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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3)...

Preventing Nursing Injury in the Workplace

such as "human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus" (Shelton and Rosenthal, 2004, p. 25). The gr...

Working Women in “Nine to Five”

much more smoothly with the women in charge, is a much happier place (Canby, 1980). The film is uneven and the sequence where the...

Effects of Academic Dishonesty on Higher Education

al., 2008). A 2002 study of nearly 50,000 undergraduate students in various U.S. colleges and universities conducted by Professor...

Diversity of Racism in the Workplace

and dynamics" should be openly discussed (Constantine and Sue, 2007, p. 142). The "general purpose of this study was to explore ...

Above the Glass Ceiling? A Comparison of Matched Samples of Female and Male Executives

months of leave (H4) Interest in international assignment (H5) Restrictions on international assignment (H5) Total work locations ...

Five Overlooked Workplace Safety Hazards and Their Risks

Health Topics, 2008). These injuries typically occur when forklift trucks veer off loading docks, if a worker is struck by a fork...

HOFSTEDE'S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS: U.S., VIETNAM AND CHINA

Some years later, Hofstede added a fifth dimension, that of Long-Term Orientation. LTO determines the degree to which a society em...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE WORKPLACE

sexual harassment even still exist? Are the claims of harassment being used for reasons other than actual harassment? Does a man c...

Workplace Conflict And Personality

vulnerable to myriad personality conflicts when such an eclectic collection of people work so differently toward the same objectiv...

Bullying in the Workplace

Vadim Ponorovsky. He is the owner of Paradous, a French bistro located in Manhattan (Zeldner, 2010). Ponorovsky sent an email to h...

Implementing High Involvement Work Practices

Using two example case studies the writer looks at the way in which high involvement workplace practices may be implemented in ord...

Islam in America's Workplace

(Lampman, 2001). Fourth is the Ramadan month-long period of fasting, which recreates the first communications between God and Muh...

Employee Absenteeism as a Form of Negative Behavior

For example, if we look at the UK as an example. If we look at the figures produced by the CBI we see there is an upward trend in ...

Women in the Workforce Pregnancy and Wage Discrimination

a consequence, one court case after another was being tried. The outcome of these cases resulted in a continuing evolution in the...

GROUPS, TEAMS AND DIVERSITY

Discusses the difference between groups and teams, and points out the impact on workplace diversity on team dynamics. There are 4 ...

Individual, Organizational and Technological Influences on the Adoption Rate of Technology in the Workplace

type and a personal cost benefit assessment. In all the categories many of the influences may be complex, often there are ...

The Ethics of Drug Testing

about the validity of such tests, and some go further to claim that constitutional rights are denied. But employers and parents of...

WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND JOB SATISFACTION

comes to mind is "affirmative action." Along with affirmative action comes visions of quotas and dubious hiring practices to meet ...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

MANAGING ABSENCES

hear when they pick up the phone or pull messages off their voice mail are the words "boss, Im not able to come in today because ....

SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WORKPLACE

government of Ontario banned its employees from access to Facebook (Minken, 2007). Why? Two reasons: Derogatory comments about the...

Office Settings: Groups vs. Teams

by placing individuals with similar interests or traits together (David, 2009). For example, a room full of accountants is simply ...

Conflict and Resolution

is based on performance measures. This is leading to arguments, with the day shift manager accusing the night shift manager of und...

Injuries Related to Computer Work

How might one tell if a condition is work-related? In determining whether or not an MSD is related to work, it is important to exa...

MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES AND LEADERSHIP STYLES

Discusses leadership and motivational theories in the workplace. There are 4 sources listed in the bibliography of this 7-page pap...

Creating and Using Empowered Teams

self directing or self managing is more self explanatory, achieved where teams have a high level of discretion to assess their own...

Designing a Research Framework

Cohen- Hoberman Inventory of Physical Symptoms (CHIPS) (Cohen and Hoberman 1983), this is a scale where there are the symptoms of ...

Mediation of Conflicts in the Workplace

is extremely important in order to promote a happy and healthy work environment. Conflicts do crop up from time to time and it is ...