Of eagles and worms: Changing behavior in a complex world

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 139-163

  Sulzer Azaroff, Beth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta and molecular behavioral contingencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034564050     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v20n03_05     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Alavosius, M. P., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1986. The effects of performance feedback on the safety of client lifting and transfer. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 19:261–267.
2. Anderson, C. A., and Anderson, D. C., 1984. Ambient temperature and violent crime. Tests of the linear and curvilinear hypotheses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46:91–97.
3. Azrin, N. H., and Holz, W. C., 1966. “Punishment”. In Operant behavior:Areas of research and application, Edited by:Honig, W. A., 380–447. New York:Appleton.
4. Becker, W. C., Engelmann, W., and Thomas, D. R., 1975. Teaching 2:Cognitive learning and instruction, Chicago:SRA.
5. Brethower, D. M., 2000. A systemic view of enterprise:Adding value to performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 20:163–188.
6. Bushell, D., Jr., Wrobel, P. A., and Michaelis, M. L., 1968. Applying “group” contingencies to the classroom study behavior of preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1:55–61.
7. Donnerstein, E., and Wilson, D. W., 1976. The effects of noise and perceived control upon ongoing and subsequent aggressive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34:774–781.
8. Fellner, D. J., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1984. Increasing industrial safety practices and conditions through posted feedback. Journal of Safety Research, 15:17–21.
9. Fellner, D. J., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1985. Occupational safety:Assessing the impact of adding assigned or participative goal setting. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 7:3–24.
10. Fleming, R. K., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1988. Enhancing quality of teaching by direct-care staff through performance feedback on the job. Behavioral Residential Treatment, 4:377–395.
11. Fox, C. F., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1989. The effectiveness of two sources of feedback on staff teaching of fire evacuation skills. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 10:19–35.
12. Fox, D. K., Hopkins, B. L., and Anger, W. K., 1987. The long-term effects of a token economy on safety performance in open-pit mining. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20:215–224.
13. Gillat, A., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1994. Promoting principals managerial involvement in institutional improvement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27:115–129.
14. Grindle, A. C., Dickinson, A. M., and Boettcher, W., 2000. Behavioral safety research in manufacturing settings:A review of the literature. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 20(1)
15. Hall, R. V., Lund, D., and Jackson, D., 1968. Effects of teacher attention on study behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1:1–12.
16. Hall, R. V., Panyan, M., Rabon, D., and Broden, M., 1968. Instructing beginning teachers in reinforcement procedures which improve classroom performance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1:315–322.
17. Hart, B. M., and Risley, T. R., 1968. Establishing use of descriptive adjectives in the spontaneous speech of disadvantaged preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1:109–120.
18. Holland, J. G., and Skinner, B. F., 1961. The analysis of behavior, New York:McGraw-Hill.
19. Iwata, B. A., Dorsey, M. F., Slifer, K. J., Bauman, K. E., and Richman, G. S., 1994. Toward a functional analysis of self-injury. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27:197–209.
20. Johnson, K. R., Panelist. Panel discussion at the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. Effective educational strategies in America's schools, Edited by:Donley, C., May. Orlando, FL (Chair)
21. Johnson, K. R., and Layng, T. V. J., 1992. Breaking the structuralist barrier:Literacy and numeracy with fluency. American Psychologist, 47:1475–1490.
22. Johnson, K. R., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B., 1975. “The effects of different proctoring systems on student examination performance and preference”. In Research and technology in college and university teaching, Edited by:Johnson, J. M., 159–185. Springfield, IL:Charles C. Thomas.
23. Keller, F. S., 1968. Goodbye teacher. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1:79–90.
24. Komaki, J., Barwick, K. D., and Scott, L. R., 1978. A behavioral approach to occupational safety:Pinpointing and reinforcing safe performance in a food manufacturing plant. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63:434–445.
25. Lamal, P. A., ed. 1991. Behavioral analysis of societies and cultural practices, New York:Hemisphere.
26. Lindsley, O. R., 1971. “From Skinner to precision teaching:The child knows best”. In Let's try doing something else kind of thing, Edited by:Jordan, J. B., and Robbins, L. S., 1–11. Arlington, VA:Council for Exceptional Children.
27. Lindsley, O. R., 1992. Precision teaching:Discoveries and effects. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25:51–57.
28. McAfee, R. B., and Winn, A. R., 1989. The use of incentives/feedback to enhance work place safety:A critique of the literature. Journal of Safety Research, 20:7–19.
29. Michael, J., 1982. Distinguishing between discriminative and motivational functions of stimuli. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 37:149–155.
30. Parsons, H. M., 1974. What happened at Hawthorne?. Science, 183:922–932.
31. Pollack, M., Sulzer-Azaroff, B., and Williams, R., 1972. “The experimental analysis of a homework educational program with a pre-delinquent juvenile”. In Behavior analysis in education, Edited by:Semb, G., 303–309. Lawrence, KS:Department of Human Development, University of Kansas.
32. Risley, T. R., and Hart, B. M., 1968. Developing correspondence between the nonverbal and verbal behavior of preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1:267–281.
33. Rummler, G. A., and Brache, A. P., 1995. Improving performance:How to manage the white space on the organization chart, San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.
34. Skinner, B. F., 1958. Teaching machines. Science, 128:969–977.
35. Sulzer, B., Hunt, S., Ashby, E., Koniarski, C., and Krams, M., 1971. “Increasing rate and percentage correct in reading and spelling in a fifth grade public school class of slow readers by means of a token system”. In New directions in education:Behavior analysis, Edited by:Ramp, E. A., and Hopkins, B. L., 5–28. Lawrence, KS:Follow Through Program, Department of Human Development, University of Kansas.
36. Sulzer, B., and Mayer, G. R., 1972. Behavior modification procedures for school personnel, New York:Holt, Rinehart & Winston (Dryden Press).
37. Sulzer, B., Mayer, G. R., and Cody, J., 1968. Assisting teachers with managing classroom behavioral problems. Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 3:40–48.
38. Sulzer-Azaroff, B., and deSantamaria, M. C., 1980. Industrial safety hazard reduction through performance feedback. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 13:287–295.
39. Sulzer-Azaroff, B., Drabman, R. M., Greer, R. D., Hall, R. V., Iwata, B. A., and O'Leary, S. G., eds. 1988. “Behavior Analysis in Education 1968–1987”. In Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Reprint Series Volume 3
40. Sulzer-Azaroff, B., and Harshbarger, D., 1995. Putting fear to flight:While enhancing quality of performance. Quality Progress, 28(12):61–65.
41. Sulzer-Azaroff, B., Loafman, B., Merante, R. J., and Hlavacek, A. C., 1990. Improving safety in a large industrial plant. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 10:99–120.
42. Sulzer-Azaroff, B., Pollack, M. J., Hamad, C., and Howley, T., 1998. Promoting widespread, durable service quality via interlocking contingencies. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 19:39–61.