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The Effects Of Feedback On Hourly Pay And Individual Monetary Incentives, Douglas A. Johnson
The Effects Of Feedback On Hourly Pay And Individual Monetary Incentives, Douglas A. Johnson
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The effects of performance feedback when individuals received fixed or individual incentive pay were examined. A 2 X 2 factorial design was used with approximately 30 college students in each group. Participants attended six experimental sessions. They entered the cash value of simulated bank checks presented on a computer screen. Monetary incentives increased the number of correctly completed checks (p = .000); however feedback had no effect (p = .825). Time spent working and rate of performance correlated strongly with the number of checks completed correctly, suggesting that both influenced the checks completed correctly. The results suggest that incentives increase …