Question

How do code switching and authenticity relate to the workplace? (Choose every correct answer.)
Code switching leads to lowered morale and increased burnout.
Code switching is used to increase authenticity in the workplace.
One example of code switching occurs when Hispanic workers try to emulate white male
expectations.
Authenticity occurs when workers can bring all their identities to the job.
One example of authenticity is when Hispanic workers express fewer emotions at work.

Answer 1

Correct answers: 1, 3, and 4.

Brief explanations:
- 1 is true: frequent code switching can cause emotional labor, lowered morale, and burnout.
- 3 is true: trying to emulate white male expectations is a common example of code switching.
- 4 is true: authenticity at work means being able to bring your full identities to the job.

Statements 2 and 5 are false:
- 2 is false because code switching changes how you present yourself to fit in, which is the opposite of increasing authenticity.
- 5 is false because expressing fewer emotions to conform is an example of code switching/suppression, not authenticity.