Deck 10: Managing Work and Family

Question 1

In _________ each person makes concessions giving in a little in order to gain a valued settlement or outcome such as harmony.

A)Assimilation
B)Compromise
C)Valuation
D)Socialization

Answer 1

B

Question 2

___________ refers to the inability to stop thinking about work or doing work.Also that work is the most pleasurable part of life.

A)Reactivism
B)Workaholism
C)Procrastination
D)Obsessing

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A total benefits package can increase a person's total compensation by ________ or more.

A)10 percent
B)20 percent
C)30 percent
D)55 percent

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Trends in the workplace include this leading one:

A)In recent years,being underemployed,having employment beneath one's level of education and experience
B)Longer lunch hours
C)Kinder,more empathetic bosses
D)More work space,larger private offices

Question 5

__________ is at the core of work-family interchange.

A)Social support
B)Passion
C)Clarity
D)Tagline

Question 6

____________ occurs when a person is so heavily involved in one domain work or family)and may not be psychologically or physically available for the other.

A)Involvement balance
B)Spillover
C)Dominance
D)Assimilation

Question 7

In 1938,President Franklin D.Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act which established a __________workweek.

A)35 hour
B)38 hour
C)44 hour
D)48 hour

Question 8

Which of the following is true?

A)The U.S.has a mandated vacation policy,everyone gets 2 weeks
B)There is a trend towards downshifting,opting for a simpler life or at least considering it
C)Europeans generally have shorter vacations that North Americans
D)The workforce in the U.S.is getting younger

Question 9

In the United States,in 1993 President ________________ signed the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA)which allows workers at companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave to care for newborns and newly adopted children or to care for ill family members or themselves.

A)Ronald Reagan
B)George Bush
C)Bill Clinton
D)George W.Bush

Question 10

Authors Ulrich and Dunne found that many of the ways that people react to work,employers,and coworkers are based on:

A)early childhood experiences
B)school experiences with teachers
C)language development
D)first paid work experiences

Question 11

About ________________ of all Americans volunteer each year in the non-profit sector.

A)one-tenth
B)one-quarter
C)one-half
D)90%

Question 12

There are stereotypes myths)about home-based businesses.Which of the following statements is a stereotype?

A)Most home-based businesses are run by women such as child care centers
B)Most home-based businesses are run by men on computers
C)It is hard to have a home-based business,too many conflicts
D)Most home-based businesses are financially stable,rewarding

Question 13

The phenomenon that states that a job expands to fill the time available to accomplish a task is called:

A)Pareto's principle
B)Parkinson's Law
C)The Peter Principle
D)Northcote's Law

Question 14

The concept of workplace is changing with 24-7 access.Work and family life has become more complicated as it is harder to turn off work,a study showed that:

A)Smaller organizations may be more nurturing than larger ones.
B)Executives are more time stressed than people in low-demand,low pay jobs
C)The affluent have the most work-family conflicts
D)Caregivers don't have much conflict because they stay at home

Question 15

In economic theory,an unemployment rate of _________ considered desirable.

A)5 percent or less
B)9 to 10 percent
C)Under 12 percent
D)18 percent

Question 16

Pareto's Principle states that:

A)20 percent of the time expended produces 80 percent of the results
B)90 percent of the time spent produces 10 percent of the results
C)75 percent of time is wasted
D)A task or job fills the time available