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Why is positive reinforcement important in the workplace?

Reinforcement is a process of strengthening a directly measurable dimension of behavior. When a favorable outcome, event, or reward occurs after an action, that particular response or behavior will be strengthened. In the workplace, each employee’s performance is important in an organization. As employee’s behavior is strengthened or increased based on consequences and purposes such as increasing productivity and improving the morale of an individual or department, supervisors use positive reinforcement. When new employees may have concerns about fitting in with the culture of the workplace, positive reinforcement provide new employees to decrease these concerns and help the employee relax and feel more confident by training or orientation process. Moreover, to facilitate the creation of a profitable program, every feature of the incentive program must be suitable to the participants' interests. Positive reinforcement provide successful incentive program requires clearly defined rules, suitable rewards, efficient communication strategies, and measurable success metrics. Also, positive reinforcement increase the desired behavior reoccurring in the future. If workers receive repeated praise or encouragement for good performance, they continue to do it. For instance, when employee continues to receive positive feedback from his/her supervisor, he/she who receiving praise for arriving at work early continue at that situation. In addition to this, positive reinforcement help employee to improve morale in the workplace. This is extremely import in work environments. Thanks to the supervisor providing positive work atmosphere, employees may not only be happier and more productive in their own position, but they also may be more willing to help others who may be overworked or