Question

Keith Rollag (2007) noticed that coworkers evaluate and treat "new" employees differently from other staff members. He was interested in how long a new employee is considered "new" in an organization. He surveyed four organizations ranging in size from 34 to 89 employees. He found that the "new" employee status was mostly reserved for the 30% of employees in the organization with the lowest tenure.

A) In this study, what was the real range of employees hired by each organization surveyed?
B) What was the cumulative percent of "new" employees with the lowest tenure?

Answer 1

a) Real range of employees hired by each organization surveyed = 56

b) The cumulative percent of "new" employees with the lowest tenure = 30%

Explanation:

a) Note: To get the real range of employees hired by each organization, you would do a head count from 34 to 89 employees. This means that this can be done mathematically by finding the difference between 34 and 89 and add the 1 to ensure that "34" is included.

Real range of employees hired by each organization surveyed = (89 - 34) + 1

Real range of employees hired by each organization surveyed = 56

b) It is clearly stated in the question that the "new" employee status was mostly reserved for the 30% of employees in the organization with the lowest tenure.

Therefore, the cumulative percent of "new" employees with the lowest tenure = 30%