Improving Job Performance of Neighborhood Youth Corps Aides in an Urban Recreation Program.

Pierce, Charles H.; Risley, Todd R.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Improving Job Performance of Neighborhood Youth Corps Aides in an Urban Recreation Program

Pierce, Charles H.; Risley, Todd R.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 7, 2, 207-216, Sum 74

Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) aides were paid on the basis of proportion of tasks completed on a simple checklist of job performance rather than on simply being physically present. This procedure was found to be effective for increasing the level of work performance. (EH)

Descriptors: Job Analysis, Job Simplification, Job Training, Performance Contracts, Performance Criteria, Task Performance

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