Exam 4: Diversity at Work

Similarities between employees and customers like similar cultures,manner of dress,and language creates more efficient interactions and better business for the firm.

Roughly _____ percent of U.S.employees work in service-based industries.

Which demographic group is less likely to be working than any other group under age 65?

All of the following are true about Generation Y EXCEPT:

_____ of U.S.managers either resign or are fired within 18-months of a foreign takeover.

Poll after poll of employers demonstrates that they regard most people with disabilities as good workers,punctual,conscientious,and competent - if given:

Almost 80 percent of couples are dual earners.

Racial and ethnic minorities,women,and immigrants will account for increasingly large segments of the U.S.labor force over time.

If firms are unable to link HR practices to ____,then their ability to learn how to effectively manage diversity will be limited.

Which of the following statements about Asian Americans in the workforce is true?

This group is growing by about 10 percent each year.

Which of the following are included in the five main reasons diversity has become a dominant activity in managing human resources?

The baby-boom generation:

New mothers gradually increasing their hours at work or choosing to cut their hours for reduced pay is an example of:

Virtually all growth in new jobs will come from the service industry.

In the course of their five-year research project on the effects of diversity on business performance,researchers offered all of the following implications for practice EXCEPT:

At present,the U.S.workforce is populated by three different generations of workers,each with different,often conflicting values and attitudes.

The workforce is now and will continue to be less and less diverse.

Which generation represents about one-third of the workforce?

African Americans will make up about 50 percent of the U.S.civilian workforce by the year 2018.