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, 549–550

• leaving workforce, 176

• in male-dominated corporate culture, 136

• in MBA programs, 145–146

• mentoring, 141, 276

• pregnant, 90, 516–517

• sexual harassment of, 91–92, 137

• as small-business owners, 121–122

• wage gap for, 42

• in workforce, 135–137

Work

• focus on jobs vs., 67

• group perspective on, 50–52

• individual perspective on, 53–55

• managerial perspective on, 83

• organizational perspective on, 45–50

Work adjustment theory, 53–54

Work elimination, 56

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), 193

Workers’ compensation

• benefits of, 503

• costs of, 503–504

• explanation of, 369–370, 502–503

• fraud and, 503–504, 505

• historical background of, 502

• labor unions and, 493

Work-flow analysis, 49, 55

Work flows, 24, 45

Workforce

• contingent workers in, 67–69

• diversity of, 6–7, 120–121. See also Employee diversity; Employee diversity management

• virtual, 8

Work groups

• entrepreneurship in self-managed, 339

• explanation of, 50

• heterogeneous, 123

Work-life balance

• cases, 79

• explanation of, 73

Workplace

• bullying in, 452–454, 524–525

• fun as a job requirement, 424

• mobile, 73–74

• romance in, 442–444

• substance use/abuse in, 454–455

Workplace inspections (OSHA), 508

Workplace safety/health

• AIDS/HIV and, 510–513

• cumulative trauma disorders and, 515

• hazardous chemicals and, 517, 525–526, 558

• hearing impairment and, 515–516

• keeping the workplace safe, 527–528

• managerial perspective on, 501–502

• mental health problems and, 520–521, 526–527

• Occupational Safety and Health Act and, 502, 504–510

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration and, 506–510. See also Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• overview of, 502

• pregnancy and, 516–517

• violence in, 4, 513–515

• workers’ compensation and, 502–504

• workplace violence and, 513–515

Work rules, 470

Work sample tests, 165

Works councils, 475

Work simplification, 55–56

Work specialization, 46

Work teams, 12, 44

Worldwide company culture, 7

Written warnings, 446

Wrongful discharge, 431, 447, 448

Wrongful discharge lawsuits, 435