MGMT 351 Test 2 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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MGMT 351 Test 2 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers Which of these is one of the general demographic trends in the United States? Population growth of more than 50 million people between 2000 and 2020 Select all of the demographic trends in the United States related to sex. (Select all that ap...
Which of these is one of the general demographic trends in the United States?
Population growth of more than 50 million people between 2000 and 2020
Select all of the demographic trends in the United States related to sex. (Select all that
apply.)
More women holding positions of responsibility in organizations than in previous years
Women graduating from college at a higher rate than men
Which of these is one of the demographic trends in the United States related to age?
Employees staying in the workforce longer
Which of the following are reasons members of the Baby Boomer generation are
predicted to wait until they are age 66 or older to retire? (Select all that apply.)
Lack of retirement savings
Strong work ethic
The people who are available for work in the most general sense is the definition of
______.
Workforce
Select the general demographic trends in the United States. (Select all that apply.)
Projected U.S. population total of almost 355 million by 2030
Population growth of more than 50 million people between 2000 and 2020
Which of these is one of the demographic trends in the United States related to sex?
An increase in the number of women in authority positions in organizations
Stereotypes are defined as the ______.
beliefs we have about a group of people, which are generalized to individual members
of that group
Which of these is one of the demographic trends in the United States related to age?
Increasing percentage of people in the country who are older
Diversity regarding fairly observable characteristics including race, ethnicity, sex, and
age is known as ______.
surface-level diversity
, Which of the following are characteristics of the Baby Boomer generation? (Select all
that apply.)
Predicted to defer retirement until they are at least 66 years old
Represent almost 30% of the population
Differences among group members in terms of characteristics that cannot be observed
very easily, but that become clearer through the experience of working together, are
known as ______.
deep-level diversity
A dual career couple is one in which ______.
both parties in a relationship earn an income and exhibit high commitment to their work
roles
The situation that occurs when a negative or positive emotion carries over from home to
work or from work to home is known as emotional ______.
Spillover
Emotional crossover is defined as a situation that occurs when ______.
one partner experiences the emotions of the other partner
Sandwich families are defined as families with ______.
middle-age parents who are responsible for the care of their older parents as well as
their own children
When people are hired with an unknown end point to their employment with a specific
organization, this is known as ______.
indefinite employment
Individuals whose employment (whether full- or part-time) is meant to be short-term,
ending when the organization no longer needs their services, are known as ______.
temporary workers
Functional flexibility is defined as ______.
different knowledge, skills, and abilities within the workforce, which can be applied when
the situation requires them
Numerical flexibility is defined as ______.
the number of workers that a company employs at a given point in time
Workers who perform specific duties for a client and have independent oversight over
their own work are known as ______.
independent contractors
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