Behavior modification and absenteeism: Intervention in one industrial setting

Abstract

Used behavior modification to decrease absenteeism in 215 hourly employees at a manufacturing-distribution facility. Employees in 4 adjoining plants served as comparison groups. An ABA (baseline, intervention, return to baseline) intervention using a lottery incentive system constituted the experimental design. Absenteeism decreased significantly following the experimental group intervention but did not decrease in any of the 4 comparison groups. Further, stretching the schedule of reinforcement did not increase in rate of absenteeism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)