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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Variable used in the statistical tables to refer to a shift or transformation in the way in which work is organized in the workplace, or between one workplace and others.

ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Indicated by work behaviours that are beneficial to the organization, but which are discretionary - that is, not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE (Search for related entries in the library)

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE (Search for related entries in the library)

ORGANIZED LABOUR 

ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZED 

Scope Note: The process of organizing workplaces into unions. Highlights union strategies to this end.

OTTAWA (Search for related entries in the library)

    OUTSOURCING (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: The contracting out of a part of an organization's operations to a third party. For example, in health care in Canada, many hospitals have contracted out cleaning services to third party companies.

    OVERTIME (Search for related entries in the library)