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SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WORKPLACE

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

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 ....

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Marriage and Family

In nine pages this paper examines how family development has been culturally and socially affected by mothers entering the workpla...

Workplace and Homosexual Rights

In five pages this paper considers the workplace rights of lesbians and gays in an overview that includes partner health care bene...

The Family and the Importance of Workplace Aspects

discrimination in the workplace is an industry ill that has run rampant over the past couple of decades. Only within this time fr...

Workplace and Music

In five pages this paper discusses the effects on productivity and motivation by the workplace introduction of music. Six sources...

Summary of a Legal Scenario Involving Sexual Harassment

Name an appellate court case where an employer was found liable for either quid pro quo or hostile environment sexual harassment. ...

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 ...

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...

Communications in the Army and Ethics in the Workplace

The writer discusses two separate but related topics: ethics in the workplace, and communications in the Army. There are two sourc...

Women's Struggle in the Workplace

were once again going to work for their country (not for themselves). It was during this war that women started working in the arm...

Employers Right of Surveillance over Employees

has been found to incorporate communication that may not yet have been opened or received, or those that have been deleted. The ...

Progressive Discipline

it is something every manager will face. There are many infractions that would lead to some sort of disciplinary action, even an o...

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...

Workplace Childcare Facilities

In five pages the increasing practice of childcare in the twenty first century workplace is discussed in order to foster improved ...

Workplace and CYA

directly with the issue at hand. Accurate documentation not only helps protect the employee, but it also serves as a backbone whe...

Women's Status in the Workplace

well as being stuck in low-level jobs. Things are changing, and have been for quite some time. But this does not mean that all ...

Work Atmosphere and a Plan of Stress Management

have the least amount of frenzied workers. The initial step in implementing such a stress management plan is to first identify th...