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PERFORMANCE PAY IMPROVES ENGAGEMENT, PROGRESS, AND SATISFACTION IN COMPUTER-BASED JOB SKILLS TRAINING OF LOW-INCOME ADULTS.
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Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis . Summer2013, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p395-406. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Advancing the education of low-income adults could increase employment and income, but adult education programs have not successfully engaged low-income adults. Monetary reinforcement may be effective in promoting progress in adult education. This experiment evaluated the benefits of providing incentives for performance in a job-skills training program for low-income, unemployed adults. Participants worked on typing and keypad programs for 7 months. Participants randomly assigned to Group A (n = 23) earned hourly and productivity pay on the typing program (productivity pay), but earned only equalized hourly pay on the keypad program (hourly pay). Group B (n = 19) participants had the opposite contingencies. Participants worked more on, advanced further on, and preferred their productivity pay program. These results show that monetary incentives can increase performance in a job-skills training program, and indicate that payment in adult education programs should be delivered contingent on performance in the training program instead of simply on attendance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ABILITY
*ANALYSIS of variance
*CLINICAL trials
*EMPLOYMENT
*EXPERIMENTAL design
*FISHER exact test
*LABOR productivity
*POVERTY
*PROFESSIONAL employee training
*REINFORCEMENT (Psychology)
*RESEARCH funding
*U-statistics
*VOCATIONAL education
*TRAINING
*DRUG abusers
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218855
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88867684
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.51