Test Bank – Industrial Relations in Canada (4th Edition) by Robert Hebdon, Brown & Walsworth | 2025 Revised & Verified (All Chapters, True/False & Multiple Choice Questions)

Test Bank Industrial Relations in Canada 4th Edition
by Robert Hebdon, Brown & Walsworth
2025 Revised & Verified (All Chapters, T/F & MCQs)

ISBN 9780176891701




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,Chapter 1
1. A strike is an action by workers in which they stop performing duties and do not report
to work.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
2. Some argue that the term ―employee relations‖-union,is yetantisome unions use the
term for internal staff positions.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
3. Dunlop’s concept of shared ideology refers to a set of common beliefs held by the actors
of the
Industrial Relations system.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
4. Procedural rules refer to the outcomes of employment relationships.
41. True
42. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False
5. Collective bargaining is the process by which management and labour negotiate the
terms and conditions of employment in a unionied workplace.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
6. A union is a group of employees who bargain the terms and conditions of employment.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False
7. Human Resources focus on the relationship between the employee and governmental
regulations.
a. True
b. False

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,CORRECT ANSWER: False
8. According to Dunlop, the role of Specialied Government Agencies is to develop,
implement, and administer legislation and policies pertinent to the employment relationship.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
9. Dunlop suggests that the distribution of power is somewhat important.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False
10. Competitive factors in the product/service market play a large role in Industrial
Relations.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
11. Barbash’s(1987) equity–efficiency theory argues that employers may hold the value of
profitability and competitive advantage.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
12. According to Georgetti, temporary foreign workers should be placed into the permanent
immigration stream only when necessary.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False
13. Technology is included in the economics subsystem of the IR systems framework of the
textbook.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
14. According to equity–efficiency theory, unions usually focus on efficiency.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False

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, 15. Employee morale is a conversion mechanism in the IR systems framework.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False
16. Strikes can be both outputs and conversation mechanisms in the IR systems framework.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
17. Dunlop’s concept of shared ideology is not consistent with the human
resources/strategic choic of industrial relations.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
18. A goal of Marxism is to overthrow management and allow employees to have more
control of their workplace.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
19. In looking at the job market we can see a considerable range in term of duties and
responsibilities of someone in industrial relations.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: True
20. Money markets do not play a key role in the industrial relations system.
a. True
b. False
CORRECT ANSWER: False
21. Which term refers to employment relationships and issues, often in unionied
workplaces?
a. labour relations
b. employment relations
c. industrial relations
d. workplace relations


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