Chapter 7 Multiple Choice Questions

. _______ economy is the term used to describe individuals being hired for a specific task rather than on a long-term basis. While this results in _________ which is beneficial for businesses, issues for those employed in such a manner relate to increased ________, uncertainty and a lack of _______.

Gig, Flexibility, Risk, Social welfare structures

Sharing, Risk, Flexibility, Autonomy

Gig, Risk, Flexibility, Autonomy

Sharing, Flexibility, Risk, Social welfare structures

. Which of the following elements according to Crane (2013) describe modern slavery?
1. Forced work through threat;
2. Ownership or control by an employer though not though mental, physical or threatened abuse;
3. Dehumanization and treatment as a resource;
4. Physical constraint or restriction in freedom of movement;
5. Subjection to emotional exploitation.

1,2,4

1,3,4

2,3,4

1,2,3,4,5

. ______ are the obligations of workers towards their employer, based on individual contracts and wider employment laws.

Employee rights

Employer duties

Employee duties

. Affirmative action involves ________ attempts to target ______ who are _________ within an organisation's workforce, for instance by trying to ______ the proportion of women, disabled or racial minorities in senior management positions.

Proactive, Groups, Under-represented, Increase

Passive, Groups, Under-represented, Retain

Proactive, Individuals, Represented, Increase

Passive, Individuals, Represented, Retain

. There are two main issues associated with _____ sizing. _______ is a key issue as due to the information policy of the corporation it can be argued that employees have a right to know if they are being made redundant. _______ is a second issue, particularly the ________ package that employees receive when laid off.

Down, Involvement, Remuneration, Compensation

Up, Involvement, Autonomy, Compensation

Down, Autonomy, Remuneration, Benefit

Up, Independence, Involvement, Benefit

. The Right to _______ has been a long-standing ethical concern for employees which today are addressed in most developed countries through a dense network of occupational health, safety and environmental regulations companies must abide by.

Work-life balance

Healthy and safe working conditions

Employee privacy

Free Speech

. _______ working practices refer to working patterns which involve temporal, spatial and task related fluidity.

Dynamic

Fluid

Flexible

Modern

. The race to the ______ is when, due to increased ________, countries compete for foreign investment through companies' relocation decisions by weakening their ______ and _____ standards.

Bottom, Globalisation, Social, Environmental

Top, Globalisation, Political, Environmental

Bottom, Standardisation, Social, Economic

Top, Standardisation, Political, Economic

. ______ the workplace involves empowering employees through, for example, 'job enrichment' where employees are given a larger scope for deciding how to organize their work or 'job enlargement' where employees are given a wider range of tasks to do.

Re-invigorating

Re-flourishing

Revitalizing

Rehumanizing

. ______ is an employee's preferred ratio between work-related and non-work-related activities which, due to intensification of work and technological shifts, has become a hotly contested issue in recent years.

Presenteeism

Absenteeism

Work-play balance

Work-life balance