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Human Resource

Q: What is the underlying principle in mentoring? (351)
Q: What is mentoring? (351)
Q: What is OJT? (350)
Q: What are eight common training strategies? (349)
Q: What purposes does T&D support? (349)
Q: Which attributes characterize feedback in training? (356)
Q: What is overlearning? (347)
Q: What are learning plateaus? (347)
Q: What is the rule of seven? (346)
Q: What is the rule of three? (346)
Q: Why is repetition important? (346)
Q: Why can transference be a problem? (346)
Q: How can the relevance of training be increased? (346)
Q: How can motivation for training be increased? (345)
Q: What is adult learning theory? (344)
Q: What is the contribution of training and development? (343)
Q: What are three paradoxes related to training? (343344)
Q: Provide the definition of training and development. (342)
Q: Which four agencies were rated in the top five on (a) Work/life Balance and (b) Family-Friendly Culture and Benefits? (334)
Q: What is the paradox of harassment? (333)
Q: What are some warning signs of possible workplace violence? (332)
Q: What are the six stages for implementing family-friendly policies? (330331)
Q: What is the trend in health care for peripheral labor force (part-time, temporary, and newly hired employees)? (321)
Q: Describe the Hard HRM and the soft HRM. (320)
Q: Explain the difference between defined-benefit plan and defined-contribution plan. (318)
Q: What is the trend in public employee pensions and health-care benefits? (317318)
Q: What is power of peers applied to job sharing? (315)
Q: What is job sharing? (314)
Q: What is leave sharing and pooling? (314)
Q: What are the advantages for donors and recipients? (314)
Q: Why might people prefer temporary work? (313)
Q: How is part-time work defined by the federal government? (312)
Q: What are pros and cons of telecommuting? (312)
Q: What is telecommuting? (311)
Q: What are some implementation problems with flextime? (311)
Q: What forms can flextime take? (311)
Q: What did research by Facer and Wadsworth (2008) find about compressed workweeks in Utah? (310)
Q: What is a compressed workweek? (311)
Q: What is flextime? (311)
Q: What are seven types of alternative work arrangements? (310)
Q: What is a legal caution about EAPs? (308)
Q: What are the types of problems that EAPs can address? (308)
Q: Which stress-reduction strategies are most useful for (a) managers, (b) employees at work, and (c) employees at home? (307)
Q: How widespread are wellness programs? (306308)
Q: What are some elements of wellness programs? (306-308)
Q: What are some components of stress reduction programs? (305306)
Q: What are the three most useful strategies for reducing stress in your opinion? (305306)
Q: What are four health-promoting initiatives? (305)
Q: What is the lesson from the Salvation Armys policy flip-flops on providing health benefits to same-sex partners of employees? (303)
Q: Why might single employees harbor resentment against family-friendly policies? (304)
Q: What is domestic partnership coverage? (302)
Q: What equity and loyalty issues are involved? (302)
Q: What are three issues related to adoption assistance? (302)
Q: What was the first U.S. state to offer parental leave? What were the program benefits? (301)
Q: What cost indicators of parental leave programs exist at each stage? (301)
Q: What are components of elder-care programs? (299)
Q: What are workplace implications of employees caring for elderly family members? (299)
Q: How have employers and employees benefited from a flexible work program in Great Britain? (297)
Q: What are four employer-sponsored childcare programs? (296297)
Q: What is the 3 oclock syndrome? (295)
Q: What is downshifting? (294)
Q: How has workforce composition change in recent years? (293294)
Q: What are nontraditional families? (294)
Q: What is the sandwich generation? (294)
Q: How do family-friendly policies relate to the paradox of needs? (293)
Q: What is generation X? (291)
Q: According to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (2006), what factors need to be present for an effective pay for performance system to work? (262)
Q: What are some perverse effects of merit pay? (264)
Q: List some preconditions of merit pay? (264)
Q: What is the attractiveness of seniority systems and inflation adjustments? (259)
Q: What is the wage gap between men and women? (255256)
Q: Summarize the contentions of supporters and opponents of comparable worth? (255)
Q: Define comparable worth? (255)
Q: What is pay banding? How widespread is it? (253)
Q: What does internal equity mean? (252)
Q: What are some reasons employees may be discontented with benefit plans? (251)
Q: Identify the paradox of benefits? (250)
Q: What is the average cost of benefits? (250)
Q: Historically, why have policy makers increased benefits rather than salaries? (250)
Q: Where is the pay gap most severe? (250)
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