eprintid: 1475257
rev_number: 26
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datestamp: 2016-03-01 10:29:20
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Li, SY
creators_name: Cox, AL
creators_name: Or, C
creators_name: Blandford, A
title: Effects of monetary reward and punishment on information checking behaviour
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C07
divisions: D05
divisions: F70
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F48
keywords: Error, Punishment, Reward
abstract: Two experiments were conducted to examine whether checking one's own work can be motivated by monetary reward and punishment. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a flat-rate payment for completing the task (Control); payment increased for error-free performance (Reward); payment decreased for error performance (Punishment). Experiment 1 (N = 90) was conducted with liberal arts students, using a general data-entry task. Experiment 2 (N = 90) replicated Experiment 1 with clinical students and a safety-critical 'cover story' for the task. In both studies, Reward and Punishment resulted in significantly fewer errors, more frequent and longer checking, than Control. No such differences were obtained between the Reward and Punishment conditions. It is concluded that error consequences in terms of monetary reward and punishment can result in more accurate task performance and more rigorous checking behaviour than errors without consequences. However, whether punishment is more effective than reward, or vice versa, remains inconclusive.
date: 2016-03
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.012
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Journal Article
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1079144
doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.012
pii: S0003-6870(15)30097-1
language_elements: eng
lyricists_name: Blandford, Ann
lyricists_name: Cox, Anna
lyricists_id: AEBLA22
lyricists_id: ACOXX11
actors_name: Cox, Anna
actors_id: ACOXX11
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Applied Ergonomics
volume: 53
number: A
pagerange: 258-266
event_location: England
issn: 1872-9126
citation:        Li, SY;    Cox, AL;    Or, C;    Blandford, A;      (2016)    Effects of monetary reward and punishment on information checking behaviour.                   Applied Ergonomics , 53  (A)   pp. 258-266.    10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.012 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.012>.       Green open access   
 
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