What Type of Information Is Necessary for a Job Analysis

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Essay

What type of information is necessary for a job analysis? How can a job analysis provide a legal defense for a firm's employment practices? What specific laws require a thorough job analysis?

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Definitions:

Other-Race Effect

The tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races. (Also called the crossrace effect and the own-race bias.)

Unconscious Patronization

Actions or speech that belittle someone without the awareness of the person engaging in such behavior.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome.

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes that they did not cause.