Test Bank for Industrial Relations in Canada by Hebdon Robert, Brown Travor.

,1. strike is an action by workers in which they stop performing duties and do not report to work.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




2. Some argue that the term ―employee relations‖ is anti-union, yet some unions use the term for internal staff positions.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




3. Dunlop’s concept of shared ideology refers to a set of common beliefs held by the actors of the Industrial Relations
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system.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




4. Procedural rules refer to the outcomes of employment relationships.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




5. Collective bargaining is the process by which management and labour negotiate the terms and conditions of
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employment in a unionized workplace.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




6. A union is a group of employees who bargain the terms and conditions of employment.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




7. Human Resources focus on the relationship between the employee and governmental regulations.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




8. According to Dunlop, the role of Specialized Government Agencies is to develop, implement, and administer
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legislation and policies pertinent to the employment relationship.
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a. True
b. False

,ANSWER: True f f




9. Dunlop suggests that the distribution of power is somewhat important.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




10. Competitive factors in the product/service market play a large role in Industrial Relations.
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a. True

, b. False
ANSWER: True f f




11. Barbash’s (1987) equity–efficiency theory argues that employers may hold the value of profitability and competitive
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advantage.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




12. According to Georgetti, temporary foreign workers should be placed into the permanent immigration stream only
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when necessary.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




13. Technology is included in the economics subsystem of the IR systems framework of the textbook.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




14. According to equity–efficiency theory, unions usually focus on efficiency.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




15. Employee morale is a conversion mechanism in the IR systems framework.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False f f




16. Strikes can be both outputs and conversation mechanisms in the IR systems framework.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




17. Dunlop’s concept of shared ideology is not consistent with the human resources/strategic choice view of industrial
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relations.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




18. A goal of Marxism is to overthrow management and allow employees to have more control of their workplace.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True f f




19. In looking at the job market we can see a considerable range in term of duties and responsibilities of someone in
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industrial relations.
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a. True
b. False