Diversity: Key WORDS Ch 4, 5 & 6

Question 1

access discrimination

Answer 1

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

Question 2

discouraged workers

Answer 2

people who have become so discouraged about the lack of employment opportunities that the have stopped looking for jobs and have dropped out of the workforce

Question 3

glass walls

Answer 3

invisible barriers that confine minorities and women to certain types of positions within organizations

Question 4

new racism

Answer 4

beliefs that racism no longer exists and that Blacks (or other racial groups) have attained excessive, unfair gains through programs such as affirmative action, resulting in discrimination when opportunity or rationale to do so arises

Question 5

racial socialization

Answer 5

behaviors, communications, and interactions concerning their cultural heritage and the appropriate nation that Black parents model and explain to Black children

Question 6

statistical discrimination

Answer 6

using observable characteristics (e.g., race, sex, age) as proxies for information about the productivity of workers

Question 7

treatment discrimination

Answer 7

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

Question 8

underemployed/ underemployment

Answer 8

the employment of workers at less than their full potential, including those working part-time, temporary, or intermittent jobs but desiring regular full-time work, those working for lower wages than their skills would indicate or in positions requiring considerably lower skills than they possess, and those involuntarily working outside of their fields

Question 9

glass ceiling

Answer 9

an invisible barrier that prevents women, minorities, and people with disabilities from advancing past a certain level in organizations

Question 10

employment hardship

Answer 10

joblessness, involuntary part-time work, and working poverty (fattigdom)

Question 11

inter-ethnic discrimination

Answer 11

discrimination practiced by non-white racial and ethnic groups against other minorities

Question 12

model minority

Answer 12

a minority group whose members are perceived as having achieved subset through hard work and determination and who are perceived as being suitable models for other minorities to emulate

Question 13

model minority myth

Answer 13

the erroneous perception that U.S. Asians are free from concerns that plague other minorities (e.g., employment) and have all succeeded through hard work, determination, and commitment to education