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Mathis/Jackson 11th Ed
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Management
Undergraduate 3
02/05/2007

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Blind to Differences
Definition
Defferences among people should be ignored and everyone should be treated equally
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Affimative Action
Definition
Employers are urged to hire groups of people based on their race, age, gender, or national origin to make up for historical discrimination.
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Protected Class
Definition
individuals within a group identified for protection under equal employment laws and regulations
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Business Necessity
Definition
Practives necessary for safe and efficient oranizational operations.
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BFOQ Bona Fide occupational Qualification
Definition
Characteristic providing a legitimate reason why an employer can exclude persons on otherwise illegal bases of consideration.
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Disparate Treatment
Definition
Occurs when members of a protecte class are treated differently from others.
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Disparate impact
Definition
occurs when members of a protected class are substantially underrepresented as a result of employment decisions that work to their disadvantage.
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Burden of Proof
Definition
What individuals who file suit against emplyers must prove in order to establish that illegal discrimination has occured.
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Retaliation
Definition
Punitive actions taken by emplyers against individuals who exercise their legal rights
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Pay Equity
Definition
Idea that pay for jobs requireing comparable levels of knowledge skill and ability should be similar even if actual duties differ significantly
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Sexual Harrassment
Definition
Actions that are sexually directed are un wanted and subject the worker to adverse employment conditions or create a hostile work enviroment.
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Disabled Person
Definition
Someone who has a physical or mental impairment athat substantially limits life activities, who has a record of such an impairment r who is regareded as having such an impairment
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Essential Job Functions
Definition
Fundamental Duties of a Job.
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Reasonable Accommodation
Definition
A Modification or adjustment to a job or work enviroment for a qualified individal with a disability
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Undue hardship
Definition
Significant difficulty or expense imposed on an employer in making an accomodation for indivdiuals with disabilities.
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4/5ths Rule
Definition
Discrimination exits if the selection rate for a protected group is less thatn 80% of the selection rate for the majority group or less then 80%
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Validity
Definition
Extent to which a test actually measures what it says it measures
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Employment "TEST"
Definition
Any employment procedure used as the basis for making an employmnet related decision.
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Reliability
Definition
Consistency with which a test measures an item.
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Content validity
Definition
Validity measured by a logical non statistiacl metond to identify the KSA's and other characteristics necessary to perform a job.
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Criterion-related validity
Definition
Validity measured by a procedure that uses a test as the predictor of how well an idividual will perform the job
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Correlation Coefficient
Definition
Index number giving the relationship between a predictor and a criterion variable.
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Concurrent Validity
Definition
Measured when an employer tests current employees and correltates the scores with their performance ratings
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Predictive Validity
Definition
Measured when test results of applicants are compared with subsequent job performance.
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Mediation
Definition
Dispute resolution process by which a third party hlps negotiators reach a settlement.
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