Racism, 127

Railway Labor Act, 469

Random drug tests, 435–437. See also Drug tests

Ranking system, 306

Rank order, 208

Rater error, 216

Reactive behavior, 21

Realistic job preview (RJP), 255

Reasonable accommodation, 98, 451–452

Recession, 1

Recognitional picketing, 468

Recognition awards, 419–420

Recordkeeping, 217

Recruitment. See also Employee recruitment/selection

• applicant-centered approach to, 157–158

• costs of, 184–185

• explanation of, 155

• external, 162

• internal, 162

• nontraditional, 161–162

• planning for, 162

• process of, 157–158

• of protected classes, 94, 162

• sources of, 158–163

Reengineering, 49–50

Reference checks, 170

Referrals, employee, 158–159

Relative judgment appraisal format, 208–209

Reliability, 163

Religious minorities, 133–135

Repatriation, 540

Resentment, 125–126

Residual rights, 434

Responsibilities, 57

Restricted stock plans, 348

Restriction of range error, 216

Results-only work environment (ROWE), 73

Retention of employees, 126

Retirement

• explanation of, 187

• incentives for early, 187

• management of early, 190

Retirement benefits

• defined benefit, 381

• defined contribution, 381, 382

• ERISA and, 380

• explanation of, 381–384

• 401(k) plans, 381–383, 397–398

• hybrid, 384

• IRAs, 383

• profit-sharing KEOGH plans, 384

• SEPs, 384

• Social Security and, 367–369

Retirement plans, 364

Retraining programs, 192, 248

Retreats, 411

Reverse brain drain, 20

Reverse culture shock, 542

Reverse discrimination, 102

Rights. See also Employee rights

• contractual, 430–431

• to ethical treatment, 431–432

• explanation of, 429–430

• free speech, 433–434

• management of, 434–435

• privacy, 432–433

• statutory, 430

Rightsizing, 189

Right-to-work law, 468

Rings of defense approach, 192

RJP (realistic job preview), 255

Role-plays, 248

Romance, office, 442–444

Roth IRAs, 383

ROWE (results-only work environment), 73

Rucker Plan, 340