When New Professors Are Hired, Their Job Performance Is Monitored

question 149

Multiple Choice

When new professors are hired, their job performance is monitored closely. If they meet their institution's standards, they will eventually receive tenure. After receiving tenure, professors' job performance is less closely monitored, and they become difficult to fire. Tenure thus creates

• A)adverse selection.
• B)a Condorcet paradox.
• C)a screening problem.
• D)a moral hazard problem.

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Definitions:

Sampling Methods

Techniques used to select a portion of a population for study, aimed at making inferences about the entire population.

Representative

An individual who acts on behalf of another person(s), typically in a legislative or decision-making capacity.

Ethnographic Study

In-depth study of a culture, which uses a combination of methods including participant observation.

Culture

A society’s or group’s total way of life, including customs, traditions, beliefs, values, language, and physical products—all learned behavior, passed on from parents to children.