Deck 9: Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

Question 1

Straw (1989) categorized equalities as ______.

A) equal share, equal value and equal access
B) equal chance, equal share and equal access
C) equal access, equal share and equality of opportunity
D) equal access, equal value and equality of opportunity

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following IS Not an example of worldwide inequality and discrimination according to the ILO (2011)?

A) age
B) religious belief
C) philosophy
D) ethnicity

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to Neugebauer (2017), what is the following a typical approach of?
'______ assumes that from a moral perspective each individual has an equal chance, and places great emphasis upon legal compliance.'

A) Diversity
B) Equality
C) Disability
D) Sexuality

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to Neugebauer 2017, what is the following a typical approach of?
'______ assumes that there is a social justice/moral argument for each individual to have an equal chance, acknowledging that differences cannot be eliminated.'

A) Diversity
B) Equality
C) Disability
D) Sexuality

Question 5

'Cognitive structures that store our beliefs and expectations about the characteristics of members of social groups' (Cuddy and Fiske 2002:4) is a definition of ______.

A) prejudice
B) stereotyping
C) racism
D) none of these

Question 6

Evetts (2000) identified three explanatory theories for why women's careers could be considered as different from men. They are ______.

A) biological dimensions, structural dimensions and cultural dimensions
B) structural dimensions, cultural dimensions and action dimensions
C) cultural dimensions, biological dimensions and action dimensions
D) structural dimensions, action dimensions and biological dimensions

Question 7

Stereotype Threat Theory (1995) is attributable to which authors?

A) McCann and Giles
B) Steele and Aronson
C) Burke and Hare
D) Duncan and Loretto

Question 8

According to Neugebauer (2017), which two specific acts were intended to eliminate gender discrimination in selection and employment and to achieve equal pay between men and women in the UK?

A) The Sex Discrimination Act of 1972 and Equal Pay Act 1975
B) The Sex Discrimination Act of 1970 and Equal Pay Act 1975
C) The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and Equal Pay Act of 1970
D) None of these

Question 9

Marshall suggests that the feminist perspective of career is identified in three phases: ______.

A) women not considered for selection, women not included within career theory and models and enabling women better access to 'career'
B) women not included within career theory and models, enabling women better access to 'career' and women needing to look for a new female model of career
C) women not included within career theory and models, enabling women better access to 'career' and women hitting the glass ceiling
D) none of these

Question 10

In 2011, the Davies Report on Women on Boards found that the proportion of women on Corporate FTSE 100 boards had risen, but that it would take how many years before there would be a balanced male/female representation on boards?

A) 10 years
B) 25 years
C) 50 years
D) 70 years

Question 11

Sterns and Doverspike (1989) identify five types of individual age: chronological, functional (or performance), organizational, life span age, and ______.

A) retirement age
B) psychosocial/subjective
C) religious
D) none of these

Question 12

Religion and belief are covered under what category with the Equality Act (2010)?

A) preserved characteristics
B) protected characteristics
C) protected categories
D) preserved categories