Human Resources Management 16th
Edition Cengage Test Bank
401(k) plan - Answer-Plan in which a percentage of an employee's pay is withheld and
invested in a tax-deferred account
/.Absenteeism - Answer-Any failure by an employee to report for work as scheduled or
to stay at work when scheduled.
/.Acceptance rate - Answer-Percentage of applicants hired divided by total number of
applicants offered jobs.
/.Acquisition - Answer-One company being bought by another, which typically results in
the acquired company being folded into the acquirer's business.
/.Active practice - Answer-Trainees perform job-related tasks and duties during training
/.Adult learning - Answer-Ways in which adults learn differently than younger people.
/.Adverse selection - Answer-Situation in which only higher-risk employees select and
use certain benefits.
/.Affinity groups - Answer-Groups for employees with a common interest or
characteristic.
/.Affirmative action - Answer-Proactive employment practices to make up for historical
discrimination against women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
/.Affirmative action program (AAP) - Answer-A document that outlines proactive steps
the organization will take to attract and hire members of underrepresented groups.
/.Alternate work arrangements - Answer-Nontraditional schedules that provide flexibility
to employees.
/.Applicant pool - Answer-All persons who are actually evaluated for selection.
/.Applicant population - Answer-A subset of the labor force population that is available
for selection using a particular recruiting approach.
/.Arbitration - Answer-Process that uses a neutral third party to make a binding decision,
thereby eliminating the need to involve the court.
,/.Assessment centers - Answer-Process that uses a neutral third party to make a
binding decision, thereby eliminating the need to involve the court.
/.Attitude survey - Answer-a survey that focuses on employees' feelings and beliefs
about their jobs and the organization
/.Attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory - Answer-Job candidates are attracted to and
selected by firms where similar types of individuals are employed, and individuals who
are very different quit their jobs to work elsewhere.
/.Auto-enrollment - Answer-Process by which employee contributions to a 401(k) plan
are started automatically when an employee is eligible to join the plan.
/.Auto-escalation - Answer-Automatic increases of 1 percent a year to a 401(k) plan.
/.Autonomy - Answer-Extent of individual freedom and discretion in the work and its
scheduling.
/.Balanced scorecard - Answer-A framework organizations use to report on a diverse
set of performance measures.
/.Bargaining unit - Answer-Employees eligible to select a single union to represent and
bargain collectively for them.
/.Base pay - Answer-Basic compensation that an employee receives, often as an hourly
wage or salary.
/.Behavioral interview - Answer-Interview in which applicants give specific examples of
how they have performed a certain task or handled a problem in the past.
/.Behaviorally anchored rating scale - Answer-Scale that describes specific examples of
job behavior, which are then "anchored" or measured against a scale of performance
levels.
/.Behavioral modeling - Answer-Copying someone else's behavior.
/.Benchmarking - Answer-The process of comparing an organization's business results
to industry standards or best practices.
/.Benchmark jobs - Answer-Jobs that are found in many other organizations that can be
used for the purposes of comparison.
/.Benefit - Answer-A tangible indirect reward given to an employee or group of
employees as part of membership in the organization, regardless of performance.
, /.Blended learning - Answer-Learning approach that combines short, fast-paced,
interactive computer-based lessons and teleconferencing with traditional classroom
instruction and simulation.
/.Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) - Answer-Characteristic providing a
legitimate reason an employer can exclude persons on otherwise illegal bases of
consideration.
/.Bonus - Answer-One-time payment that does not become part of the employee's base
pay.
/.Bring your own device (BYOD) - Answer-The practice of employees using their own
mobile devices such as smartphones and digital tablets in the workplace.
/.Broadbanding: - Answer-Practice of using fewer pay grades with much broader ranges
than in traditional compenPractice of using fewer pay grades with much broader ranges
than in traditional compensation systems.sation systems.
/.Bullying: - Answer-Behavior that the target perceives as oppressive, humiliating,
threatening, or infringing on the target's human rights and that occurs over an extended
period of time.
/.Burden of proof - Answer-What individuals who file suit against employers must prove
to establish that illegal discrimination has occurred.
/.Business necessity - Answer-A practice that is necessary for safe and efficient
organizational operations.
/.Career - Answer-Series of work-related positions a person occupies throughout his or
her life.
/.Career paths - Answer-Represent employees' movements through opportunities over
time.
/.Central tendency error - Answer-Occurs when a rater gives all employees a score
within a narrow range in the middle of the scale.
/.Churn - Answer-Hiring new workers while laying off others.
/.Clawback provision - Answer-Provision which permits the organization to require the
employee to return rewards obtained through unethical or negligent actions.
/.Closed shop - Answer-Employer that requires individuals to join a union before they
can be hired.
