Self-study
Cerrato: Economists argue both that the higher turnover rate of part-time workers shows them to be much more likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs than full-time workers are and that lower-paid, part-time workers threaten to take jobs from full-time employees. ███ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████████ ██████████ ████ ███ █████████████ █████████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ █████████ █████████ ████ ████████████ █████ ██████████ ████████
Summary
Some economists claim that part-time workers are more likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs than full-time workers, and that part-time workers threaten to take jobs from full-time employees. However, companies are unlikely to replace satisfied employees with dissatisfied employees, since job efficiency is positively correlated with job satisfaction.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Therefore, dissatisfied part-time employees are unlikely to be a threat to full-time employees.
4.
Which one of the following ████ █████████ █████████ █████████ █████████
a
full-time workers are ██████ ██ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ███████
Full-time workers are not likely to lose their jobs to part-time workers, since part-time workers are more likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs, and companies are unlikely to replace satisfied employees with dissatisfied ones.
b
the companies earning ███ ████████ ███████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ████ ███ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ █████
We don’t know what companies earning the greatest profits pay their employees.
c
dissatisfied part-time workers ███ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ███████
Cerrato uses the economists’ claim regarding part-time workers being more likely to be dissatisfied to suggest that part-time workers are not a threat to full-time workers.
d
the higher turnover ████ ██ █████████ ███████ ██ ████ ██████ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ███████████████
Cerrato does not refute the economists’ claim that employee dissatisfaction causes a higher turnover rate for part-time workers.
e
companies generally hire █████████ ███████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ █████████ ████
We don’t know why companies hire part-time workers over full-time workers.