Generation X Employees Are Likely to

question 94

Multiple Choice

Generation X employees are likely to

• A) be more concerned with career security than with job security.
• B) be less willing to move and change jobs.
• C) lack the drive and ambition of earlier generations.
• D) be poor at providing feedback to others.

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Definitions:

Underground Railroad

A network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists.

Paternalism

The policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to or dependent upon them, supposedly for the latter’s own good.

Task System

A labor system predominantly used in the rice and indigo plantations of the American South, where enslaved people were assigned specific tasks to complete each day, after which they had some personal time.

Historical Significance

The importance assigned to a past event, character, or invention, reflecting its impact on history and its influence on future developments or attitudes.