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Identify four key human resource issues in this case

Mail 8:13 PM Tue Mar 26 a web-a-ebscohost-com.proxy.library.ohio.edu Chapter 7 Recruitment, Selection, and Retentio in the first catch I get, she thought. After all sat at her desk for a moment, reviewing her a bird in the band is worth two in the bush.notes from the interview. She was certain While looking over Keith's application that Keith would be a great fit for the tcanm materials, Kathleen noticed that he did not and that Keith had terrific competency con have any physical therapy experience on his resume, but he had only graduated from the cerning the duties of the job While Kathleen was reflecting on this, program a month ago. Kathleen wondered one of the PTs whom she supervised rushcd why Keith chose to move to Wabash County into her office and closed the door behind after living in a large city like Birmingham, her without saying a word. Kathleen's head where he might find higher-paying work, shot up from her paperwork and she stared, but she sumised that he might have been bewildered, at the very concerned face of from the arca originally and that he probably Linda. The PT clinical supervisor, Linda moved back to be around family managed the other three PTs on staff, creat Kathleen decided to bring Keith in ing work schedules and serving as support for an interview. When Keith walked into if nceded her office on Monday morning, he seemed “That young man that was just in very polite and professional. He appeared here, who just walked out, that's one of the to be in his midtwenties and to be in good men who just moved into my neighbor- health, capable of doing the necessary work hood!" Linda exclaimed, taking a seat while of a PT. Before proceeding with the official slowly regaining composure. She cleared her interview questions, Kathleen wanted to throat and explained, "One of my neighbors, make some brief conversation, during which Becky, told me that two men just moved she curiously inquired about what brought into our neighborhood, you know, together Keith to Wabash County. Expecting to hear They're living an 'alternative lifestyle." She something about family, she was surprised demonstrated the quotes with her fingers in when she heard him explain, “My partner the air as she said the last two words. lives here, and I moved to Wabash to be Kathleen was taken aback by this close to them." Kathleen did not notice a remark, almost in shock that her PT clinical ring on Keith's finger and was surprised that supervisor, who was usually very professional when Keith referred to his partner in the and appreciative of diversity, was choosing to tatement, he used the pronoun point out this fact to her. After coming back "them." Kathleen thought nothing ofit a from two seconds of speechlessness, Kath the time, and she began asking the profes- leen asked "Well, if in fact what you have previous s sional questions. Keith did very well when just said is true, is that an issue for you?" answering the questions concerning clini cal physical therapy practices, a "Yes," Linda stated, almost with a dagogical tone. "I can accept a lot of d promise as a leader when answein igs about people. But I will not accept ofinterpersonal someone who lives that kind of lifestyle. It's nd he even questions about his methods conflict resolution and personal initiative just not morally right." When the interview was complete, Kathleen was once again taken aback, Kathleen thanked Keith for coming in. She but she tried to calm Linda down and to

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Question: Identify four key human resource issues in this case

Answer: Following are the human resources issues in this case:

• Discrimination: Here Keith has been discriminated because he is Homosexual, leads to rejecting his application instead of being capable of performing his job very well. Keith is being discriminated because of choices he made in his personal life.
• Recruitment: Instead of finding the capable candidate at shortest period the health care center is against of such recruitment as Jerry (CMO) and Linda (PT's Supervisor) is not open to welcome someone from diverse culture or someone who is Homosexual.
• Work Overload: As there is need for 5th physical therapist the health care center is still ignoring the fact that other four physical therapist in the team are being overloaded with work which can lead them to stress and low productivity by them, can also lead to increase in employees turnover rate.
• Disputes: There has been a dispute between Kathleen and Linda which will disturb the work environment, also Linda has raised the matter by involving Jerry (CMO) into this, which will again lead to more stress on this matter of Sexual Discrimination.