Managing Human Resources, Eight Edition

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• Wage competition, 8

• Wagner Act (1935) (National Labor Relations Act)

  • employee discipline, 493

  • explanation of, 467

  • functions of, 466, 467

  • union acceptance strategy, 477

• Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Antonio, 94

• WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act), 193

• Web economy, 4

• Wellness programs

  • employee assistance programs, 520–521

  • incentives, 385

  • to reduce health care costs, 15, 378–379

• Whistle-blowing

  • explanation of, 440–442

  • policy related to, 441

  • risks of, 460–462

• White male bashing, 142

• Wholly owned subsidiaries, 536

• Wildcat strikes, 487

• Women

  • biological constraints and social roles of, 136

  • career advancement and, 265

  • as chief executive officers, 113–114, 135–136, 176

  • glass ceiling and, 113–114, 126

  • in international assignments, ...