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    Recruitment and Selection

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    Shortened Title: Recruitment and Selection DISCRIMINATION‚ SELF-FULFİLLİNG PROPHECY IN THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION Gizem Dinc Second Assignment of HRM DISCRIMINATION‚SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES

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    Confirmation Bias

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    Confirmation Bias Amber Daniel 3/14/2012 PSY/285 Monica Mauri Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one’s perceptions and avoids information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs

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    Internal Selection

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    Chapter 10: Internal Selection Preliminary Issues The Logic of Prediction -indicators of internal applicants’ degree of success in past situations (previous job/current job in an org.) should be predictive of their likely success in new situations (internal vacancy via org’s transfer or promotion system) -Most valid selection measures: Biographical Data‚ Cognitive Ability Tests‚ Work Samples -Although logic of prediction & likely effectiveness of selection methods are similar for both

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    Media Bias

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    One problem that plagues us everyday without us even realizing it is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. We read it everyday in the paper. Yet‚ we really don’t recognize it when we hear it or see it. Media bias is evident in every aspect of the media‚ yet the problem is that we don’t even recognize it when it is right in front of our faces. Are the impressions that we form about individuals a product of the media? Do we form certain opinions about particular types

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    Compensation Claim

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    Compensation Claims Contents Employers’ duties What kind of claims may be made? The tort of negligence Tort of breach of statutory duty Civil liability exclusions Conditions to be met for breach of statutory duty Defences against a claim Contributory negligence "Violenti" rule Vicarious liability - when the employee is negligent Strict liability - when the employer is not negligent Limitations on timescales for claims Damages Procedures when a claim is made Letter of claim Information

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    Fact claim

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    Delia Valdez Prof. Abad English 1B June 14‚ 2015 Is Financial Aid Distributed Fairly to Every Social Class? In a society where a college education is necessary to attain a job‚ people will pay any price to get a degree. Since 1965 government assistance programs such as FAFSA have made attending college much more simple for the working class. However‚ such programs focus much of their efforts on assisting lower income students and fail to contribute to students from middle class families. Middle

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    diverse mixture of nonscientific knowledge (pseudoscience) that claims that their own brand of knowledge production is the most powerful? As time has passed by‚ the Earth has changed‚ and so its physical state. As these changes occur the beliefs of different people also change. They find knowledge through these changes‚ the changes of what altered their beliefs or something new to them‚ something unusual‚ unidentified. This knowledge of what the people hold is their claim of what they believe is happening

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    Len Bias

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    That is why wanting to be a professional player for any sport is “unrealistic” for most people. You have to be a gifted player to make it to the pros. A first team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland. That’s who Len Bias was. He was a humble player with extremely high expectations and a favorite of many because of his size‚ athleticism‚ and passion for the game of basketball. He had dreamt of becoming an NBA player ever since he was a little kid growing up in a road

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    Possible Tattoos

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    development and effect of tattoos on society. As well as… THESIS STATEMENT: Understanding the tattoo’s origin‚ purpose and safety measures that will help students make an informed and healthy decision about their own possible tattoos. INTODUCTION I. ATTENTION GETTER: Catherine Grognard once said‚ “The tattoo[ed body] is a unique object- a naïve and provocative moving fresco.” Take a moment to consider what it means to you‚ to have the opportunity to

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    Knowledge

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    Feature article Knowledge management‚ librarians and information managers: fad or future? Brendan Loughridge Introduction This article considers some of the principles and practices commonly associated with ``knowledge management ’ ’ (KM) in so far as they seem to be of potential importance or relevance to library and information professionals. Competing claims and counterclaims about KM as expressed in a selection of recent professional and academic publications are reviewed‚ though a truly

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