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Ibid., p. 765.

All the other rewards in this category can be similarly investigated and action plans initiated to modify the reward—its design and/or administration—suitably. A diagnostic instrument to evaluation compensation elements and a computer software to analyze the data on compensation evaluation programs have been developed by the authors and may be obtained from them.