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| Title | Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity - (2nd Ed, 2004) - Chapter 8 |
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| File Information | Incentive pay has the potential to increase worker productivity if properly designed and maintained. Even though employees know that attention to detail, increased productivity, or suggestions may bring about rewards, casual incentives are characterized by the inexact or unexpected timing and amount of the reward. Farmers’ structured incentives are most likely to succeed if they have (1) accurately established standards; (2) clearly linked superior performance with pay or a valued reward; and (3) carefully considered what type of performance the incentive stimulates. Effective incentives are designed so the more an employee earns, the more the farmer benefits. |
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Billikopf, Gregorio
Area Farm Advisor emeritus
Labor management in agriculture: employee productivity (employee selection and testing, piece-rate pay design, incentive pay, internal wage structure and quality control); interpersonal mediation (co-worker mediation, supervisor-subordinate mediation, communication, interpersonal negotiation skills, effective listening); and supervisor training (employee discipline, praise, performance appraisal). |
| Publication Date | Jan 2, 2004 |
| Date Added | May 1, 2009 |
| Description | Incentive pay (pay for performance) has the potential to increase worker productivity if properly designed and maintained. |
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