Exam 4: Valuing a Diverse Workforce

People are going to be different. The focus of managers should be to ________.

Age discrimination is prohibited by the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In the process of getting acquainted, John and his new co-worker Bill have discovered they have different tastes in music and books, that one is extroverted and the other introverted, that one prefers working in teams and the other works best alone. They are exploring ________.

Given a choice between Jane, a 50-something internal candidate, and Jenny, a 20-something internal candidate, Joe selected Jane. Joe would probably say it was because ________.

How is workplace diversity beneficial to organizations from a strategic perspective?

Differences arising from which one of the following factors becomes more important to people as they get to know each other?

________ is a term that describes a tendency or preference toward a particular perspective or ideology.

Mary belongs to a group that requires women to wear long sleeves, long skirts or dresses, hair done up in a bun, and a small hat. Her coworkers often make negative comments about her appearance. In this situation, Mary is subjected to ________.

Which one of the following was a feature of the period from the late 1980s to the late 1990s in terms of workplace diversity?

Women tend to be more argumentative and less willing to conform to authority than men

Workers in the Millennial generation prefer ________.

In his exit interview, James, a member of a minority group, mentioned that he had been passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified internal candidates. This situation relates to ________.

________ is the biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as one's skin color and associated traits) that people use to identify themselves.

As a form of discrimination, incivility is said to occur when ________.

Discuss the negative consequences that can result from discrimination, whether intentional or not.

Employees are less likely to share information and participate in decision-making in a more diverse work environment.

Jack and Jill are discussing the new hire in their department: her hair color, skin tone, manner of dress, and accent. Jack and Jill are focusing on ________.

How does surface-level diversity differ from deep-level diversity?

Worldwide population trends indicate that we will witness dwindling labor supply and increasing total global savings rates.

An important impact that workplace diversity has on organizational performance is through the increase in employee turnover.