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Download full textPritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1973
Confidential performance appraisals were collected from a sample of 504 enlisted personnel and compared to a large sample of official, nonconfidential appraisals. Results indicated that the distribution of confidential ratings showed much less skew and more discrimination than the nonconfidential ratings. (Author)
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Military Personnel, Performance
Pritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1987
This manual is intended to assist operational managers in using feedback, goal-setting, and incentive systems. The first section presents background information on feedback, goal-setting, and incentive systems and on measuring productivity. It includes formal definitions of each system, examines the logic of why each system works, compares the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Feedback, Incentives, Military Personnel
Pritchard, Robert D.; Peters, Lawrence H. – 1973
The present research develops the argument that actual job duties are a significant determinant of job satisfaction, especially intrinsic satisfaction. It is further argued that the degree of fit between job duties and interests in these job duties should be related to satisfaction. To test these hypotheses, data were collected on job duties…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Enlisted Personnel, Job Analysis, Job Satisfaction
Pritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1987
A new productivity measurement system was developed for five sections in maintenance and supply at an operational Air Force base. The productivity measures derived from the system were used as a basis for monthly feedback to the units for a period of five months. Afterward, goal setting was added to the feedback for five months. Finally,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Incentives
Pritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1987
This technical paper is one of three produced by a large-scale effort aimed at implementing a new approach to measuring productivity, and using that approach to assess the impact of feedback, goal setting, and incentives on productivity. The productivity measurement system was developed for five units in the maintenance and supply areas at an Air…
Descriptors: Adults, Efficiency, Evaluation Criteria, Feedback
Pritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1974
The report describes an 18-month research project at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of inceptive motivation techniques in Air Force technical training. The first phase of the research identified incentives. The findings were used in the second phase of the research which made these incentives contingent on…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness
