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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1. INTRODUCTION, THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND FOUNDATION, AND LEGISLATION ............................. 2
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 2
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND FOUNDATION ........................................................................... 13
CHAPTER 3: LEGISLATION ..................................................................................................................................... 23
PART 2. EXAMINING SPECIFIC GROUPS AND CATEGORIES ...................................................................................... 39
CHAPTER 4: BLACKS/AFRICAN AMERICANS ......................................................................................................... 39
CHAPTER 5: LATINOS/HISPANICS/LATINX ............................................................................................................ 55
CHAPTER 6: ASIANS AND ASIAN AMERICANS ....................................................................................................... 70
CHAPTER 7: WHITES/ANGLO AMERICANS ........................................................................................................... 78
CHAPTER 8: NATIVE AMERICANS AND MULTIRACIAL GROUP MEMBERS............................................................ 94
CHAPTER 9: SEX AND GENDER............................................................................................................................ 101
CHAPTER 10: WORK AND FAMILY....................................................................................................................... 115
CHAPTER 11: SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY ........................................................................... 126
CHAPTER 12: RELIGION....................................................................................................................................... 135
CHAPTER 13: AGE ............................................................................................................................................... 148
CHAPTER 14: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITY ................................................................................................... 158
CHAPTER 15: WEIGHT AND APPEARANCE .......................................................................................................... 170
PART 3. GLOBAL DIVERSITY, DIVERSITY WORK, AND MOVING FORWARD ........................................................... 179
CHAPTER 16. GLOBAL DIVERSITY, DIVERSITY WORK, AND MOVING FORWARD ............................................... 179
PART 1. INTRODUCTION, THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND FOUNDATION, AND
LEGISLATION
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ACCORDING TO COX AND BLAKE, VALUING DIVERSITY CAN BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS?
A. COST, RESOURCE ACQUISITION, MARKETING, CREATIVITY, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY.
B. COST, FINANCIAL REMUNERATION, ACCOUNTING, CREATIVITY, PROBLEM
CONFIGURATION, AND SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY.
C. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, MARKETING, ACCOUNTING, CREATIVITY, PROBLEM
CONFIGURATION, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
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,D. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, ADVERTISING, CREATIVITY, PROBLEM
CONFIGURATION, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
E. NONE OF THE ABOVE.
ANS: A, PP. 12
2. THE TERM “ETHNICITY” REFERS TO
A. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HISPANICS AND ASIANS.
B. A SHARED NATIONAL ORIGIN OR CULTURAL HERITAGE AMONG PEOPLE.
C. BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES IDENTIFIABLE BY SCIENTISTS.
D. RACE
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
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, ANS: B, P. 9
3. IN THEIR 1987 RESEARCH ON THE CHANGES THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THE NATURE OF
WORK AND IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND OF WORKERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY,
JOHNSTON AND PACKER STATED THAT
A. BY THE YEAR 2000, 85% OF THE WORKFORCE WOULD BE WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
B. BY THE YEAR 2000, 65% OF THE WORKFORCE WOULD BE WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
C. BY THE YEAR 2000, 85% OF THE NET NEW ENTRANTS TO THE WORKFORCE WOULD BE
WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
D. BY THE YEAR 2000, WHITE MEN WOULD BE A VERY SMALL MINORITY OF THE WORKFORCE.
E. NONE OF THE ABOVE.
ANS: C, P. 9
4. ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE OF THE
DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF THE WORKFORCE?
A. BLACKS ARE ABOUT 25% OF THE WORKFORCE.
B. WHITES ARE ABOUT 50% OF THE WORKFORCE.
C. WHITES ARE ABOUT 75% OF THE WORKFORCE.
D. WHITES ARE ABOUT 90% OF THE WORKFORCE.
E. THE REPRESENTATION OF HISPANICS IN THE WORKFORCE IS DECLINING.
ANS: C, PP. 10-11
5. AMONG THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DOING A POOR JOB OF INTEGRATING
WORKERS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS IS
A. EXIT INTERVIEWS.
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