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Ch. 3 Org Psy

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realistic job preview A recruitment technique that acquaints prospective employees with positive and negative aspects of a job.
job analysis The study of a job to describe in specific terms the nature of the component tasks performed by the workers.
selection ratio The relationship between the number of people to be hired (the number of jobs) and the number available to be hired (the potential labor supply).
adverse impact When a minority group of job applicants or employees is treated markedly worse than the majority group in staffing decisions.
reverse discrimination The phenomenon that may occur when recruiting, hiring, promoting, and other human resources decisions in favor of members of a minority group result in discrimination against members of the majority group.
job analysis The study of a job to describe in specific terms the nature of the component tasks performed by the workers.
work analysis The study of certain tasks and skill that workers can transfer from on job to another.
critical-incidents technique A means of identifying specific activities or behaviors that lead to desirable or undesirable consequences on the job.
biodata inventory An employee section technique covering an applicant's past behavior, attitudes, preferences, and values.
impression management Acting deliberately to make a good impression, to present oneself in the most favorable way.
unstructured interviews Interviews in which the format and questions asked are left to the discretion of the interviewer.
structured interviews Interviews that focus not on personal characteristics or work experience but on the behaviors needed for successful job performance.
situational interviews Interviews that focus not on personal characteristics or work experience but on the behaviors needed for successful job performance.
halo effect The tendency to judge all aspects of a person's behavior or character on the basis of a single attribute.
assessment center A method of selection and training that involves a simulated job situation in which candidates deal with actual job problems.
situational testing An early term for the assessment-center technique; employees are placed in simulated job setting so their behavior under stress can be observed and evaluated.
in-basket technique An assessment center exercise that requires job applicants to process memos, letters, and directives found in a typical manger's in-basket.
leaderless group discussion An assessment center exercise in which job applicants meet to discuss an actual business problem under the pressure of time. Usually, a leader emerges from the group to guide the discussion.
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