Chapter 7

Question 0

A theory of turnover suggesting that a combination if many factors influences whether employees stay with a firm

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Job embeddedness

Question 1

A deliberate approach to attract, develop, and retain people with the aptitude and abilities to meet current and future organizational needs

Answer 1

Talent management

Question 2

An employment practice that complies with anti-discrimination law correcting past discriminatory practices

Answer 2

Affirmative action

Question 3

The process of anticipating and providing for the movement of people into, within, and out of an organization to support the firm’s business strategy

Answer 3

Strategic human resource planning

Question 4

The process of attracting job candidates with the right characteristics and skills to fill job openings

Answer 4

Recruitment

Question 5

A statement of the personal characteristics needed to perform the job

Answer 5

Job specification

Question 6

A complete disclosure of the potential negative features of a job to a job candidate

Answer 6

Realistic job preview

Question 7

A style of interviewing in which the interviewer asks questions whose answers reveal behaviors that would be either strengths or weaknesses in a given position

Answer 7

Behavioral interviewing

Question 8

An inquiry to a second party about a job candidate’s suitability for employment

Answer 8

Reference check

Question 9

A formal activity designed to acquaint new employees with the organization

Answer 9

Employee orientation program

Question 10

Any procedure intended to foster and enhance learning among employees, particularly directed at acquiring job skills

Answer 10

Training

Question 11

A web-based form of computer-based training

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E-learning

Question 12

A form of personal improvement that usually consists of enhancing knowledge and skills of a complex and unstructured nature

Answer 12

Development

Question 13

Any learning in which the learning process is not determined or designed by the organization

Answer 13

Informal learning

Question 14

A formal system for measuring, evaluating, and reviewing performance

Answer 14

Performance evaluation

Question 15

An offshoot of evaluating employees against a performances standard in which employees are measured against one another

Answer 15

Forced rankings

Question 16

A performance appraisal in which person is evaluated by a sampling of all the people with whom he or she interacts

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360-degree feedback

Question 17

Stable aspects of people; closely related to personality

Answer 17

Traits

Question 18

In performance evaluation, what people actually do on the job

Answer 18

Behavior

Question 19

In performance evaluation, what people accomplish, the objectives they attain

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Results

Question 20

The process of rank-ordering jobs, based on job content, to demonstrate the worth of one job in comparison to another

Answer 20

Job evaluation

Question 21

When the amount of money a worker receives is partially dependent on his or her performance

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Variable pay

Question 22

A ranking system that requires managers to rank each employee within each unit and distribute raises and bonuses accordingly

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Stack-ranking

Question 23

Any non-cash payment given to workers as part of compensation for their employment

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Employee benefit