In the Context of Employment in Organizations, Identify a True

question 45

Multiple Choice

In the context of employment in organizations, identify a true statement about selection.

• A) Selection measures a wide spectrum of personality traits that are relatively unchanging in a person and is useful for predicting job performance.
• B) Selection gives prospective applicants an honest and candid assessment of the kinds of opportunities that the organization can potentially make available to them.
• C) Selection is publicizing the vacancies in an organization through various media such as the company intranet, newsletters, bulletin boards, and/or internal memos.
• D) Selection is concerned with identifying the best candidate for a job from a pool of qualified applicants developed during the recruiting process.

Recognize the role of environmental factors in influencing HR forecasting.

Distinguish between dependent and independent variables in a forecasting model.

Evaluate factors influencing the choice between quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods.

Understand the use of simulations and other models in identifying HR demand and supply bottlenecks.

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Definitions:

Gender Role

Socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.

Self-Socialization

The process by which individuals actively contribute to their own development and socialization based on their interpretation of their environment.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, helping an individual to understand the consequences of actions.

Observational Learning

Attaining new behaviors by seeing and mimicking others.