Deck 10: Employee Relations, Involvement and Participation

Question 1

Which of the following is not true about industrial relations?

A) It is concerned with the study of social institutions, legislative controls and key actors in the employment relationship
B) It is focused on the individual aspects of the employment relationship
C) It draws on other academic disciplines such as economics, law and history
D) It has a greater concentration on unionized workplaces

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Employee relations are generally denoted as acknowledging?

A) The shift from manufacturing to service employment
B) Greater feminization of the workforce
C) Full-time unionized manufacturing work
D) A lack of trade union influence

Answer 2

A,B,D

Question 3

The Unitary frame of reference envisages?

A) An organization as a cohesive and integrated whole
B) A divided organization with a 'them' and 'us' feel
C) A high level of union membership
D) An organization where there is a constant power struggle between capital and labour

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Trade union density means?

A) The proportion of workers who are union members
B) The number of workers whose pay is set by collective bargaining
C) The proportion of workers who are not members of a trade union
D) The total number of workers who are union members

Question 5

Which of the following countries has a high level of trade union density?

A) UK
B) France
C) US
D) Sweden

Question 6

What does WERS stand for?

A) Workplace Employee Resources Survey
B) Workplace Employment Records Survey
C) Workplace Employment Relations Survey
D) Workplace Employees Research Survey

Question 7

What is being described here: 'direct, descending participation, which is task-centred and attempts to involve all individuals in the workplace'?

A) Industrial democracy
B) Employee involvement
C) Employee participation
D) Teamworking

Question 8

Employee attitude surveys would normally ask employess to give their views on which of the following issues?

A) Working environment and conditions
B) Overall satisfaction/commitment to the organization
C) Pay and benefits
D) Whether the workplace is sufficiently democractic

Question 9

Which of the following is not an example of an indirect form of employee participation?

A) Noticeboards
B) Joint consultative committee
C) Worker directors
D) Suggestion schemes

Question 10

EWC stands for?

A) European Working Committees
B) European Works Committees
C) European Works Councils
D) Employee Works Councils