Ch. 8-9

Question 1

Sexual Harassment

Answer 1

unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature which is made a condition of one’s employment or advancement, or which creates a hostile or intimidating working environment

Question 2

Hostile learning climate sexual harassment

Answer 2

sexual conduct that creates an intimidating or offensive learning environment

Question 3

Peer Sexual Harassment

Answer 3

sexual harassment between people of equal status, such as coworkers, classmates, and social acquaintances

Question 4

When students harass faculty

Answer 4

contrapower sexual harassment

Question 5

Androgynous management

Answer 5

leadership style exhibiting a blend of masculine and feminine approaches to management

Question 6

Quid Pro Quo Harassment

Answer 6

this for that” harassment; one’s job, promotion, raise, grades, or other inducement is the trade-off for sexual favors

Question 7

Hostile Climate Sexual Harassment

Answer 7

exual conduct that creates an intimidating or offensive working or learning environment

Question 8

Status-differentiated relationships

Answer 8

relationships in which there are clear-cut lines of status between people or a well-delineated hierarchy

Question 9

Peer sexual harassment

Answer 9

sexual harassment between people of equal status

Question 10

Contrapower sexual harassment

Answer 10

person of lower rank or status sexually harassing someone of higher rank or status

Question 11

Electronic or virtual sexual harassment

Answer 11

sexual harassment that occurs in virtual reality, through such channels as text messages, e-mail, chat rooms, and instant messaging

Question 12

Initial reactions to sexual harassment

Answer 12

posttraumatic stress disorder
calling it what it is
blaming oneself

Question 13

Responding to harassment

Answer 13

avoidance; defusion; negotiation; confrontation; the downside of secrecy

Question 14

Proactive approach to sexual harassment

Answer 14

getting something on paper; meaningful, useful training; mediation services; open, supportive communication climate

Question 15

Relational approach to communication

Answer 15

view that communication functions primarily to establish and develop relationships between interactants

Question 16

Content approach to communication

Answer 16

view that communication functions primarily for information exchange between interactants

Question 17

Handshake Index

Answer 17

Perception of a handshake, based on strength, vigor, completeness of grip, duration

Question 18

Leading Question

Answer 18

Interviewer question that traps an interviewee into a forced no-win response

Question 19

Unethical Question

Answer 19

Interviewer question about personal life, such as a question about marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, religious orientation

Question 20

Glass Ceiling

Answer 20

Transparent barrier in the workplace that allows professional women to look higher and see possibilities for advancement, but prevents them from attaining higher positions

Question 21

Sticky Floor

Answer 21

Factors that keep women in low-level, support roles in the workplace and that prevent them from seeking or gaining promotion or career development

Question 22

Second Shift

Answer 22

Work of an employed women returning home from their jobs to hours of cleaning, cooking, and child care

Question 23

Mommy Track

Answer 23

Term applied to women who seek advancement in the workplace at the same time as they have child-rearing responsibilities

Question 24

Flextime

Answer 24

Organizational innovation that allows employees to work flexible hours, to accommodate home and family demands

Question 25

Family-friendly Workplace

Answer 25

Designation that a workplace is accommodating for employees with family responsibilities

Question 26

Sequencing

Answer 26

Temporarily dropping out of the workforce in order to raise children, then stepping back into the workforce at an organization with flexible scheduling

Question 27

Telecommuting

Answer 27

Ability to work at home with flexible hours through the use of technological advancements

Question 28

Androgynous management

Answer 28

Leadership style exhibiting a blend of masculine and feminine approaches to management