title: Self-management "additives" for improving work productivity of mentally retarded workers in sheltered workshops.
abstract: This study compared the effects of "typical" staff supervision to "typical" staff supervision plus one of two self-management strategies for improving work productivity of eight mentally retarded workers in a sheltered workshop. The first self-management strategy consisted of self monitoring plus one minute goal setting at the beginning of each half-day of work plus one minute of back-up social contigencies at the end of each half-day of work. The second self-management strategy was the same as that described above, plus a monetary bonus system for productivity. Procedural reliabilities were obtained on the components of the "typical" staff supervisory strategy and the self-management strategies. Both self-management strategies produced an increase in worker productivity, and there was little to recommend one over the other. Some limitations of existing research on self-management procedures for improving productivity of mentally retarded workers were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Skills Unlimited, Winnepeg, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004526:Efficiency; D005246:Feedback; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010559:Personnel Management; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology