Exam 12: Celebrating Diversity

Megan must work with someone who sees things from a very different point of view. Which strategy should she use to create a successful working relationship?

The portion of the workforce in the next two decades made up of older age cohorts will

__________ is the acquired learning of a group that gives its members a sense of who they are.

Which of the following is true of women in the workforce?

__________ is socially constructed and expressed.

Which of the following is a strength of diverse employees?

Why is the age of employees becoming increasingly important to understand in organizations?

How are leadership and organizational climate influenced by organizational values?

__________ organizations are sometimes challenged by diversity because there are often not enough employees to truly encourage it.

How are stereotypes and discrimination related?

Explain how the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) influences how organizations must accommodate people with disabilities.

Artem just joined a new firm and is trying to understand its climate. He asks several questions to try to understand how he and others around him fit into the organization. Artem is trying to learn the __________ aspect of organizational climate.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of women in the workforce increased over __________ percent between 1967 and 2009.

The phenomenon called the "good-ole-boys network" often makes it difficult for true diversity to be embraced in this type of organization.

By 2060, the number of white Americans will have dropped to __________ percent.

List the major diversity categories in organizations today.

__________ is the shared perception of employees of the properties of the work environment that guide expected behavior.

__________ means evaluating others' culture based on preexisting expectations from one's own culture.

__________ involves judging another based on a group to which we perceive them as belonging.

__________ is defined as a system of interacting knowledge and skills, linked by cultural metacognition, that allows people to adapt to, select, and shape the cultural aspects of their environment.