ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE APPLICATIONS IN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Implementing lasting organizational change has received an increasing amount of attention in the literature over the last 20 years. Despite this general trend, behavior analysts have been slow to address this when presenting applied research. This article reviews research published in The Journal of...

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Published inThe behavior analyst today Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 59 - 65
Main Authors Houmanfar, Ramona, Herbst, Scott A, Chase, Jared
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Joseph D. Cautilli 2003
Subjects
Behavior Analysis
Employee Attitudes
Human
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Change
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Summary:Implementing lasting organizational change has received an increasing amount of attention in the literature over the last 20 years. Despite this general trend, behavior analysts have been slow to address this when presenting applied research. This article reviews research published in The Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM) since 1990. The review suggests that the major areas of systematic applications in OBM target performance of first line employees and supervisors and that the impact of such interventions are rarely linked to companies. financial success and survival. Conclusions concerning the directions of the field of organizational behavior management in consideration of these findings are offered.
ISSN:1539-4352
1539-4352
DOI:10.1037/h0100011