What is an employee’s involuntary separation from a job for a period of time known as?
Correct answer B. Layoffs
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How is the fairness of the outcome of a decision usually classified?
Correct answer A. Distributive justice
What is the formal process called in which a dismissed employee is counselled and trained in self-appraisal and job-search techniques?
Correct answer A. Outplacement counselling
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What is the dismissal of an employee in breach of the law or of contractual arrangements made by the employer called?
Correct answer B. Wrongful discharge
What is the document called that sets out all the ethical standards an employer expects of employees?
Correct answer B. Ethics code
What is an employee’s inability to perform the assigned job classified as?
Correct answer A. Lack of qualifications
Which disciplinary method typically uses oral warnings and paid decision-making leave?
Correct answer D. Non-punitive discipline
What is the involuntary termination of an employee’s job called?
Correct answer B. Dismissal
What is the form of misconduct called that refers to rebelliousness or disobedience?
Correct answer C. Insubordination
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In which type of interview is an employee told that they are being dismissed?
Correct answer C. Termination interview
What is a persistent failure to perform assigned duties or meet job standards categorised as?
Correct answer A. Unsatisfactory performance
What protection is available against the wrongful discharge of employees?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What is the process of reducing the number of people employed by a firm called?
Correct answer D. Downsizing
How is the fairness of a process classified?
Correct answer C. Procedural justice
What are the standards called that determine how an organisation’s employees should conduct themselves?
Correct answer A. Ethics
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What are interviews with employees who are leaving the firm called?
Correct answer B. Exit interviews
What is a wilful and deliberate violation of an organisation’s rules or code of ethics classified as?
Correct answer C. Misconduct
An expectancy chart is a graph showing the relationship between which two things?
Correct answer B. Test scores and job performance
On what basis are selection tests classified?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Which types of test validity are there?
Correct answer D. Both A and B