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MBA HR Organisational Behaviour — practice questions — page 6

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The lack of advancement opportunities given to qualified women is described as an example of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Beliefs about a group that can cause its members to be denied opportunities are:Read the answer and worked solution →Equal pay for equal work is covered in the United States under the:Read the answer and worked solution →Unwelcome conduct based on age, race, disability or gender is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Treating an employee less favourably because of their age is:Read the answer and worked solution →A person with a physical or mental impairment that limits life actions is described as a person with a:Read the answer and worked solution →Corporate diversity training in the United States was first prompted largely by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Between the 1980s and the late 1990s, such training evolved from compliance toward addressing the needs of:Read the answer and worked solution →Recent diversity training focuses on building cultural competencies, valuing differences and showing how diversity:Read the answer and worked solution →One diversity-training method studied involved activities on goal setting and:Read the answer and worked solution →Employees' religious beliefs in the United States are protected under:Read the answer and worked solution →A downfall noted for the integration-and-learning perspective is that some members may feel:Read the answer and worked solution →Discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the protected groundsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the diversity ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Run the diversity gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the diversity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Helps or hindersRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the protectionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Diversity bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Incentive systems in organisations are usually divided into how many broad categories?Read the answer and worked solution →A drawback noted for individual incentive systems is that employees may end up:Read the answer and worked solution →Plans that base part of an employee's reward on group or organisational results are:Read the answer and worked solution →The pay practice that ties pay to performance and encourages group cooperation is:Read the answer and worked solution →A disadvantage noted for plans focused only on productivity is that employees may ignore:Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest of the gain-sharing programmes described is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Pay that rises as workers master more abilities is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A disadvantage of that skills-based approach is higher training and:Read the answer and worked solution →Letting employees decide how they receive their pay raise for the year describes:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The lack of advancement opportunities given to qualified women is described as an example of the:

  1. Glass cabinet
  2. Glass ceiling
  3. Glass counter
  4. Glass corridor
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Correct answer: B. Glass ceiling

1. Women enter the workforce in large numbers. 2. Advancement still lags. 3. It is the glass ceiling. _Source: OpenStax Organizational Behavior, Chapter 5, Diversity in Organizations._

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Beliefs about a group that can cause its members to be denied opportunities are:

  1. Standards
  2. Statutes
  3. Stereotypes
  4. Statements
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Correct answer: C. Stereotypes

1. Prejudices work alongside them. 2. Research links them to workplace discrimination. 3. They are stereotypes. _Source: OpenStax Organizational Behavior, Chapter 5, Diversity in Organizations._

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Equal pay for equal work is covered in the United States under the:

  1. Equal Pay Act of 1983
  2. Equal Pay Act of 1963
  3. Equal Pay Act of 1953
  4. Equal Pay Act of 1973
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Correct answer: B. Equal Pay Act of 1963

1. It amended a 1938 labour standards law. 2. Virtually all employers are subject to it. 3. It is the Equal Pay Act of 1963. _Source: OpenStax Organizational Behavior, Chapter 5, Diversity in Organizations._

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