@article{ref1,
title="Performance efficiency and injury avoidance as a function of positive and negative incentives",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="1973",
author="McKelvey, R. K. and Peck, MB and Engen, T.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="90-96",
abstract="In real life, hazard detection is often a secondary function to the task in which a person is engaged, a factor not considered in many previous studies of vigilance.  This study investigated subjects attentiveness to a warning device and their care and manipulating a power tool in a simulated working environment under various incentive conditions.  The subjects, primary task was manipulation of a modified power punch press; at the same time they were to respond to a warning signal indicating possible press malfunction (secondary task) and to avoid manipulative errors that could cause injury (accidents).  The main finding was that a balanced presentation of positive and negative incentives increased subjects hazard awareness without significantly sacrificing performance efficiency.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}