Organization Behavior 15e Chapter 2 Testbank

Kimberly Ortiz strongly believes in working for a company which promotes diversity. She believes that such organizations are respectful of differences and allow employees more

exposure. She recently attended an interview where she was told that the company follows policies which focus on

organizational diversity. However, when she finally joined the company, she had a strong feeling that the company's claim was not true. Which of the following, if true, weakens Kimberly's belief that the company does not encourage diversity?

A) Eighty-five percent of the top management positions in the company are held by men.

B) She is the only African-American member in the entire workforce.

C) The workforce is not dominated by any specific ethnic or racial group.

D) The previous company she worked for made a conscious effort to employ an equal number of men and women.

E) Her team members believe that they are treated equally in spite of differences in performance.

C) The workforce is not dominated by any specific ethnic or racial group.

________ diversity refers to diversity in observable attributes such as race, ethnicity, sex, and age. A) Psychographic B) Additive C) Surface-level D) Disjunctive E) Conjunctive C) Surface-level

Which of the following is true with respect to surface-level diversity?

A) It refers to psychographic characteristics of the members of a group.

B) People with surface-level diversity will also share deep-level diversity.

C) It indicates differences of values, emotions and personality traits between people.

D) It refers to differences in easily perceived characteristics, such as gender and race.

E) It represents a person's or group's thought processes and feelings.

D) It refers to differences in easily perceived characteristics, such as gender and race.

Differences in ________ indicate surface-level diversity. A) personality B) values

C) style of work D) ethnicity E) attitudes D) ethnicity

Which of the following most likely indicates surface-level similarity?

A) Tim and Jake are colleagues who take risks and are quick decision makers.

B) The employees at GenSys prefer teamwork over individual assignments.

C) Nina and Chuck are colleagues who share similar views on corporate social responsibility.

D) Jane and Sara grew up in the same town and went to school together.

E) Hannah and Nate are both introspective and tend to be slow to reach decisions.

D) Jane and Sara grew up in the same town and went to school together.

________ diversity refers to diversity with respect to

attributes that are less easy to observe initially but that can be inferred after more direct experience. A) Surface-level B) Additive

C) Demographic D) Deep-level E) Conjunctive D) Deep-level

Which of the following best represents deep-level similarity? A) colleagues who both hail from the same neighborhood in Alabama

B) employees who are college graduates with a degree in business management

C) employees who speak Spanish and share similar religious values

D) employees who seek challenges in assignments and like to work collaboratively

E) employees in their mid-thirties with 10 years' work experience in the publishing industry

D) employees who seek challenges in assignments and like to work collaboratively

Malcolm Industries recently hired a large number of workers for the company's new construction factory in Colorado.

During the hiring process, the management made a clear effort to recruit physically strong individuals because the work at the factory involves manual labor. The jobs need to be performed by individuals who have the energy and physical stamina to work for long hours. Which of the following surface-level characteristics did the company most likely concentrate on when selecting the new workers? A) age B) values C) beliefs D) religion E) personality A) age

A difference in ________ would indicate deep-level diversity. A) gender B) age

C) ethnicity D) disability E) values E) values

________ differences between people represent deep-level diversity. A) Race B) Age

C) Ethnicity D) Gender E) Personality E) Personality

The management at Climate Action Development needs to recruit campaign managers for its Renewable Energy Project. They are looking for candidates who are assertive, extroverted, and who can tackle challenges head-on. Which of the following deep-level characteristics should they focus on to best help them recruit the right candidate for the job? A) race B) age

C) ethnicity

D) values

E) personality E) personality

The human resources department of Orbit Bank believes in being unbiased toward all employees and treating them fairly. They believe it is crucial that the company treat all their

employees equally. However Susan Daniels, an employee at the bank, recently filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that she was discriminated against. Which of the following, if true, best justifies Susan's action?

A) The company did not give her preferential treatment even though she was from the host country.

B) She was asked whether she was over eighteen during the first round in the interview process.

C) Her colleagues expressed their dissatisfaction over their pay and severance packages.

D) She had faced a similar situation of discrimination in her previous company.

E) She was given the same incentives as her colleagues in spite of performing better than them.

E) She was given the same incentives as her colleagues in spite of performing better than them.

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