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An organization that does not meet a stated goal to hire or promote minorities and/or women may be sued by organizational members and penalized in court for failing to meet the goal.

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Brown v.Board of Education led to what efforts to redress inequities in the United States?


A) equal opportunity laws
B) affirmative action
C) quotas
D) goals
E) sexual harassment laws

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Identify the following: -Lilly Ledbetter

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Lilly Ledbetter was an employee at Goody...

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Your Gendered Lives textbook discusses a number of informal organizational practices that contribute to discriminatory practices in organizations today.Define and discuss two of these practices that you believe are most damaging and explain why you believe this.Finally,pick one of the methods to redress gendered inequity and explain how this solution would help address the discriminatory practices discussed in your essay.What are the benefits and limitations of this method?

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Students should choose two of the follow...

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Glass walls is a metaphor to describe ____.


A) invisible barrier to women's advancement in the workplace
B) a new technology that lets supervisors monitor employees
C) the difference in pay that women and men receive for the same job
D) sex segregation of jobs based on stereotypes of women
E) leave policies that discourage men from taking family leave

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Affirmative action laws ____.


A) attempt to redress past discrimination for members of historically marginalized groups
B) apply only to individuals, not groups that have experienced discrimination
C) judge organizations by the intent of their hiring, admission, and promotion practices rather than end results
D) sometimes result in unqualified candidates being hired, admitted, or promoted
E) mandate a number of people that must be hired, admitted, or promoted at an organization

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Fortune 500 companies that have a strong record of promoting women to executive levels outperform other Fortune 500 companies.

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At work,Nick feels pressure to be a pillar of strength among his colleagues.When he runs into trouble with a project,he feels like he cannot ask for help because others expect him to be independent and doing so may suggest he is not competent.What stereotype of men in the workplace does this kind of pressure reflect?


A) Sturdy oak
B) Breadwinner
C) Iron man
D) Fighter
E) Glass wall

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Equal opportunity laws can result in underqualified people being hired,promoted,or admitted.

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"Family friendly" policies in the workplace have been shown to have which effect(s) ?


A) They substantially increase the costs of running business.
B) They increase employee turnover.
C) They decrease employee turnover and entice potential employees.
D) They decrease productivity in the workplace.
E) They are preferred by women but not by men.

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Your textbook discusses masculine norms in professional life that have led to three misperceptions about employment and organizations.Discuss two of these misperceptions and reflect on the implications for male and female employees and for the organization.

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The first misperception equates managers...

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Identify the following: -Mentoring relationships

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Mentoring relationships occur when a sen...

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The assumption that careers must follow linear,full-time patterns


A) is based on work-patterns of previous eras that assumed a typical employee was a male worker with a stay-at-home wife.
B) leads many women to choose to forego having families.
C) negatively affects both men's and women's career trajectories.
D) correctly assumes that workers are most productive and successful when they remain invested in and committed to a job for a long period of time and without interruption.
E) has been rejected by most contemporary major corporations.

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____ are policies that judge effectiveness based on intention rather than results.


A) Affirmative action
B) Quotas
C) Equal opportunity laws
D) Informal networks
E) All of the above

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Identify the following: -Equal opportunity laws

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Equal opportunity laws are those that pr...

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Identify the following: -The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

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The FMLA states that U.S.employees may t...

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Equal opportunity laws ____.


A) apply to groups, not individuals, that have suffered discrimination
B) deal only with the present¾not historical¾discrimination
C) are judged by results, not intent
D) are the same thing as affirmative action
E) state how many minorities must be hired, promoted, or admitted at an institution.

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Identify the following: -Affirmative action policies

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Affirmative action policies are those th...

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Affirmative action is a quota system that states a number of minorities that must be hired,admitted,or promoted,regardless of qualifications.

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Identify the following: -Informal networks

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Informal networks are a way that women a...

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