The Greater the Number of People in a Group, the Greater

question 71

True/False

The greater the number of people in a group, the greater the tendency toward deindividuation.

Appreciate the importance of identifying and removing systemic barriers to employment as part of employment equity.

Know the goal of employment equity in changing workforce composition to reflect broader demographics better.

Understand the legal accountability regarding unintentional discrimination in the workplace.

Recognize the concept of concentration and its implications in employment contexts.

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Definitions:

Geographic Immobility

A situation where individuals or factors of production are unable to move freely from one location to another, often leading to inefficiencies in labor markets.

Noncompeting Groups

Collections of workers who do not compete with each other for employment because the skill and training of the workers in one group are substantially different from those of the workers in other groups.

Collective Bargaining

The negotiation of labor contracts between labor unions and firms or government entities.

Lockout

A negotiating tactic in which a firm forbids its unionized workers to return to work until a new collective bargaining agreement is signed; a means of imposing costs (lost wages) on union workers.