Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 23.
A very important issue (18)......... diversity is the difference between men and women at the work place. As to international experience of hiring people, it is very important to point out that (19) .............. discrimination. We consider this to be a vital problem even nowadays. If in the past it was a major problem for women to find a job and to prove that they can provide results equal to those provided by men, in the present time the situation has quite changed. In addition, women have started getting benefits and are sometimes the only potential employees for a given workplace. Women establish a very strong emotional contact with the client; however, at the same time, (20)......... their male colleagues. Male workers, according to the opinion of most employers, are more rational. However, nowadays, everything has changed, and men and women perform each other's work excellent. We have observed in practice this difference, when a job, considered to be a "male job", (21)........... a woman, but she did not get the well- earned recognition in the company. One of the psychological reasons for that, as we assume, is the incapability of the authorities of the company to deal with a stereotype and change (22).......... according to the changing world around them.
Therefore, it is the lack of flexibility. Women are, in fact, treated with higher appreciation in a decent company. Sometimes their work may be viewed as just needing some correction (23)........ the same work done by men that may be considered poor.
Question 18.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 23.
A very important issue (18)......... diversity is the difference between men and women at the work place. As to international experience of hiring people, it is very important to point out that (19) .............. discrimination. We consider this to be a vital problem even nowadays. If in the past it was a major problem for women to find a job and to prove that they can provide results equal to those provided by men, in the present time the situation has quite changed. In addition, women have started getting benefits and are sometimes the only potential employees for a given workplace. Women establish a very strong emotional contact with the client; however, at the same time, (20)......... their male colleagues. Male workers, according to the opinion of most employers, are more rational. However, nowadays, everything has changed, and men and women perform each other's work excellent. We have observed in practice this difference, when a job, considered to be a "male job", (21)........... a woman, but she did not get the well- earned recognition in the company. One of the psychological reasons for that, as we assume, is the incapability of the authorities of the company to deal with a stereotype and change (22).......... according to the changing world around them.
Therefore, it is the lack of flexibility. Women are, in fact, treated with higher appreciation in a decent company. Sometimes their work may be viewed as just needing some correction (23)........ the same work done by men that may be considered poor.
Question 18.