Article
Behavioral ecology of a staff incentive program: Effects on absenteeism and resident disruptive behavior.
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1983
Disciplines
Abstract
The results of an analysis of a staff incentive program designed to decrease absenteeism (unscheduled leave) are presented. The staff of a unit at an institution for the retarded who were not absent for an entire month (i.e., did not use unscheduled leave) could earn eight hours of supervisor-scheduled leave. Using an ABAB design over 16 months, the results indicated a decrease in staff absenteeism under the incentive program. Also observed was a significant positive correlation between absenteeism and resident disruptive behavior. Disruption by the residents decreased during the incentive program. These results were maintained at a one year follow-up.
Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Behavior Modification, 7, 165 181. doi: 10.1177/01454455830072003.
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Language
en_US
Publisher
Sage
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Citation Information
V. Mark Durand. "Behavioral ecology of a staff incentive program: Effects on absenteeism and resident disruptive behavior." (1983) ISSN: 0145-4455 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vmark-durand/14/