Piecework Abandoned: The Effect of Wage Incentive Systems on Managerial Authority |
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... operators , one on day and one on night , have worked on the job later found to be sub - standard ; if sub ... operators is judged by managers . Under W.I. systems there is the danger that less attention is paid by managers to variations ...
... operators , one on day and one on night , have worked on the job later found to be sub - standard ; if sub ... operators is judged by managers . Under W.I. systems there is the danger that less attention is paid by managers to variations ...
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... operators , representatives , supervisors and managers , to set targets which enable operators to perform new jobs at the prevailing level of average bonus earnings , whatever it may be . If the rate- fixer yields to these pressures and ...
... operators , representatives , supervisors and managers , to set targets which enable operators to perform new jobs at the prevailing level of average bonus earnings , whatever it may be . If the rate- fixer yields to these pressures and ...
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... operators tend to adopt in the presence of W.I. systems . Many managers state that maximum rates of output on the range of jobs being done in a department are agreed by the group of operators concerned with them and that any operator ...
... operators tend to adopt in the presence of W.I. systems . Many managers state that maximum rates of output on the range of jobs being done in a department are agreed by the group of operators concerned with them and that any operator ...
Contents
The Merits and Shortcomings of Wage | 8 |
The Inaccuracy of Ratefixing | 29 |
Dropping Wage Incentives | 38 |
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