Deck 4: The Worknonwork Interface

Question 1

All of the following are true about youth employment except:

A) Teenagers may seek employment to fill idle time.
B) Teenagers engaging in paid labor may be more likely to use drugs or alcohol.
C) Teenagers are commonly employed in restaurants or service-oriented jobs.
D) Most research suggests employment is a negative experience for teenagers.

Answer 1

Most research suggests employment is a negative experience for teenagers.

Question 2

Positive spillover from one work or family role to the other is:

A) Work-family enrichment
B) Work-family benefit
C) Positive work-family conflict
D) Work-family enhancement

Answer 2

Work-family enrichment

Question 3

Which of the following is true of family-supportive organizational perceptions (FSOP)?

A) FSOP is unrelated to the effectiveness of formal work-family policies.
B) Organizations must offer multiple formal policies for employees to perceive high family support.
C) FSOP explains variance in work-family conflict beyond formal policy availability.
D) FSOP does not explain variance in job attitudes beyond supervisor family support.

Answer 3

FSOP explains variance in work-family conflict beyond formal policy availability.

Question 4

An older professor approaching retirement age decides to reduce his teaching course load and number of advisees for a few years before he fully retires. This is an example of:

A) Complete withdrawal
B) Partial retirement
C) Phased retirement
D) Early retirement

Question 5

An employee has to stay late to finish up a work project that is due the next day and can't make it to her child's soccer game. This is an example of ____________ work-family conflict.

A) time-based
B) strain-based
C) behavior-based
D) situation-based