PHR Vocabulary

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Environment Scanning
Process that systematically surveys, identifies and interprets releveant events and conditions taht may affect the organization
Equal Pay
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits employers from paying workers of one sex less than the rate recieved by those of the opposite sex for jobs substantially similar or identical in skill, effort and responsibility performed under the same work conditions.
Equity Theory
A motivation theory that is based on the belief that people want to be treated fairly.
Ethnocentric Staffing
An international staffing approach by whch key jobs are both domestic and foreign operations are held by headquarters' management personnel and subsidiaries are managed by expatriates from the home company.
Excelsior List
A list filed by the employer within seven days after a union election has been directed by the NLRB, stating the names and addresses of all eligible bargaining unit employees.
Expatriate or Home Country Nationals
An employee working in a unit or plant who is not a citizen of the country in which the unit or plant is located, but a citizen of hte country in which the organization is headquartered
Expectancy Theory
A motivational theory that is based on people's beliefs that their actions will lead to certain outcomes or rewards
Geocentric Staffing
An international staffing method that ignores nationality in favor of ability and seeks the best people for key jobs.
Good Faith Bargaining
A legal from section 8(d) of the NLRA requires both union and the employer To bargain collectively, meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment
Green-Circled Rate
A rate paid to an individual that is below the range for a particular job
Halo Rating Error
Rating a person high or low on all items because of one positive characteristics
Horn Rating Error
Rating a person low on all items because of one negative characteristic
Host Country National
Native of the host country
Hot Cargo
Goods or products that come from a plant or production facility where there is a labor dispute in progress
Hostile Environment
Continuous, low level discriminatory remarks or behaviors that cumulatively 'poison' the workplace for the aggrieved enough to alter the terms, conditions or priviledges of the workplace and are commonly considered by the couts and the EEOC as equivalently unlawful to more overt forms of discrimination