Deck 10: Gendered Organizational Communication

Question 1

Glass walls is a metaphor to describe ____.

A) invisible barrier to women's advancement in the workplace
B) a new technology that lets supervisors monitor employees
C) the difference in pay that women and men receive for the same job
D) sex segregation of jobs based on stereotypes of women
E) leave policies that discourage men from taking family leave

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Affirmative action laws ____.

A) attempt to redress past discrimination for members of historically marginalized groups
B) apply only to individuals, not groups that have experienced discrimination
C) judge organizations by the intent of their hiring, admission, and promotion practices rather than end results
D) sometimes result in unqualified candidates being hired, admitted, or promoted
E) mandate a number of people that must be hired, admitted, or promoted at an organization

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Equal opportunity laws ____.

A) apply to groups, not individuals, that have suffered discrimination
B) deal only with the present¾not historical¾discrimination
C) are judged by results, not intent
D) are the same thing as affirmative action
E) state how many minorities must be hired, promoted, or admitted at an institution.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Women's careers can be hampered by which of the following informal practices?

A) male mentors who attempt to impose male values and styles on women.
B) workplace environments that focus on families and relationships.
C) informal networks that require women to join men in games of golf and other sports, activities most women do not enjoy.
D) segregation into jobs that offer little or no opportunity for advancement.
E) All of the above

Question 5

Roughly 90% of female employees who work outside the home have experienced sexual harassment.

Question 6

The assumption that careers must follow linear,full-time patterns

A) is based on work-patterns of previous eras that assumed a typical employee was a male worker with a stay-at-home wife.
B) leads many women to choose to forego having families.
C) negatively affects both men's and women's career trajectories.
D) correctly assumes that workers are most productive and successful when they remain invested in and committed to a job for a long period of time and without interruption.
E) has been rejected by most contemporary major corporations.

Question 7

Fortune 500 companies that have a strong record of promoting women to executive levels outperform other Fortune 500 companies.

Question 8

Brown v.Board of Education led to what efforts to redress inequities in the United States?

A) equal opportunity laws
B) affirmative action
C) quotas
D) goals
E) sexual harassment laws

Question 9

Affirmative action is a quota system that states a number of minorities that must be hired,admitted,or promoted,regardless of qualifications.

Question 10

At work,Nick feels pressure to be a pillar of strength among his colleagues.When he runs into trouble with a project,he feels like he cannot ask for help because others expect him to be independent and doing so may suggest he is not competent.What stereotype of men in the workplace does this kind of pressure reflect?

A) Sturdy oak
B) Breadwinner
C) Iron man
D) Fighter
E) Glass wall

Question 11

An organization that does not meet a stated goal to hire or promote minorities and/or women may be sued by organizational members and penalized in court for failing to meet the goal.

Question 12

Equal opportunity laws can result in underqualified people being hired,promoted,or admitted.

Question 13

The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009:

A) Bars employers from retaliating against employees who disclose or ask about pay schedules.
B) States that wage discrimination occurs whenever an employee receives discriminary pay.
C) Overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine.
D) Requires federal employers to provide maternity leave for all employees.
E) Expands the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include workers in same-sex relationships who need time to care for a partner or a partner's child.

Question 14

When LaKisha does not get a promotion she was expecting,she asks her supervisor to explain what happened.He tells her that the partners in the firm felt that the promotion would have created a lot of pressure on her and they wanted to protect her from that.The partners' evaluation of LaKisha reflects which stereotype of women?

A) victim
B) mother
C) sex object
D) child
E) none of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is generally true about men's and women's leadership styles?

A) subordinates judge male and female leaders to be equally effective.
B) female managers are more likely than male managers to engage in caring, personal communication on the job.
C) the most effective leaders incorporate elements of both masculine and feminine leadership.
D) male and female leaders may be judged differently even when they enact the same behaviors.
E) all of the above

Question 16

____ are policies that judge effectiveness based on intention rather than results.

A) Affirmative action
B) Quotas
C) Equal opportunity laws
D) Informal networks
E) All of the above

Question 17

"Family friendly" policies in the workplace have been shown to have which effect(s)?

A) They substantially increase the costs of running business.
B) They increase employee turnover.
C) They decrease employee turnover and entice potential employees.
D) They decrease productivity in the workplace.
E) They are preferred by women but not by men.

Question 18

Although Han knew he had hurt Nicole's feelings,he never admitted it because he internalized the idea that he should be self-sufficient,fearless,and unshakable.The stereotype he internalized was ____.

A) fighter.
B) sturdy oak.
C) breadwinner.
D) athlete.
E) cowboy.

Question 19

Identify the following:

-Microinequities

Question 20

In the United States,companies are required to grant leaves to care for new babies or sick family members as mandated by the FMLA.

Question 21

Identify the following:

-Glass ceilings

Question 22

Your textbook discusses masculine norms in professional life that have led to three misperceptions about employment and organizations.Discuss two of these misperceptions and reflect on the implications for male and female employees and for the organization.

Question 23

Identify the following:

-The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Question 24

Identify the following:

-Lilly Ledbetter

Question 25

Identify the following:

-Informal networks

Question 26

Identify the following:

-Affirmative action policies

Question 27

Identify the following:

-Goals

Question 28

Identify the following:

-Glass walls

Question 29

How might gendered stereotypes contribute to more subtle forms of discrimination practiced in organizations today? Explain two stereotypes each for women and for men.Provide an example of how they might be enacted in organizational life.How does each of these limit opportunities?

Question 30

Identify the following:

-Maternal wall

Question 31

Identify the following:

-Equal opportunity laws

Question 32

Your Gendered Lives textbook discusses a number of informal organizational practices that contribute to discriminatory practices in organizations today.Define and discuss two of these practices that you believe are most damaging and explain why you believe this.Finally,pick one of the methods to redress gendered inequity and explain how this solution would help address the discriminatory practices discussed in your essay.What are the benefits and limitations of this method?

Question 33

Identify the following:

-Mentoring relationships