Hyper-Tech Enterprises Manufactures Mechanical Parts Used in Air Conditioning and Heating

question 40

Multiple Choice

Hyper-Tech Enterprises manufactures mechanical parts used in air conditioning and heating units. The company employs over 300 workers at its Alabama facility. None of the Hyper-Tech employees belong to a union; however, management believes that unionization is in the near future. A representative of a local union has recently visited Hyper-Tech in an attempt to solicit members and have them sign authorization cards. Enough eligible employees have signed authorization cards to petition the NLRB for an election. Hyper-Tech's top executives are considering fighting the unionization efforts. Which of the following, if true, best supports the argument that Hyper-Tech should contest the union's right to an election?

• A)Managers believe that they may have inadvertently hired union salts, who most likely instigated the unionization movement at Hyper-Tech.
• B)The process outlined at Hyper-Tech for filing employee grievances differs from the grievance procedures at other firms in the same industry.
• C)Hyper-Tech management believes that if employees are provided with additional information from the firm that they will revoke their authorization cards.
• D)Hyper-Tech managers will soon be conducting annual employee performance appraisals and determining what salary adjustments to make.

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Definitions:

Aversion

A strong feeling of dislike or disinclination towards something, often used in psychology to refer to a conditioned response to certain stimuli.

Rapid Conditioning

A process by which an organism quickly learns to associate a specific behavior with a particular outcome.

CS (Conditioned Stimulus)

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Extinction

In psychology, extinction refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement or stimulus is no longer presented.