If Employee Compensation Plans Are Not Designed Properly, They Can

question 58

True/False

If employee compensation plans are not designed properly, they can create incentives for errant behaviour by management.

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Definitions:

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a reward is not provided every time the desired behavior is performed, leading to more resistant learned behaviors.

Extinction Procedure

A behavioral technique in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued, leading to a decrease in the frequency of the behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A process of acquiring knowledge in which the force of an activity is changed by either positive reinforcement or penalties.

Token Economy

A behavioral therapy method that involves rewarding desired behaviors with tokens that can be exchanged for various privileges or treats.