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May 1982

Time rates tighten their grip on manufacturing industries

Norma W. Carlson

Incentive pay plans continued to drop in popularity in 37 industries comparing incidence for the 1973-80 period with that for 1961-68; but alternative methods of motivating workers drew more attention from labor and management.

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