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TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Because of global competition, the planning horizon for firms is now much longer than a typical employee’s career. 2. Recruitment is the process of attracting a pool of qualified applicants and making a hiring decision from them. 3. In a low-commitment human resource strategy, employees are hired on an as-needed basis. 4. A monolithic organization is known for the importance it places on diversity in its workforce. 5. In general, Canadian auto manufacturers compared to their Japanese counterparts invest more in their employees by providing more training to new workers and through job rotation. 6. A career is the same as a vocation and refers to a sequence of positions or a chain of interrelated occupations held by an individual. 7. According to John Holland’s classification, the realistic individual prefers activities requiring motor coordination and physical strength. 8. According to John Holland, conventional people are most likely to prefer occupations such as biologists and oceanographers. 9. Some of the motivation factors identified by Herzberg are somewhat similar to the higher order needs (e.g., esteem and self-actualization) identified by Maslow. 10. Equity theory suggests that people attempt to balance their past expectations with present realities and are likely to leave a job if present experiences do not match their expectations.