _____.

____ is defined as a sense of estrangement that is usually measured by an individual's feelings of powerlessness, normlessness, isolation, and meaninglessness.

Workers in an authoritarian organization are likely to experience negative emotions and attitudes ranging from job dissatisfaction to alienation.

In business and corporations, profit tends to be the _____.

The union movement has been instrumental in bringing about higher wages, fringe benefits, and _____.

Initially, the United States was an industrial society until the year 1850.