An unclear contract underlies victimization. Before being a social and even a sociological position, victimization is a psychological position that must be understood. In the dramatic triangle of the transactional analysis, the victim feels helpless, powerless (whether he/she really is or imagines that), waiting for a savior, and (possibly) screams from the top of their… Read More The Psychological Contract in Working Relationships
21 September is World Gratitude Day. Semantic Differences ” Acknowledgement” (recunoaștere in Romanian) comes from the Latin” recognitionem”. The corresponding verb is” to acknowledge”. The corresponding adjective is” acknowledged”. ” Gratitude” (recunoștință in Romanian) comes from the French” reconnaissance”, whose root is” naissance” and contains the derivative” conaissance”. The corresponding verb is “please, satisfy”. The… Read More Between Acknowledgement and Gratitude
Customize! Many of us live under the impression that there are certain “types of people” that we get along better with and others that we don’t get along with. But, in fact, we like those who are like us or those who are as we wish we were. Precisely for this reason, the objectivity of… Read More How to Speak Everyone’s Language
When you have a team of people working in task-oriented activities, such as specific projects requiring phases and deadlines, it’s essential to use a few necessary tools. Intrinsic motivation is the one that makes people act on their own initiative. It makes them happy and proud to be working on a particular project or for… Read More The Difference Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Merry Christmas, everyone! Today, besides being Christmas, it’s the birthday of a brilliant trainer who immensely contributed to my life, Shelle Rose Charvet. With this opportunity in mind and with the best wishes from the redaction of filme-carti, where I initially published this article in Romanian, I am publishing my review of Shelle’s excellent book,… Read More Words That Change Minds: The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence by Shelle Rose Charvet – book review
When designing questions, a known problem is the façade effect. The responders tend to understand what the researcher wants to discover and give “politically correct answers”. Although it might be difficult, there are ways to circumvent that. It’s all in mastering the words and the language so that the answer reflects what you want to… Read More Overcoming the Façade Effect
“We hire a secretary as assistant manager. The perfect age is 20. The minimum experience requirement is 30 years.“ Two professional categories might be interested in this article. The first is, of course, the beneficiaries of the Job Announcement. The other is Job Publishing Providers. The purpose of publishing a job announcement is to get… Read More Job Publishing
“If you want a secretary, find someone whose dream is to become a secretary.“ This article mainly addresses HR practitioners and students but is also very useful for entrepreneurs and managers. There is a difference between a job description and a job specification or person specification. The job description you use offers some details to… Read More The Ethics in Job Design & Structure
[Note: All the articles linked in this post are from business portals in Romanian.] I’ve been asked what other benefits there are in the Romanian HR market besides insurance. I admit in my mind, “benefits” rimes with “insurance”. Even for companies, besides the legislation. Things would have changed if this had been the situation before… Read More The Romanian Market of Compensations and Benefits
Beyond making a few jokes to lighten up the atmosphere based on my (little) experience of dealing with corporate HR in Ro, there is a serious point I wanna make, especially considering two of my start-up ideas centered on stress reduction were publically trashed. Beyond the fact that many of the people in Romanian HR… Read More The Ethics in HR
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