The chief concern of both individual and team piece-rate workers is financial risk.

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Risk-averse and high-performing individuals would rather take their chances on pay based on what they can control (their own work) because they are concerned others will slack off in a team setting. Either way, managers must be mindful of the motivation for workers to decrease quality in order to increase their speed of output. They should also be aware that by rewarding volume, piece-rate plans increase the probability of workplace injuries.

The Chief Concern of Both Individual and Team Piece-Rate Workers