| Earned-time plan: Plan that combines all time-off benefits into a total number of hours or days that employees can take off with pay. |
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| Economic value added (EVA): A firm’s net operating profit after the cost of capital is deducted. |
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| Effectiveness: The extent to which goals have been met. |
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| Efficiency: The degree to which operations are done in an economical manner. |
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| Employee assistance program (EAP): Program that provides counseling and other help to employees having emotional, physical, or other personal problems. |
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| Employee responsibilities: Obligations to be accountable for actions. |
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| Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP): A plan whereby employees gain stock ownership in the organization for which they work. |
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| Employment contract: Agreement that formally spells out the details of employment. |
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| Employment-at-will (EAW): A common-law doctrine stating that employers have the right to hire, fire, demote, or promote whomever they choose, unless there is a law or contract to the contrary. |
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| Encapsulated development: Situation in which an individual learns new methods and ideas in a development course and returns to a work unit that is still bound by old attitudes and methods. |
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| Environmental scanning: The process of studying the environment of the organization to pinpoint opportunities and threats. |
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| Equal employment opportunity (EEO): The concept that individuals should have equal treatment in all employment related actions. |
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| Equity: The perceived fairness of the relation between what a person does (inputs) and what the person receives (outcomes). |
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| Ergonomics: The proper design of the work environment to address the physical demands experienced by people. |
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| Essential job functions: The fundamental job duties of the employment position that an individual with a disability holds or desires. |
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| Executive order: An order issued by the President of the United States to provide direction to government departments on a specific issues or area. |
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| Exempt employees: Employees to whom employers are not required to pay overtime under the Fair Labour Standards Act. |
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| Exit interview: An interview in which those leaving the organization are asked to identify the reasons for their departure. |
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| Expatriate: An employee working in a unit or plant who is not a citizen of the country in which the unit or plant is located, but is a citizen of the country in which the organization is headquartered. |
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| Experiment: Research to determine how factors respond when changes are made in one or more variables, or conditions. |
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| Extinction: The absence of an expected response to a situation. |
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| Extranet: An Internet-linked network that allows employees access to information provided by external entities. |
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