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HRM Chapter 10
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Action planning | A process in which employees plan how they will achieve their goals. |
Affinity group | A group of similar employees that meets to support one another. |
Burnout | A psychological phenomenon involving emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and a decline in feelings of competence about work. |
Career | The pattern of work experiences a person has over his or her lifetime. |
Career development | Activities that help people manage the progression of their work experiences across their lives. |
Career development process | A series of steps that people can use to identify and pursue their long term career goals. |
Career ladder | A career characterized by step by step, hierarchical transitions from jobs with lower pay and responsibility to jobs with higher pay and responsibility. |
Career path | The series of work experiences that prepare an employee for higher level jobs. |
Certification | An optional designation of competence within a professional field. |
Coaching | When a person works with others to equip them with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to become more effective at work. |
Culture shock | Stress caused by uncertainty and confusion that may arise when people must deal with an unfamiliar culture. |
Downward move | A career move resulting in a decrease in responsibility, pay, and status; also known as a demotion. |
Employee development | Activities that influence personal and professional growth. |
Expatriate | An employee who goes to another country for a time to work. |
Goal setting | A process in which employees set milestones or desired achievements for the future. |
Holland typology | A classification, developed by Dr. John Holland, of people's interests, values, and skills and of job environments; the typology asserts that people will be more satisfied and more successful in jobs that closely matches their characteristics. |
Job enrichment | The addition of challenges or new responsibilities to jobs. |
Job rotation | A time limited lateral work assignment for the purpose of helping employees develop new knowledge and skill. |
Job transfer | A permanent lateral work assignment for the purpose of helping employees develop new knowledge and skills. |
License | A required designation of competence within a professional field. |
Mentoring | When an experienced person helps a less experienced person learn and grow. |
Multisource assessments and feedback | A process in which an employee's managers, peers, and sometimes subordinates and customers answer questions about the employee. Responses are combined and provided as developmental feedback to the employee. |
New employee orientation | A process in which organizations help new employees adjust so they can perform their work effectively. |
Protean career | A career characterized by personal responsibility, continuous and self directed development, and an emphasis on psychological success. |
Reality check | A process in which employees determine the accuracy of their self assessments and how those assessments fit with opportunities in the environment. |
Repatriation | The process of adjusting to a home culture after returning from living and working in another culture. |
Self assessment | A process in which employees determine their interests, values, personalities, and skills. |
Talent management | Processes involved in managing the flow of well qualified employees into an organization and through various positions within the organization. |
Upward move | A career move resulting in an increase in responsibility, pay, and status; also known as a promotion. |