Title
Organizational Behavior Management and Organization Development: Potential Paths to Reciprocation
Document Type
Book Chapter
Department or Administrative Unit
Psychology
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
The origins of applied behavioral science can be traced back more than fifty years. While Skinner was pioneering efforts in the experimental analysis of behavior, and the grand theorists, Tolman, Hull, and Guthrie were battling for supremacy in the behavioral science arena, Kurt Lewin and Rensis Likert, prominent social psychologists of the era, began emphasizing the importance of connecting research and theory with practice. Their work strongly influenced the field of organizational behavior (OB), and spawned the field we will consider in detail in the present chapter: organization development (OD).
Recommended Citation
Eubanks, J. L. (2001). Organizational Behavior Management and Organization Development: Potential Paths to Reciprocation. In W. K. Redmon, T. C. Mawhinney, & C. M. Johnson (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Performance: Behavior Analysis and Management (pp. 367-390). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203048184
Rights
© 2001 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
Comments
This book chapter was originally published in Handbook of Organizational Performance: Behavior Analysis and Management. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.
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