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Contract company workers are employed directly by a company.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]TRUE
Contract company workers are employed directly by a company for a specific time
specified in a written contract.[/membership]
Predictive validation is less time consuming and the easiest to administer.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Predictive validation is more time consuming and difficult, but it is the best measure of
validity.[/membership]
If a concept involves more than five items, the training program should deliver information
in shorter sessions or chunks.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Training programs need to break information into chunks that people can remember.
Research suggests that people can attend to no more than four to five items at a time. If a
concept or procedure involves more than five items, the training program should deliver
information in shorter sessions or chunks.[/membership]
Lawsuits related to performance management usually involve charges of discrimination or
unjust dismissal.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Because performance measures play a central role in decisions about pay, promotions, and
discipline, employment-related lawsuits often challenge an organization's performance
management system. Lawsuits related to performance management usually involve
charges of discrimination or unjust dismissal.[/membership]
An organization should always communicate with employees when changing an incentive
plan.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Along with empowerment, communicating with employees is important. It demonstrates to
employees that the pay plan is fair. It is particularly important to communicate with
employees when changing the plan. Employees tend to feel concerned about changes.
[/membership]
The reward systems of an organizationinclude the performance measures by which
employees are judged and the methods of measuring performance.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Reward systems contribute to high performance by encouraging people to strive for
objectives that support the organization's overall goals. Reward systems include the
performance measures by which employees are judged, the methods of measuring
performance, and the incentive pay and other rewards linked to success.[/membership]
(p.344)Which of the following is a drawback of a minimum wage in terms of social
policy? A.It assumes people will take differences in pay into account when they choose a
career.
B.It is only one and a half times the employee’s usual hourly rate.
C.It applies only to the hours worked beyond 40 in one week.
D.It places the employer at an economic disadvantage relative to employers that pay the
living wage.
E.It tends to be lower than the earnings required for a full time worker to rise above the
poverty level.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
E.
From the standpoint of social policy, an issue related to the minimum wage is that it tends
to be lower than the earnings required for a full-time worker to rise above the poverty
