Date of Award
12-1987
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. William K. Redmon
Second Advisor
Dr. Dale M. Brethower
Third Advisor
Dr. Howard E. Farris
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This study used a multiple baseline design to examine the effect of a lottery-based group contingency on unscheduled sick leave (USL) use by residential treatment workers. Sixty direct-care workers participated in this study. Researchers employed a group contingency that required workers to meet 2-week absence criterion levels in order to participate in a subsequent reinforcement lottery. The workers who won the lottery chose one of four rewards including 20 dollars, 4 hours paid time-off, lunch with a supervisor, and four movie tickets. The mean number of USL hours used in each of five work units was reduced significantly during intervention. Reductions in USL ranged from 30% to 80%.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Norman Kevin, "An Attendance Incentive Procedure Using Group Contingencies" (1987). Masters Theses. 1229.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1229