Using feedback and performance accountability to decrease cash register shortages

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-46

  Rohn, Don ^a   Austin, John ^a   Lutrey, Sonya M ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Cash handling; Functional assessment; Posted feedback; Retail; Verbal feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036965897     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v22n01_03     Document Type: Article

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