Question 1

According to Ester Reiter's research on fast-food workers in Toronto, what were the workers trained to do?

Accepted Answer

A) to make the best food possible regardless of the ingredients available 
B) to continue smiling regardless of how obnoxious customers may be 
C) to advance their careers in the industry by undercutting other workers 
D) to provide only mediocre service to elderly customers and youth 
A) to make the best food possible regardless of the ingredients available 
B) to continue smiling regardless of how obnoxious customers may be 
C) to advance their careers in the industry by undercutting other workers 
D) to provide only mediocre service to elderly customers and youth

Question 2

Explain why stress, depression, aggression, and substance abuse are on the rise in the primary and secondary labour markets.

Accepted Answer

There are several factors contributing t

Question 3

Jean is a tenured university professor.Which of the following does she belong to through her work?

Accepted Answer

A) a trade union 
B) a worker cooperative 
C) a professional association 
D) an expert council 
A) a trade union 
B) a worker cooperative 
C) a professional association 
D) an expert council

Question 4

Which of the following did the "human relations" school of management do?

Accepted Answer

A) It introduced joint or cooperative business ownership. 
B) It emphasized more efficient means of organizing work. 
C) It showed that workers are not motivated by wages alone. 
D) It pushed managers to reintroduce scientific management. 
A) It introduced joint or cooperative business ownership. 
B) It emphasized more efficient means of organizing work. 
C) It showed that workers are not motivated by wages alone. 
D) It pushed managers to reintroduce scientific management.

Question 5

What is the difference between the sociological and neoclassical schools of economics in terms of how markets operate?

Accepted Answer

The sociological and neoclassical school

Question 6

To meet consumer demand, a company began to mass produce chickens of a standard size and then slaughter them, process them, and package them.First, the industry had to adopt most features of assembly line production.What term best identifies the creation of chicken factories?

Accepted Answer

A) Fordism 
B) Taylorism 
C) scientific management 
D) rationalization 
A) Fordism 
B) Taylorism 
C) scientific management 
D) rationalization

Question 7

Ayu lives in Indonesia and works at a factory sewing infants' clothing for a large multinational corporation based in the United States.What do we call the place she is employed in?

Accepted Answer

A) an outsource pool 
B) a branch plant 
C) a maquiladora 
D) a free market 
A) an outsource pool 
B) a branch plant 
C) a maquiladora 
D) a free market

Question 8

The Canadian Medical Association is an example of a labour-market shelter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

According to Ester Reiter's research on fast-food workers in Toronto, what were the workers trained to do?

Explain why stress, depression, aggression, and substance abuse are on the rise in the primary and secondary labour markets.

Jean is a tenured university professor.Which of the following does she belong to through her work?

Which of the following did the "human relations" school of management do?

What is the difference between the sociological and neoclassical schools of economics in terms of how markets operate?

To meet consumer demand, a company began to mass produce chickens of a standard size and then slaughter them, process them, and package them.First, the industry had to adopt most features of assembly line production.What term best identifies the creation of chicken factories?

Ayu lives in Indonesia and works at a factory sewing infants' clothing for a large multinational corporation based in the United States.What do we call the place she is employed in?

The Canadian Medical Association is an example of a labour-market shelter.

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According to Ester Reiter's research on fast-food workers in Toronto, what were the workers trained to do?

Explain why stress, depression, aggression, and substance abuse are on the rise in the primary and secondary labour markets.

Jean is a tenured university professor.Which of the following does she belong to through her work?

Which of the following did the "human relations" school of management do?

What is the difference between the sociological and neoclassical schools of economics in terms of how markets operate?

To meet consumer demand, a company began to mass produce chickens of a standard size and then slaughter them, process them, and package them.First, the industry had to adopt most features of assembly line production.What term best identifies the creation of chicken factories?

Ayu lives in Indonesia and works at a factory sewing infants' clothing for a large multinational corporation based in the United States.What do we call the place she is employed in?

The Canadian Medical Association is an example of a labour-market shelter.

A Sociological Compass

How Sociologists Do Research

Culture

Socialization

Social Interaction

Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

Deviance and Crime

Social Stratification

Globalization, Inequality, and Development

Race and Ethnicity

Sexualities and Gender Stratification

Sociology of the Body: Disability, Aging, and Death

Politics

Families

Religion

Education

Mass Media and Mass Communication

Health and Medicine

Population and Urbanization

Collective Action and Social Movements

Technology and the Global Environment

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