Employee engagement and recognition Definitions
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Achievers Corp.
Achievers is a maker of talent management software and provider of consulting services headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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BetterWorks
BetterWorks is cloud-based software that helps employees continuously manage their performance and align their goals to the objectives of the organization. BetterWorks provides visuals and social collaboration tools to track the progress of goals and keep them connected to the organization's strategic plan.
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chief human resources officer (CHRO)
Chief human resources officer (CHRO) is a top-level management executive in charge of an organization's employees.
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corporate wellness technology
Corporate wellness technology is software, and sometimes associated hardware, that human resources departments use to improve and manage workers' health and well-being.
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Dovetail Software
Dovetail Software is a software vendor based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in providing web-based HR and help desk software to businesses in the United States and internationally.
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employee engagement
Employee engagement is the emotional connection an employee experiences that results in a willingness to expend discretionary effort at work.
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employee engagement software
Employee engagement software helps workers feel more satisfied with their jobs and absorbed in the mission and culture of their organization, and, therefore, more productive and effective.
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employee experience
Employee experience is the depth and breadth of how a worker perceives his job and the company for which he works, across the entire employee life cycle.
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employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
The employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) is a metric used by employers to assess employee loyalty.
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employee resource groups (ERGs)
Employee resource groups are workplace clubs or more formally realized affinity group organized around a shared interest or identity.
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employee retention
Employee retention is the organizational goal of keeping talented employees and reducing turnover by fostering a positive work atmosphere to promote engagement, showing appreciation to employees, and providing competitive pay and benefits and healthy work-life balance.
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Hawthorne effect
The Hawthorne effect is the modification of behavior by study participants in response to their knowledge that they are being observed or singled out for special treatment.
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HipChat
Atlassian HipChat allows employees to collaborate, work as teams and manage goals, all in real time, whether they work in the same office building or are located around the world.
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HR help desk
HR help desk refers to a central source of information employees can consult about human resource questions.
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talent activation
Talent activation is a human resources strategy for improving team leadership and workgroup collaboration that involves using surveys and questionnaires to solicit employee feedback on a regular basis.