In keeping with standards of The Joint Commission (TJC), the nurse manager organizes an orientation for new staff members. As part of the orientation, the nurse manager reviews the employee handbook
Employers may be bound to statements in the employee handbook:
a. Under the doctrine of apparent agency.
b. Under the doctrine of respondeat agency.
c. Based on the employee's or the employer's expectations.
d. Based on the theory that the handbook creates an explicit contract.
ANS: C
The handbook is an implied contract and frames the employment contract.
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a. social incentive. b. self-efficacy. c. cognitive motivator. d. physical motivator.