期刊名称：Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences
电子版ISSN：2141-7024
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
期号：6
页码：538-541
出版社：Scholarlink Resource Centre
摘要：Institutions do not always serve the interests of survival, and in many cases they harm and betray their workers.The roots of institutional betrayal are found in the metacontingencies, which are complex combinations ofinterlocking behavior contingencies that result in aggregate products and incorporate receiving systems.Individuals selected for betrayal have performed recurring operants and components of cooperative behaviorspatterned as metacontingencies. They have contributed to the adaptive capabilities of the organization. Theiractions would be expected to continue. However, managers may intervene and alter the contingencies andmetacontingencies in which workers are involved, resulting in arbitrary obsolescence of workers’ functionalbehaviors. As acts of institutional betrayal are targeted toward workers, they adversely affect others whoparticipate in marginalizing targeted workers. Steps can be taken to measure and monitor institutional betrayal.Managers’ interventions in institutional metacontingencies not only harm workers; they also can weaken theresponse of institutional receiving systems to aggregate products. Cultural selection of products by receivingsystems is generally best for institutions and workers
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