A Preliminary Investigation of the Effect of Rules on Employee Performance

Autor/inn/en	Squires, James; Wilder, David A.
Titel	A Preliminary Investigation of the Effect of Rules on Employee Performance
Quelle	In: Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 30 (2010) 1, S.57-69 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-8061
Schlagwörter	Employees; Job Performance; Goal Orientation; Governance; Positive Reinforcement; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung
Abstract	The way in which rules impact workplace performance has been a topic of discussion in the Organizational Behavior Management literature for some time. Despite this interest, there is a dearth of empirical research on the topic. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of rules and goal setting in the workplace. Participants included two employees at an intensive residential treatment facility. The dependent variable was the percentage of sign-out/sign-in cells completed on a daily checklist. During baseline, data were collected on the percentage of cells correctly completed. During the treatment evaluation phase, employees were given 1 of 2 randomly assigned goal-rules in an alternating fashion: a praise goal-rule and a reprimand goal-rule. The corresponding contingency described in the goal-rule (i.e., praise or reprimand) was delivered contingent upon employee goal completion. Results showed that performance increased over baseline levels after the introduction of the goal-rules. In addition, slight differences in performance between the two types of goal-rules were noted for each participant. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10