Diversity: Key WORDS Ch 1

Question 1

diversity

Answer 1

real or perceived (uppfattas) differences among people in race, ethnicity, sex, age, and other identity-based attributes that affect their interactions and relationships

Question 2

identity groups

Answer 2

collectivities people use to categorize themselves and others

Question 3

employment/ labor market discrimination

Answer 3

occurs when personal characteristics of applicants and workers that are unrelated to productivity

Question 4

access discrimination

Answer 4

occurs when people are denied employment opportunities or “access” to jobs, based on their sex, age, or other factors not related to productivity

Question 5

treatment discrimination

Answer 5

occurs when people are employed but are treated differently once employed, receiving fewer job-related rewards than they should receive based on job-related criteria

Question 6

productive characteristics

Answer 6

include occupational and human capital variables, such as education, and skills

Question 7

inclusion

Answer 7

degree to which different voices of a diverse workforce are respected and heard

Question 8

inclusive organisations cultures

Answer 8

employees feel as though they are accepted, belong, and are able to contribute to decision-making processes

Question 9

valuing diversity

Answer 9

refers to diversity and inclusion

Question 10

primary labor markets

Answer 10

jobs in large organizations, with more opportunities for advancement and retirement, vacation, and medical benefits

Question 11

secondary labor market

Answer 11

jobs, often in the service sector, that offers few or no opportunities for advancement, nor medical, retirement, or vacation benefits

Question 12

cost, resource, acquisition (nytillskott), marketing, creativity, problem solving and system flexibility

Answer 12

name the specific business-related reasons why organizations should value diversity

Question 13

social, moral and legal

Answer 13

name the three other reasons why value diversity

Question 14

diversity climate

Answer 14

individual-, intergroup-, and organizational-level factors that comprise the atmosphere for different groups and of support for or resistance to diversity in an organization

Question 15

labor force

Answer 15

all persons age 16 and over working or looking for work

Question 16

underemployed

Answer 16

workers employed at less than their full employment potential, part-time work, lower wages than their skills,