Exam 2: Diversity in Organizations

Discuss the effects of diversity within a group on group performance.

A person who is made fun of because he is an Arab-American is being subjected to ________, a kind of discrimination in work environments.

Women being assigned marginal job roles that do not lead to promotion is an example of the ________ form of discrimination.

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 needed to be performed by individuals who had 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?

Define any four dimensions of intellectual ability.

Which of the following best describes the physical ability known as dynamic strength?

Differences in easily perceived characteristics, such as gender, race, ethnicity, age, or disability, give rise to surface-level diversity.

The less complex a job in terms of information-processing demands, the more general intelligence and verbal abilities will be necessary to perform successfully.

Which of the following refers to a kind of discrimination which refers to overt threats or bullying directed at members of specific groups of employees?

Evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of an older workforce.

________ diversity refers to diversity with respect to attributes that are less easy to observe initially but that can be inferred after more direct experience.

________ differences between people represent deep-level diversity.

Differences in ________ indicate surface-level diversity.

The structures and measures of intellectual abilities generalize across cultures.

________ may be defined as an individual's current capacity to perform the various tasks in a job.

Which of the following best describes the physical ability known as trunk strength?

There is a strong correlation between intelligence and job satisfaction.

Jeremy Samuels works in the police department of California. His job often requires him to observe clues that criminals leave behind. His job is to analyze these clues which help the department catch the criminal. Which of the following dimensions of intellectual ability does Samuels most likely have?

________ refers to the ability to exert force against external objects.

A market researcher who uses his ability to identify a logical sequence to predict demand for a new line of winter clothing is using the ________ dimension of intellectual ability.