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PAYCHECK [3 records]

Record 1 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Management Operations (General)
DEF

A result or event following a behavior.

CONT

A paycheck is a consequence of work. A traffic ticket is a consequence of speeding. Consequences influence the future occurrence of the behavior they follow. The effect that consequences have on behavior is a central concept in behavior management. Consequences result in the increase, maintenance, or decrease in the frequency of a behavior.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
  • Social Problems
CONT

CRASH is the construction and property industry charity for the homeless.

CONT

The Motion Picture and Television Fund is an industry charity that provides retirement facilities for industry seniors, high quality and affordable health care facilities for industry workers, and grant support to community, educational, artistic, and humanitarian causes financed directly from the paycheck withholding donations of industry workers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Personnel Management (General)
DEF

Rewards and satisfactions, such as the utilization of skills and the exercise of autonomy, that are associated with the performance of the task itself. These are to be distinguished from extrinsic rewards, such as a paycheck, which follow the performance or activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
DEF

Satisfaction psychologique que l'individu retire de son travail par opposition aux récompenses extrinsèques (p. ex les salaires et les primes).

Spanish

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