job placement

in organizations, the assignment of existing or newly hired employees to the particular jobs for which they are best qualified. Also called personnel placement; selective placement.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

Hering–Breuer reflex

a nervous mechanism involved in normal breathing, with stimuli from sensory endings in lung tissue limiting inspiration and expiration. [Ewald Hering; Josef Breuer]