The Need for Assessment of Maintaining Variables in OBM

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 59-87

  Austin, John ^a   Carr, James E ^b   Agnew, Judy L ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Aubrey Daniels and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive assessment; Functional assessment; Informant assessment; Maintaining variables; Organizational behavior management; Performance analysis; Performance improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033267593     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v19n02_05     Document Type: Article

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