Edition Cengage Test Bank
401(k) plan - Answer-Plan in which a percentage of an employee's pay is withheld and
invested in a tax-deferred account
/.Absenteeism - Answer-Any failure by an employee to report for work as scheduled or
to stay at work when scheduled.
/.Acceptance rate - Answer-Percentage of applicants hired divided by total number of
applicants offered jobs.
/.Acquisition - Answer-One company being bought by another, which typically results in
the acquired company being folded into the acquirer's business.
/.Active practice - Answer-Trainees perform job-related tasks and duties during training
/.Adult learning - Answer-Ways in which adults learn differently than younger people.
/.Adverse selection - Answer-Situation in which only higher-risk employees select and
use certain benefits.
/.Affinity groups - Answer-Groups for employees with a common interest or
characteristic.
/.Affirmative action - Answer-Proactive employment practices to make up for historical
discrimination against women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
/.Affirmative action program (AAP) - Answer-A document that outlines proactive steps
the organization will take to attract and hire members of underrepresented groups.
/.Alternate work arrangements - Answer-Nontraditional schedules that provide flexibility
to employees.
/.Applicant pool - Answer-All persons who are actually evaluated for selection.
/.Applicant population - Answer-A subset of the labor force population that is available
for selection using a particular recruiting approach.
/.Arbitration - Answer-Process that uses a neutral third party to make a binding decision,
thereby eliminating the need to involve the court.
,/.Assessment centers - Answer-Process that uses a neutral third party to make a
binding decision, thereby eliminating the need to involve the court.
/.Attitude survey - Answer-a survey that focuses on employees' feelings and beliefs
about their jobs and the organization
/.Attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory - Answer-Job candidates are attracted to and
selected by firms where similar types of individuals are employed, and individuals who
are very different quit their jobs to work elsewhere.
/.Auto-enrollment - Answer-Process by which employee contributions to a 401(k) plan
are started automatically when an employee is eligible to join the plan.
/.Auto-escalation - Answer-Automatic increases of 1 percent a year to a 401(k) plan.
/.Autonomy - Answer-Extent of individual freedom and discretion in the work and its
scheduling.
/.Balanced scorecard - Answer-A framework organizations use to report on a diverse
set of performance measures.
/.Bargaining unit - Answer-Employees eligible to select a single union to represent and
bargain collectively for them.
/.Base pay - Answer-Basic compensation that an employee receives, often as an hourly
wage or salary.
/.Behavioral interview - Answer-Interview in which applicants give specific examples of
how they have performed a certain task or handled a problem in the past.
/.Behaviorally anchored rating scale - Answer-Scale that describes specific examples of
job behavior, which are then "anchored" or measured against a scale of performance
levels.
/.Behavioral modeling - Answer-Copying someone else's behavior.
/.Benchmarking - Answer-The process of comparing an organization's business results
to industry standards or best practices.
/.Benchmark jobs - Answer-Jobs that are found in many other organizations that can be
used for the purposes of comparison.
/.Benefit - Answer-A tangible indirect reward given to an employee or group of
employees as part of membership in the organization, regardless of performance.
, /.Blended learning - Answer-Learning approach that combines short, fast-paced,
interactive computer-based lessons and teleconferencing with traditional classroom
instruction and simulation.
/.Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) - Answer-Characteristic providing a
legitimate reason an employer can exclude persons on otherwise illegal bases of
consideration.
/.Bonus - Answer-One-time payment that does not become part of the employee's base
pay.
/.Bring your own device (BYOD) - Answer-The practice of employees using their own
mobile devices such as smartphones and digital tablets in the workplace.
/.Broadbanding: - Answer-Practice of using fewer pay grades with much broader ranges
than in traditional compenPractice of using fewer pay grades with much broader ranges
than in traditional compensation systems.sation systems.
/.Bullying: - Answer-Behavior that the target perceives as oppressive, humiliating,
threatening, or infringing on the target's human rights and that occurs over an extended
period of time.
/.Burden of proof - Answer-What individuals who file suit against employers must prove
to establish that illegal discrimination has occurred.
/.Business necessity - Answer-A practice that is necessary for safe and efficient
organizational operations.
/.Career - Answer-Series of work-related positions a person occupies throughout his or
her life.
/.Career paths - Answer-Represent employees' movements through opportunities over
time.
/.Central tendency error - Answer-Occurs when a rater gives all employees a score
within a narrow range in the middle of the scale.
/.Churn - Answer-Hiring new workers while laying off others.
/.Clawback provision - Answer-Provision which permits the organization to require the
employee to return rewards obtained through unethical or negligent actions.
/.Closed shop - Answer-Employer that requires individuals to join a union before they
can be hired.
