Exam 1: Introduction to the Study of Diversity in Organizations

Employment discrimination occurs when personal characteristics of applicants and workers that are related to productivity are valued in the labor market.

In their 1987 research on the changes that would occur in the nature of work and in the demographic background of workers in the 21?? century, Johnston and Packer stated that

People who are not personally affected by discrimination may still find overt discrimination offensive and choose to spend their dollars in organizations that do not discriminate.

The number of discrimination charges filed with the EEOC averages nearly 500,000 per year.

The term "ethnicity" refers to

Which of the following is not true of group membership categories?

Costs of doing a poor job in integrating workers from different backgrounds can be quite high.

What demographic and employment changes have happened now that the year 2000 has passed and the year 2020 is approaching?

Developing nations are increasingly being seen as sources of new workers for many countries, many of which had historically resisted immigration.

Diversity is beneficial only to women and minorities.

Education levels, employment levels, and income levels provide information on the status of different groups because