Applied behavior analysis and occupational safety: The challenge of response maintenance

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-60

  Boyce, Thomas E ^a   Geller, E Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral safety; Large scale industrial safety interventions; Long term response maintenance; Response generalization methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039923004     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v21n01_03     Document Type: Article

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