Psychological Contracts: an introduction to the concept Richard Hall Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies University of Sydney While the origins of the concept of ‘the psychological contract’ can be traced to the 1960s‚ the idea gained widespread currency in the academic and research fields of organisational psychology‚ organisational behaviour and HRM in the 1990s following the publication of a key article‚ then a book‚ by Rousseau (1989‚ 1995) which stimulated renewed interest
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MEMORANDUM TO: Management FROM: Anonymous Re: Quality costs for consideration Date: February 7‚ 2012 Our firm is the producer of tangible products. We‚ as a company‚ must ensure that we are delivering the highest quality products to our customers to maintain a quality reputation and in order to earn repeat and referral business. We have identified the three types of costs associated with the implementation of quality considerations. We believe that if we are mindful of the following costs our
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computing software‚ such as Excel‚ means that many people have both large data sets and powerful tools with which to analyse them. In this report‚ a data set collected by the author‚ in an observational study‚ is analysed. The data set contains three variables; Project Score; the score accumulated by each student prior to sitting the end of term exam. Attendance Score; calculated as a percentage of term lectures attended. Final Score; the score accumulated by each student and calculated using the weighted
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provide the information between gambling behaviors and substance use disorders‚ health associations‚ screening and treatment options for problem and pathological gambling. Pathological gambling is an addictive and stress proposing disorder. More research is needed to investigate directly the biological and health relations associated with the different types of gambling behaviors and to define the role for doctors or therapists in the prevention and treatment of problem and pathological gambling
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Stephanie DeCoo Cultural Considerations There’s many different cultures out there‚ so when it comes to patient care many of those cultures differ in many ways. The culture I choose to do my paper on is the Asian culture due to the fact in my past experience have seen many differences from my own. The Asian culture is said to have the most highly group-oriented people who place a strong emphasis on family connection as the main major source of identity and protection against the hardships of life
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Instructions Project 1: Mission‚ Vision‚ Social Responsibility‚ and Strategic Planning * Wal-Mart and Target Using the companies’ investor Web sites‚ find the mission statement for each of the two companies and prepare a short comparison. In addition‚ comment on the quality of each mission statement based on what we are learning about mission statements. Does the mission statement clearly define the organization and help it make strategic decisions? What needs improvement?
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Class #2- January 28‚ 2013 Review * Distinction between Nation & States * Nation Is more of a cultural thing * States is more of a political thing * Some nations can exist but not be part of a given state * Idea came from a British liberal named Jeremy Bentham * Worried more in this class about the different Nation-States * Use this term for what is normally referred to as “Countries” * Countries= varied interactions * Cooperation
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Assumptions and Conditions for using Statistical Tests Bright Eugene Imo State University‚ Owerri ABSTRACT All statistical procedures have underlying assumptions‚ some more stringent than others. In some cases‚ violation of these assumptions will not change substantive research conclusions. In other cases‚ violation of assumptions will undermine meaningful research. Establishing that one’s data meet the assumptions of the procedure one is using in an expected component of all quantitatively
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Question 1: | __________ refers to using specific word choices and syntactic structures to increase perceptions of psychological closeness. | Type: | Multiple Choice | Your answer(s): | •Verbal immediacy | | Question 2: | This refers to the physical distance between two people. | Type: | Multiple Choice | Your answer(s): | •Proximity | | Question 3: | ____________ is defined as the capability to defend your own rights and wishes while still respecting and acknowledging the right
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A network -Collection of devices that can talk to each other. Applications that use the network -Web browser and FTP -Database application -Instant messenger -Email -Online games Considerations for network applications -Speed -bit byte (8 bits) kilobyte (1024 bytes) megabyte (1024 kilobytes) gigabyte (1024) terabyte (1024 gigabytes) -Delay -Voip has certain delay requirements for voice to be transmitted into data from one point to the next -Availability -How available is your
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