Deck 10: Gendered Organizational Communication

Question 1

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is a reason why women workers tend to lack mentor relationships?

A) Fewer women and minorities hold senior positions in many organizations.
B) Men are often reluctant to mentor women for fear of gossip and innuendo.
C) Men often assume that women are less serious about their careers.
D) Some men are less comfortable with women than men.
E) All of the above.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were judged based on their adherence (or lack thereof)to the sex object stereotype during the 2008 U.S.presidential campaign.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Workplace bullying

Question 5

The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009

A) bars employers from retaliating against employees who ask about pay schedules.
B) states that wage discrimination occurs whenever an employee receives discriminatory 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).

Question 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

Because men have dominated in the workplace in the past,many informal networks are largely or exclusively male.

Question 10

Anna and Ben are up for the same promotion at work.When it comes time to make a decision,the management committee chooses Ben for the position because they think Anna's commitment to being a good mother to her children would prevent her from wanting to take on more responsibilities at the office.Anna has just encountered what?

A) glass walls
B) FMLA
C) affirmative action
D) the glass ceiling
E) none of the above

Question 11

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

Question 12

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.

Question 13

"Glass wall" is a metaphor to describe

A) the 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.

Question 14

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 15

________ 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 16

Brendan is struggling to understand how to use the new reporting software his company has adopted.Rather than asking the IT director for help,Brendan keeps doing Google searches to try to answer his questions.Brendan is exhibiting what stereotype of men in the workplace?

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

Question 17

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 18

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

Question 19

Equal opportunity laws

A) apply to groups, not individuals, that have suffered discrimination.
B) deal only with the present-not historical-discrimination.
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.

Question 20

The glass escalator is the idea that when women take jobs in male dominated fields,they are often quick to rise through the ranks of those fields.

Question 21

Your textbook discusses the effect of outdated norms for career paths on women in the workplace.Describe what those norms are and how they impact women's careers.If you were to advocate for a change to these paths,what would that change be? Is that change realistic? Why or why not?

Question 22

Equal opportunity laws

Question 23

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Question 24

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 25

Maternal wall

Question 26

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 27

Mentoring relationships

Question 28

Lilly Ledbetter:

Question 29

Affirmative action policies

Question 30

Glass walls

Question 31

Glass ceilings

Question 32

Glass escalator

Question 33

Informal networks