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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.
adverse impact
involuntary reduction
internal selection
manager/supervisor appraisal
2. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.
punishment
stress interview
distress
fixed-interval reinforcement
3. A process to make the job more complex to improve the level of boredom of an oversimplified job.
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
job description
job enlargement
Equal Pay Act
4. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.
red circle rates
distress
fixed-ratio reinforcement
restricted policy
5. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.
Hay profile method
coercive leadership
contributory pension plan
Civil Rights Act
6. 1970. A law passed to attempt to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. It's general area of responsibility are: 1.General Industry 2. Maritime 3. Construction 4. Agriculture
Clayton Act
generalized sexual harassment
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
balance sheet approach
7. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.
affirmative action
horizontal career path
postconventional moral development
fixed-interval reinforcement
8. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.
career plateauing
Society for Human Resource Management
contrast effect
stress interview
9. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.
third-country nationals
job evaluation
business ethics
managing workforce diversity
10. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.
business ethics
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
whistleblowing
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
11. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.
extinction
Walsh-Healy Act
job ranking system
transformational leader
12. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.
justice ethical decision
manager/supervisor appraisal
forced-choice
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
13. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.
charismatic leader
culture shock
cash balance pension plan
cafeteria plans
14. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
defined benefit plan
fast tracking
hygiene factors
progressive discipline
15. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
career plateauing
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
achievement test
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
16. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
defined contribution plan
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
temporal errors
17. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.
human resource information system
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
managing workforce diversity
whistleblowing
18. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.
ego strength
self-directed team
pluralism
variable-ratio reinforcement
19. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
broadbanding
pay for performance standard
transformational leader
postconventional moral development
20. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
pluralism
characteristics model
distributional errors
21. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.
positive reinforcement
values
labor agreement
conventional moral development
22. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
involuntary reduction
balance sheet approach
value-added compensation
23. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
variable-ratio reinforcement
resignation
continuous reinforcement
expatriates
24. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
burnout
culture shock
cash balance pension plan
Norris-La Guardia Act
25. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.
adverse impact
silver handshake
pay for performance standard
criminal sexual harassment
26. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
career plateauing
succession planning
employment-at-will
graphic rating scale
27. Host country natives that are employees. Usually is shifted to because it is cheaper - gives a good impression on locals - and no adjustment to culture.
inappropriate sexual harassment
employee involvement (EI) groups
host country nationals
non-cash compensation
28. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.
stretch goal
Walsh-Healy Act
fixed-ratio reinforcement
informal factors
29. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.
reward leadership
cross-functional team
distributional errors
labor agreement
30. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.
unstructured interview
external locus
competence based pay
wage and salary survey
31. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.
balanced scorecard (BSC)
union steward
contrast error
Davis-Bacon Act
32. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
punishment
job description
accountability
Society for Human Resource Management
33. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.
Executive Order 11246
resignation
internal selection
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
34. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
point system
generalized sexual harassment
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
35. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.
involuntary reduction
problem solving appraisal interview
error of central tendency
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
36. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.
strategic diversity management
preconventional moral development
error of central tendency
red circle rates
37. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.
career plateauing
quid pro quo harassment
problem solving appraisal interview
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
38. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
401(k) savings plan
characteristics model
employee involvement (EI) groups
social needs
39. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.
affirmative action
wage curve
business ethics
critical incident
40. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.
variable-interval reinforcement
retirement
wage curve
transactional leader
41. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.
unstructured interview
horizontal career path
cash balance pension plan
pay secrecy
42. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.
balanced scorecard (BSC)
legitimate leadership
job enrichment
tell and sell appraisal interview
43. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.
voluntary reduction
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
ego strength
non-cash compensation
44. Rating based on having certain characteristics.
unstructured interview
burnout
graphic rating scale
flextime
45. Listening to understand without judgment.
active listening
pay equity
skill-based pay
managing workforce diversity
46. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.
justice ethical decision
halo effect
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
criminal sexual harassment
47. RIF that include some type of severance pay and extension of benefits for a predetermined period of time.
legitimate leadership
fixed-interval reinforcement
solicitation sexual harassment
voluntary reduction
48. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
hygiene factors
burnout
noncontributory pension plan
49. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
retirement
distributional errors
Landrum-Griffin Act
tell and sell appraisal interview
50. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
justice ethical decision
defined contribution plan
recruiting
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)