MGT quiz ch.10
Voluntary: turnover A departure initiated by an employee
Involuntary turnover: An employee terminated by the organization against their own wishes
Dismissal Employment: termination because the worker fails to meet organizational expectations
Layoffs Organizationally: initiated termination of employment due to economic or strategic reasons
Tardiness Being late to work without giving advance notice
Absenteeism: Unscheduled absences from work
Unfolding model of turnover: A model that recognizes that employees often leave without lining up a new job and that turnover is often a result of “shocks” to the system
Job embeddedness model: A model that explains that employees stay because of their links to others and fit with the context at work and in their communities, and how much they would have to sacrifice by leaving their work and communities
Pulse surveys: Short, frequent surveys
Boomerang employees: Former employees who rejoin an organization
Bridge employment: Reducing one’s hours or reducing job demands within the same or a different organization in preparation for full retirement
Progressive discipline: The process of using increasingly severe steps to correct a performance problem
Employment at will: When organizations have the right to terminate the employment of anyone at any time, and employees have the right to quit at any time
Wrongful dismissal: A dismissal that violates the law
Unemployment insurance: Payment made to unemployed individuals
Severance pay: Payments made to departing employees during organizationally initiated turnover
Voluntary: turnover A departure initiated by an employee
Involuntary turnover: An employee terminated by the organization against their own wishes
Dismissal Employment: termination because the worker fails to meet organizational expectations
Layoffs Organizationally: initiated termination of employment due to economic or strategic reasons
Tardiness Being late to work without giving advance notice
Absenteeism: Unscheduled absences from work
Unfolding model of turnover: A model that recognizes that employees often leave without lining up a new job and that turnover is often a result of “shocks” to the system
Job embeddedness model: A model that explains that employees stay because of their links to others and fit with the context at work and in their communities, and how much they would have to sacrifice by leaving their work and communities
Pulse surveys: Short, frequent surveys
Boomerang employees: Former employees who rejoin an organization
Bridge employment: Reducing one’s hours or reducing job demands within the same or a different organization in preparation for full retirement
Progressive discipline: The process of using increasingly severe steps to correct a performance problem
Employment at will: When organizations have the right to terminate the employment of anyone at any time, and employees have the right to quit at any time
Wrongful dismissal: A dismissal that violates the law
Unemployment insurance: Payment made to unemployed individuals
Severance pay: Payments made to departing employees during organizationally initiated turnover