EXAM 1: Chapter 5

Question 1

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 1

Title VII, protects group: Race, Gender, Religion, Color, and Origin applied to ALL personnel functions

Question 2

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 2

Protects those with physical or mental impairments that limit one or more major life functions, requires reasonable accommodation from employer

Question 3

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Answer 3

1967, protects people aged 40 and over

Question 4

Adverse Impact

Answer 4

Disparate Impact. Treatment same for all groups but one group is affected by the treatment differently

Question 5

Disparate Treatment

Answer 5

Treating member of protected group differently from other applicants

Question 6

Diversity-Validity Dilemma

Answer 6

Organizations being unable to both higher the best people for the job and also fulfill diversity requirements.

Question 7

Major Court Cases

Answer 7

Grigg’s Burden

Burden of proving the fairness of a test rests with the employer.

Deference of Law

EEOC “Uniform Guidelines” have the effect of law.

Reverse Discrimination

One does not have to be a minority to be the victim of illegal discrimination.

Cost Matters

Cost can be considered in selecting alternative selection procedures.

Question 8

BFOQ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualification)

Answer 8

Discrimination is permitted by law if it can be shown to be a BFOQ:
“Reasonably necessary to the normal operation” of the business
In previous cases, has NOT applied to:
“Women are lower performers”
“Women are less aggressive”
“Customers prefer female flight attendants”

Question 9

Affirmative Action

Answer 9

A social policy aimed at reducing effects of prior discrimination.
Goals:
Correct present inequities
Compensate past inequities
Provide role models
Promote diversity

Question 10

Recruitment

Answer 10

How you go about recruiting people to work for you, generally followed by tests to make sure person is qualified. Can be recruited in a variety of ways including all different kinds of media and face-to-face in person meetings

Question 11

Model of Personal Decisions

Answer 11

see model on page 150

Question 12

Regression Analysis

Answer 12

run regression to see correlation

Question 13

Multiple Regression Analysis

Answer 13

See correlation between one and multiple variables

Question 14

Validity Genralization

Answer 14

How valid your test or anything is across all businesses of the same or similar type

Question 15

Predictor Cutoff

Answer 15

Score which is a cutoff for who passes or fails

Question 16

Selection Ratio

Answer 16

How many applicants selected compared to openings in the work place

Question 17

Base Rate

Answer 17

Percentage of employees currently performing adequately at their job

Question 18

Cutoff Scores

Answer 18

A score that is the cutoff for a certain test or predictor

Question 19

banding

Answer 19

Putting a group of scores together so that they are equal such as 90-95 being the same score

Question 20

Test Utility

Answer 20

Economic value of using the test, also in replacing someone and spending “less” money to do so, so it is more effective.