Question 1

According to Williams in &#34;The Social Organization of Toy Stores,&#34; many employers expect workers to be &#34;flexible&#34;; that is, they expect workers to&#10;A) be willing to work whenever they are needed and do whatever work needs to be done.&#10;B) be aware of customers' needs and always accept the idea that &#34;the customer is always right.&#34;&#10;C) apprehend shoplifters, even if this means running after them and accosting them, sometimes physically.&#10;D) communicate with many different types of customers, taking on the gestures and speaking styles of customers' subcultures and different social classes.

Accepted Answer

Williams notes that employers expect workers to be "flexible," meaning that they are willing to work whenever they are needed and do whatever work needs to be done. This may include tasks that are not necessarily part of the worker's job description and may require them to work outside of their normal schedule.

Question 2

Williams found that people in the toy stores she studied, despite all the problems they faced at work, were sometimes&#10;A) completely unaware of the problems and were surprised when she mentioned them.&#10;B) like family, with employees depending on one another and forming close bonds.&#10;C) happier to be at work than at home where their problems were even greater.&#10;D) responsible for making the problems even worse by stealing and cheating on their time.

Accepted Answer

Williams found that despite facing problems at work, employees in the toy stores depended on each other and formed close bonds, much like a family.

Question 3

How did the two toy stores Williams writes about in &#34;The Social Organization of Toy Stores&#34; differ from each other?&#10;A) One employed no women with children and the other employed many single mothers.&#10;B) One allowed low-level employees to become managers, but the other did not.&#10;C) One was an upscale shop and the other was more like a warehouse or big box store.&#10;D) All of the above are differences Williams found in the two stores.

Accepted Answer

In "The Social Organization of Toy Stores," Williams found differences in employment practices, promotion opportunities, and the overall store environment between the two toy stores, which are all reflected in the options provided.

Question 4

According to Williams in &#34;The Social Organization of Toy Stores,&#34; what is the concept that describes how employees embrace the stereotypes of managers who assign them to specific jobs based on these stereotypes?&#10;A) role proximity&#10;B) sexism&#10;C) interpellation&#10;D) racialism

Accepted Answer

The concept that describes how employees embrace stereotypes of managers who assign them to specific jobs based on those stereotypes is "interpellation."

Question 5

Christine Williams's &#34;The Social Organization of Toy Stores&#34; is based on&#10;A) her concern about gender stereotypes of the toys made and bought for boys and girls.&#10;B) her having worked in two stores for several months, usually as a cashier.&#10;C) her disbelief about statistics on shoplifting and her desire to show why they are wrong.&#10;D) studies of children's cognitive development and its connection to their toys.

Accepted Answer

Christine Williams's study is based on her ethnographic research where she worked in two toy stores, primarily as a cashier, to understand the social dynamics and organization within these retail environments.

Question 6

In her discussion of toy stores, Williams emphasized social inequality, but specifically which type(s)?&#10;A) class inequality, especially between the two stores&#10;B) gender inequality, especially in the way managers assigned people to jobs&#10;C) racial and ethnic inequality, especially in the composition of workers in the two stores&#10;D) all of the above

Accepted Answer

Williams discussed various forms of social inequality in her analysis of toy stores, including class inequality between stores, gender inequality in job assignments, and racial and ethnic inequality in the workforce composition.

Deck 37: Christine L Williams, the Social Organization of Toy Stores From Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality