How Does Surface-Level Diversity Differ from Deep-Level Diversity

question 38

Multiple Choice

How does surface-level diversity differ from deep-level diversity?

• A) Surface-level diversity is reflected by differences in personality and values, while deep-level diversity is influenced by age and ethnic differences.
• B) Surface-level diversity can affect the way people view organizational rewards and their communication with others, while deep-level diversity does not necessarily reflect the ways people think or feel.
• C) Surface-level diversity can affect the way people perceive others, especially in terms of assumptions or stereotyping, while deep-level diversity may affect general behavior of people at work.
• D) Surface-level diversity becomes more important as people get to know each other, while deep-level diversity becomes less relevant with increasing familiarity between people.

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Definitions:

Regression Coefficient

A value that represents the amount by which a dependent variable changes when a related independent variable changes by one unit.

Regression

A statistical method used to determine the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Variance

Average squared deviation from the mean.

Degrees Freedom

Degrees of freedom refer to the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to the number of variables minus the number of constraints in a system.