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Essays 1981 - 2010

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Implications of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

only woman required to perform these menial tasks apart from and in addition to her responsibilities as a paralegal. None of the ...

Workplace and the Intersection Between Gender and Ethnicity, Race, and Class

and has been given the opportunity to proceed and succeed as far as she chooses, often seems to be reaching their goal, or close t...

Japanese Workplace and Women

books to protect and career opportunities exist. Still, many women find themselves in the bedroom rather than in the boardroom. Th...

Fraud and Workers' Compensation Claims

There are both federal and state statues that are designed to protect employers primarily by limiting the amount an injured employ...

Workplace and Wireless Networks

Wireless networks also increase the mobility of the user, as such wireless networks can be found where there is the need for mobil...

Workplace and Sexual Harassment Prevention

The issue of sexual harassment is one that no organization can afford to dismiss in todays business environment. Companies must e...

Workplace Drug Testing and the Employment Law of Idaho

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court encompasses Idaho as well as seven of the states that have approved the use of medical marijuana...

Reviews of Articles on Training in the Workplace

with that problem or challenge being solved by either an individual, a team within the organization, or the organization as a whol...

Overview of Information Security Management

the ability to read directions can become a hacker because information on how to hack abounds on the Internet, in publications and...

Workplace Rights of Employee Privacy

write policies regarding e-mail usage - this can also help protect against legal problems (York, 2000). When companies are open an...

Harassment in the Workplace

of which include creating a more productive work environment, reducing the ever-looming threat of legal action and building a foun...

Workplace and Loss of Decency

men and women in public places. This increasing informality is also present in the business world and it is straining business re...

Insurance Agencies and Sex Change Operations

(Zambito, 1995, p. C01). Gustons research has shown "that courts have forced insurance carriers to pay if the procedure is deemed...

Issue of Workplace Diversity

sites have multi-lingual capacity (Johnson-Reece, 2004). Its also imperative that when the company makes any decisions about thei...

Workplace Ethical Dilemma

clear difference in power and authority. Charlie has been with the company for ten years and is now head of purchasing. He has a r...

Work Safety and Health

work on both these areas. There are many models which are used to assess risk, each have different advantages and disadvantages....

Workplace Obscene Language, Name Calling, and its Negative Impact

invite more personal discussions and verbal altercations are somewhat acceptable. Interestingly, on that show, a woman came on boa...

Women Receiving Unequal Pay in a White Collar Workplace

of female lawyers, bias against women remains entrenched in the legal profession and results in steep inequities of pay" (Gibelman...

Human Capital and its Intrinsic Value

the idea of human capital. Even motivation theories from people such as Taylor and Mayo and the way they thought the best value ma...