Newer employees more often 9. Supervisors trained in performing job evaluations 10. Modification of job behavior by giving or withholding rewards, use of punishment. Used to increase the desired behavior, prevent an unpleasant even from occurring by completing the proper behavior. To be a punisher an event must decrease the undesirable behavior.
Schedule reinforces every occurrence of the desired behavior.
Fixed Interval - A situation in which a reinforcer is applied only after a certain time period has elapsed since the last reinforcer was applied. Variable Interval - Reinforcement is administered at random times that cannot be predicted by the employee. Fixed Ratio - A reinforcer is applied after a specific number of desired responses have occurred. Variable Ratio - A reinforcer is applied after a specific number of desired responses, with the number of desired responses changing from situation to situation, around an average. Reward employees equitably Provide the means to attract potential new employees Motivate and retain good employees.