Exam 10: Work and the Economy

The process through which business firms,political authority,and cultural patterns spread throughout the world is ______.

______ is the theoretical approach that looks into the significance of symbols in structuring society and affecting individual behavior.

A cashier at a grocery store is best characterized as being employed in the ______ sector of the labor force.

Brad is a construction worker.He is best characterized as being employed in the ______ sector of the labor force.

______ means that in most states,unless there is a specific agreement or a case of discrimination involved,an employee can be summarily fired for any reason or for no reason at all.

______ may help explain why women generally express the same levels of job satisfaction as male workers.

The ______ fallacy assumes there is only so much work to be done and hence only a fixed number of jobs.

The legal practice that allows an employer to terminate a worker's employment even if no specific reason for the termination is given is ______.

Although financially burdensome when occurring,unemployment typically does not have an impact on future earnings.

At the end of 2016,88.6% of men between the ages of 25 and 54 were in the labor force.

According to a recent Harris poll,______ of younger workers expressed an interest in changing their careers,while ______ of those in their 40s expressed the same interests.

In 1994,the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed between the United States,Canada,and Mexico.Briefly explain why NAFTA was significant and how it has affected the United States and other countries.

Which city in the state of California passed an ordinance that prohibited "the solicitation for work on any street or highway,public area or nonresidential parking area"?

According to one careful study,the underground economy accounted for an average of ______of gross national income in industrially developed economies and much more in underdeveloped ones.

How have union membership rates in the United States changed over the past two decades? What are three primary benefits of union membership for workers?