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HRM Chapter 7
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Discipline | Organizational efforts to correct improper behavior of employees. |
Downsizing | Widespread layoffs with the objective of permanently reducing the number of employees. |
Due process | A set of procedures carried out in accordance with established rules and principles and aimed at ensuring fairness. |
Dysfunctional turnover | Undesirable employee turnover that occurs when good employees quit. |
Embeddedness | The extent to which an employee is tied to an organization and to the surrounding community. |
Employee retention | The act of keeping employees; retaining good workers is particularly important. |
Employee separation | The act of terminating the employment of workers. |
Exit interview | Face to face discussion conducted by an organization to learn why an employee is quitting. |
Involuntary turnover | Employee separation that occurs because the employer chooses to terminate the employment relationship. |
Job satisfaction | Employees' feelings and beliefs about the quality of their jobs. |
Layoff survivors | Individuals who continue to work for an organization when their coworkers are laid off. |
Layoff victims | Individuals whose employment is terminated in a layoff. |
Layoffs | Large scale terminations of employment that are unrelated to job performance. |
Outplacement services | Professional assistance provided by an employer to help employees who have been dismissed to cope with job loss and find new positions. |
Perceived organizational support | Employees' beliefs about how much their employer values their contributions and cares about their personal well |
Progressive discipline | Discipline involving successively more severe consequences for employees who continue to engage in undesirable behavior. |
Severance compensation | Money provided to an employee as part of a dismissal package. |
Voluntary turnover | Employee separation that occurs because the employee chooses to leave. |
Withdrawal | The process that occurs when employees begin to distance themselves from the organization by working less hard and planning to quit. |
Work role centrality | The degree to which a person's life revolves around his or her job. |