Exam 5: Managing Diverse Employees in a Multicultural Environment

Managers' perceptions are affected by their personality,and not by their experiences.

Which of the following statements about schemas is true?

Religious diversity is not an issue that managers need to be concerned within the organizational setting.

The ability to appreciate diversity requires that managers view other people from their own perspective.

Design a "diversity awareness program" for an organization and specify five specific objectives that such a program should contain.

Annie assigns the various jobs within her organization to employees based on their contribution to the company.Annie's action is consistent with which principle?

The marketing manager at RST Consulting,allocates the year-end bonuses to employees based on performance evaluations.What principle is the manager following?

When a manager asks a subordinate for sexual favors in return for a promotion,what type of sexual harassment has occurred?

Discuss the three types of bias that managers can exhibit either toward subordinates or toward other managers and give one specific business example of each of these biases.

The "invisible barrier" within an organization that prevents women from being promoted to top management positions is called the glass ceiling.

The racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S.population is decreasing at an exponential rate.

Devin considers himself part of the gay population in the U.S.Which federal law prohibits discrimination against him for his sexual orientation?

Sexual harassment that creates a hostile work environment is more subtle than quid pro quo sexual harassment.

Managers can influence others to support diversity through their positions of status.

Darden Restaurant seeks to satisfy the needs and tastes of diverse customers by providing menus in Spanish in communities with large Hispanic populations.This is an example of:

The concept of procedural justice requires managers to be fair to subordinates in deciding who should be promoted within the organization.

There is substantial evidence that diverse individuals continue to experience unfair treatment in the workplace as a result of biases,stereotypes,and overt discrimination.

The idea that managers should receive a raise in pay based upon their contributions to the organization,and not based on their gender,is consistent with which principle?

The process by which experienced members of the organization provide guidance and advice to newer members is called:

Sue has several female subordinates working on her shift.Recently,a young male employee has been transferred to Sue's department.Sue tends to spend more time monitoring the work of the male than any other employee.Sue is exhibiting: