Secondary labour market

Workers typically on short-term contracts with limited wages and job security. This might be due to their age, or because […]

Securities

Interests in a business such as stock or bonds.

Security deposit

Money given by a party to reserve the right to purchase, lease or otherwise utilize a product or service. In […]

Seeds

Names of yourself, friends, relatives, or employees inserted in a direct mail mailout to track delivery and quality, and to […]

Segmentation

To divide outgoing direct mail into coded groups for testing or to improve response. Also used to classify customers into […]

Segmented labour market

A labour market whose distinct segments function as separate labour markets with limited mobility of workers from one segment to […]

Self-awareness

Self-awareness is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don’t align with […]

Self-dealing

Situation in which a fiduciary makes a decision on behalf of the corporation that benefits either that fiduciary or a […]

Self-enhancement bias

Self-enhancement bias has been studied from 2 perspectives: L. Festinger’s (1954) social comparison theory (self-enhancers perceive themselves more positively than […]

Self-insurance

Saving by a household in order to be able to maintain its consumption when there is a temporary fall in […]