A Company Converted Its Machine Operators from Piece Rate Pay

question 176

Multiple Choice

A company converted its machine operators from piece rate pay to hourly pay and found that accidents involving the machines were reduced to almost zero from a previously high level.What can we conclude?

• A)Safe working practices were positively reinforced.
• B)Unsafe working practices were punished.
• C)Safe working practices were negatively reinforced.
• D)Unsafe working practices were extinguished.
• E)Hourly pay resulted in bigger paycheques for the machine operators.

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