Exam 17: Human Resource Policies and Practices

More than ________ percent of employers conduct some type of background check on potential employees during some point in the hiring process, usually either in the initial phase or the contingent phase.

Describe and discuss work sample tests and assessment centers and the contexts in which they can be used effectively.

Terry has been told that he is a final candidate for a job, he merely has to submit a urine sample for a drug test. Terry is indignant and feels that the request is a violation of his rights. Which of the following statements is not true about Terry's situation?

Describe and discuss the two most popular forced comparison methods of performance evaluation.

Which of the following has proven to be a particularly good predictor for jobs that require cognitive complexity?

Who should perform employee evaluations?

Due process systems provide individuals with adequate notice of what is expected of them.

Which type of skill training has become increasingly important in organizations?

Work sample tests are widely used in hiring ________.

Compare and contrast the two types of selection interviews.

Assessment centers are used specifically to evaluate what level of job candidate?

Examples of on-the-job training include all of the following except ________.

The variability in interview results across an applicant pool is reduced by using a standardized ________.

The results of which of the following tend to have a disproportionate amount of influence on employee selection decisions?

As the number of evaluators increases, the probability of attaining more accurate information increases.

The behavioral structured interview is built on the assumption that ________.

The approach that compares each employee with every other employee and rates each as either the superior or weaker member of the pair is called group order ranking.

Performance evaluations today are generally based on which three types of behavior?

Work-life conflicts became noticeable in the 1980s when ________.

Because of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, job applicants ________.