Exam 13: Human Resource Management

_____ recruitment focuses on selling the job and organization to applicants.

_____ refers to the involuntary dismissal of an employee.

_____ exists when employers pay new hires less than more senior workers already doing the same jobs.

In an assessment center, applicants are evaluated while performing actual work tasks.

_____ is an approach that focuses on providing employees with more frequent and more developmental feedback in an effort to improve their job performance.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in all aspects of employment based on _____.

Richard has two security guards working for him that do the same job and have been with the company for the same amount of time. He pays Mark $30,000 a year. He pays Mary $20,000 a year. This is an example of ____ discrimination.

_____ discrimination penalizes people for being more than 40.

Following sentence was printed in the advertisement of a job vacancy, "Only men under the age of 45 may apply for the job because it entails strenuous physical work for long hours." Which of the following does this statement exemplify?

_____ is the process of negotiating, administering, and interpreting a labor contract in labor-management relations.

Eva, an employee at DrexCom Inc., is experiencing marital problems. She would be pleased to learn that her employer has a(n) _____ program to help her on such matters.

Coaching occurs as a(n) ____ employee offers performance advice to a less experienced co-worker.

Affirmative action is the process through which labor and management representatives negotiate, administer, and interpret labor contracts.

In _____, companies hire job candidates on short-term employment contracts to give them a little time to demonstrate their performance capabilities.

When Anna was inducted into her new organization, she was briefed about the work processes, introduced to other employees, and informed about the organization's vision and objectives. Which of the following terms best describes this process?

What is the primary difference between profit-sharing and gain-sharing plans?

_____ fit is the extent to which an individual's knowledge, skills, experiences, and personal characteristics are consistent with the requirements of their work.

Which of the following is true of conscientiousness?

Richard interviews Mark and Mary for a position as a security guard in his company. He thinks Mark is a better fit for the job because Mark is 20 and has plenty of years left to be a security guard while Mary is 55 and is near the end of her career. This is an example of ____ discrimination.

Organizations will often ____ to create a pool of applicants potentially meeting the organizations' staffing needs.