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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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JOB ENRICHMENT

employees' interest enhancement in work tasks by improving the "quality of life" on the job, see quality of work life.

JOB DESIGN

or job redesign is the specification of the content (responsibilities and duties) of a given job with the goal of

JOB EVALUATION

Methods of job analysis for determining the pay structure in an organization. These evaluation methods comprise of ranking jobs on

JIGSAW METHOD

a technique, initially created to alleviate prejudice and hostility among students in descgregrated schools; it fosters cooperation and team-work.

JOB REDESIGN

Major approaches to include methods analysis, which focuses on the development of efficient work methods, human factors engineering, which is

I-THOU

showing a relationship in which a subject (I) treats someone or something else as another unique subject (Thou) while showing

JOB SATISFACTION

the attitude of a worker when he reaps the rewards or the context

JOB INVOLVEMENT

the degree to which a person identifies with their job. Job accomplishments lead to a strong sense of pride and

INTERSEXUALITY

Possessing characteristics that are sexual and are of both sexes, especially the secondary characteristics and and the partial development in

JOB PERFORMANCE

Quantity or quality of output, or against multiple criterion dimensions. See employee evaluation, job criterion, performance review. Effectiveness of job

JAMES-LANGE THEORY

This theory hypothesizes that there are many psychological responses as there are different intra-psychic feelings and that each of these

JOB INFORMATION

the job data relating to work activities require general human behaviours and communicating or making decisions, personnel specifications and types

ITEM-TO-ITEM RELIABILITY

the response correlation to one particular item in a test or subtest with resonses to another particular item in that

JOHNSON V LOUISIANA

a case resulting in an influential decision establishing that there is no constitutional requirements for states to require juries to

INTERVAL REINFORCEMENT

After an interval that has lapsed and it is predetermined and the stimulus response which is the first and reinforcement.

JOB-COMPONENT VALIDITY

It is to predict the suitability for a particular job that involves use of the position analysis questionnaire and the

JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX (JI)I)

a 72-item instrument measuring employees' attitudes in areas such as work, pay, supervision, promotions and coworkers.

JABBERWOCKY

It is from a nonsense poem in Through the Looking Glass (by British writer Lewis Carroll 1832

IPSATIVE METHOD

A procedure or type of research in which the responses of a person is compared only to other responses of

INTERVAL TIMER

The time between two events and the instrument that measures it