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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2010-6-29
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The effect of a group response-cost procedure (accompanied by verbal and written instruction) designed to decrease cash shortages in a small business was evaluated with a reversal design. When cash shortages were subtracted from the six employees' salaries on days in which the shortage exceeded 1% of total daily sales, the magnitude of daily shortages sharply decreased. This response-cost contingency was used only three times throughout the study, with a maximum cost of $8.70 per subject over the 41-day period. The efficacy of the procedures may be due to either increased precision in change calculations, a decreased frequency of stealing from the cash register, increased shortchanging of customers, and/or increased incidents of register under-ringing. Ethical questions relative to the utilization of group punishment procedures are raised, and it was concluded that the procedures used were more humane than commonly used alternatives.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:status |
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0021-8855
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
9
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
25-30
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-9-15
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| pubmed:year |
1976
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Effects of group response-cost procedures on cash shortages in a small business.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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