Employer X Rates a Black Manager and a White Manager

question 49

Multiple Choice

Employer X rates a Black manager and a White manager both as "excellent" on a performance measure. According to the shifting standards model

• A) the Black manager and the White manager are equally likely to be promoted.
• B) the Black manager is more likely to be promoted even though his performance was less than expected on an objective basis.
• C) the White manager is more likely to be promoted because his performance exceeded expectations on an objective basis.
• D) promotion decisions will be based on a criterion other than performance evaluation.

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Definitions:

Bacteria

Single-celled microorganisms that can exist either as independent organisms or as parasites, some of which can cause diseases.

Asexually

Reproduction without the combination of genetic material from two different parents, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.

Mitosis

A type of cell division in which a cell divides into two daughter cells with the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.

Prophase II

A stage of meiosis where chromosomes condense, nuclear envelopes break down, and spindle apparatus forms in each of the two daughter cells from meiosis I.