Exam 12: Work: Occupational and Lifestyle Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood

White-collar professionals generally experience an increase in job ________ as time goes on, while blue-collar workers generally do not.

Your authors suggest that the first step in eliminating the workplace pay inequity that exists in the United States of America is

Across ethnic groups, European American women participate the most in the workforce, and African American women participate the least.

Generally speaking, Klash, Usher, and Bong found that a teacher's ________ was highly related to his/her level of job satisfaction.

When a job is awarded or denied to a person solely on the basis of whether they are a man or a woman, it is an example of gender ________.

Noel is sitting on his sofa one night, looking absolutely miserable. His wife asks if he is okay, and he says, "I am just so physically and mentally exhausted from work that I don't know what to do anymore. It has taken such an emotional toll on me that I don't even want to go in tomorrow." Noel is suffering from ________.

The ________ conflict is the feeling of being pulled in multiple directions by the competing demands of one's occupational and home obligations.

Which author of The Prophet suggested that "work is love made visible?"

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women are paid about ____ percent of what men are paid on an average annual basis.

The impact of losing one's job-lower mental health, decreased life satisfaction, problems in marital or family satisfaction, and subjective physical health-can be eliminated through

Women who are appointed to precarious leadership positions within a company are experiencing a glass ________.

If Zack is like the alienated workers interviewed in Terkel's (1974) classic study, he would most likely describe himself as a

Physical and psychological health following the loss of one's job are affected by many factors. They include all but which of the following?

A study of occupational selection by men and women that was conducted in India found that when a man and woman held the same position, the man was likely to earn higher "respectability" ratings from

Reality shock often occurs when college graduates find that the information they acquired in college overprepared them for their first real job.

When Julius hears that there are going to be cutbacks in his department, he immediately calls his supervisor and asks for an appointment. During that meeting he presents a very straightforward list of the ways in which he has been an asset to the company, proposes ways that he can help the company overcome its economic difficulties, and emphasizes his dedication and loyalty to the company. Julius is using ________-focused coping to deal with his employment uncertainty.

Penny cares for her mother-in-law, and she and her husband have hired an in-home nurse/caregiver to be in the house for 6 hours each day. This time allows Penny to go to work without worrying that her mother-in-law will not be taken care of. One morning the nurse calls and has to cancel due to her own family emergency. If Penny's company offers ________, she will be able to take her mother-in-law with her and avoid losing a day of pay.

"We have decided to promote you to the level of grade 3 manager," Tina's boss informs her. Before she can get too excited, she hears, "but because you only have a Bachelor's degree, we will not be able to promote you to grade 2 in the future. We're happy with your work, but I wanted you to know that there won't be any opportunity to advance beyond grade 3 unless you go back to school." Tina is now going to experience career ________ unless she chooses to work on a Master's degree.

What is age discrimination, and how can it manifest itself in the workplace?

Strangely enough, research has found that those who are unemployed often experience less stress than those who are actively involved in their career.