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. 1990 Summer;23(2):253-8.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-253.

Effects of chosen versus assigned jobs on the work performance of persons with severe handicaps

M B Parsons  1 , D H Reid, J Reynolds, M Bumgarner
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Effects of chosen versus assigned jobs on the work performance of persons with severe handicaps

M B Parsons et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 1990 Summer.

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of several choice-related variables on the work performance of adults with severe handicaps. After assessing client work preferences, three choice-related situations were presented: (a) providing clients with the opportunity to choose a work task, (b) assigning a preferred task, and (c) assigning a nonpreferred task. Results indicated that clients attended to work tasks almost twice as much when they chose their tasks and when assigned to work on preferred tasks versus when assigned to work on nonpreferred tasks. Results are discussed regarding the need to assess systematically the effects of choice-related variables.

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