Output rates among machine operators: III. A non-incentive situation in two levels of business activity

Abstract

How is output related to financial incentives and business conditions? I (see 33: 9078) reported on Plant A, II (see 34: 8462) on Plant B, and this report on Plant C. This report presents "two sets of data obtained from one plant at two different times and in two different levels of business activity." In Plant C there was no financial incentive plan, however, substandard employees were, supposedly, disciplined. Skewness of output, hypothesized as indicating "restriction of output," took place in a period of poor business conditions, but not so much later when things improved. "This paper shows the need for describing the economic conditions or level of business existing at the time that industrial studies are made." From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2LH50R. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)