What is Compensation

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Financial and non-financial reward offered to an employee in exchange for work. Learn more in: Tools and Techniques for Designing Effective Compensation Systems

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The actions required to semantically undo an achieved data state in order to neutralize an earlier state change for the purpose of correcting errors. Learn more in: B2B and EAI with Business Process Management

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Means a strategy whereby one covers up, consciously or unconsciously, weaknesses, frustrations, desires, or feelings of inadequacy or incompetence in one life area through the gratification or (drive towards) excellence in another area. Learn more in: The Effects of Work-Family Conflict on Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment: A Study in Turkish Pharmaceutical Industry

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Achieved by subtracting a portion of one detector's signal from another, leaving only the desired signal. Learn more in: Flow Cytometry Data Analysis

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As used here, a synonym for self-regulation. For example, during a cell phone conversation, drivers tend to compensate for the 200-300 millisecond increase in their brake response time by increasing their headway times to a lead vehicle. Learn more in: Cell Phone Conversation and Relative Crash Risk Update

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Entitlements and rights of the landholder often computed in monetary value and payable before resettlement or eviction. Learn more in: Compensating Landholders in Tanzania: The Law and the Practice

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Payment of moneys and other resources for work. Learn more in: How and Why Is Work Meaningful (Beyond Survival Needs)?: Setting a Baseline

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As used here, a synonym for self-regulation. For example, during a cell phone conversation, drivers tend to compensate for the 200-300 millisecond increase in their brake response time by increasing their headway times to a lead vehicle. Learn more in: Cell Phone Conversation and Relative Crash Risk

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Receipts of payments or remuneration for service or performance rendered, such as wages, salaries, cash bonuses, and so forth. Learn more in: Employee Incentives and Retention for an E-World