Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Changing

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the changing trends in U.S. workplaces?

• A) The surge in immigration, especially over the last two decades, has flooded the United States with low-wage foreign labor.
• B) Organizations must recognize that they can't expect employees to assimilate into the organization by adopting similar attitudes and values.
• C) In most U.S. metropolitan cities, more immigrants are employed in low-wage jobs like construction, cleaning, or manufacturing, than in white-collar occupations.
• D) People now entering the workforce are significantly older, less ethnically diverse and/or native-born.

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Definitions:

Correlation

A measure of the relationship between two or more variables; the degree to which they change together.

Coefficient of Alienation

A statistical measure used to quantify the degree of relationship or non-relationship between two variables, often indicating the extent to which they are unrelated.

Unexplained Variance

The portion of the total variance in a dataset that is not accounted for by the statistical model.

Indirect Correlation

A relationship between two variables such that when one variable increases, the other variable tends to decrease, or vice versa, mediated by a third variable.