Exam 13: Work and the Economy

Organizations of workers that seek to defend and promote their members' interests are called:

There are three main reasons why leisure is on the decline and the pace of work is becoming more frantic for those who are employed in the paid labor force.Which of the following is NOT one of these reasons?

What are the major revolutions in the form and nature of the economy?

One set of circumstances that contributes to the lack of entry-level positions in the primary labor market is corporate "downsizing" and plant shutdowns.

Big companies that operate in several industries at the same time are called:

In internal labor markets,senior personnel are to some degree protected from outside competition.Therefore,internal labor markets are sometimes called:

Which sector of the economy is focused upon the buying and selling of services?

Factory workers represent a majority of the American labor force.

As the division of labor increases,some jobs are broken down into repetitive,routine tasks requiring only a narrow range of skills.

Workers have specialized knowledge acquired through extensive higher education.

Analyses comparing the entire manufacturing and service sectors cast doubt on whether Zuboff's argument can be generalized.

What are the three social barriers that make it difficult to penetrate the primary labor market?

The main characteristic(s)of a "bad" job include:

How are American workers different from workers in most other highly industrialized countries?

The main characteristics of a "good" job are:

While work in the past used to be based on cooperation among equals,it usually now involves superordinates exercising and subordinates learning ____.

People with specialized knowledge acquired through extensive higher education are called:

What are corporations?

What is the sociological significance of the film Roger and Me?

What is an oligopoly?