title: Practical reward strategies available to supervisors.
abstract: Many health care organizations are cutting costs by eliminating or reducing their recognition and award systems. Salary increases and bonuses are harder to come by. To compensate for these losses at a time when morale is flagging and stress is increasing, it is imperative for supervisors and managers to fine-tune their recognition and reward skills.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Umiker
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003405:Creativity; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009013:Morale; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D012201:Reward; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States