{"title":"A preliminary investigation of procedural refinements to the performance diagnostic checklist - human services","authors":"Hanna Vance, Valdeep Saini, Emily L. Guertin","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2043218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2043218","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Human Services (PDC-HS) is a functional assessment tool used in the field of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) to assess reasons for employee performance problems and inform intervention development. There are two aspects of the intervention-selection process that could inhibit the objectivity and utility of the tool, particularly for practitioners with limited experience conducting the assessment. Proposed refinements to address these drawbacks include (a) identifying a cutoff threshold to objectively identify the categories requiring intervention based on the PDC-HS outcome, and (b) developing decision-making models to identify a single category that should be the focus of intervention. A between-groups design was used to evaluate the degree to which access to components of these proposed refinements resulted in appropriate intervention selections when practitioners in the field were presented with scenarios derived from published case studies. Binary logistic regressions indicated that practitioners with refinement access were 4.97 times more likely to select the most appropriate category for intervention, relative to those who did not have access to the refinements (p < .001, 95% OR CI [2.38,10.41]). Secondary analyses indicated variables such as certification level and experience in organizational behavior management did not significantly influence the selection of an appropriate category for intervention. Preliminary findings suggest that future applications of the PDC-HS, particularly as it relates to the intervention-selection process, may benefit from the supplemented refinements.","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44804246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on the Ethics of Organizational Behavior Management","authors":"Nicholas L. Weatherly","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2029798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2029798","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47530719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflections on Ethics and Licensure in OBM","authors":"Terry McSween","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2032532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2032532","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49199762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Code is Irrelevant: Organizational Behavior Management is not Applied Behavior Analysis","authors":"D. Hantula","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2029796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2029796","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41313752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revisiting the Past and Selecting for the Future: An Introduction to Handbook of Organizational Performance: Foundations and Advances","authors":"Douglas A. Johnson, C. M. Johnson","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2029797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2029797","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Both business and behavior can be understood through the lens of variation and selection, with adaptive approaches prospering and other approaches perishing. The Handbook of Organizational Performance: Foundations and Advances series seeks to lay out the groundwork and direction for our field to prosper, as understood by many expert contributors in the field of organizational behavior management. Other worthwhile directions beyond the series are also noted, all guided by the notion that a science of behavior is not only possible, but also a critical missing component from the typical understanding of how to best operate a business so that it survives.","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48909994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Luiselli, R. Gardner, F. Bird, Helena Maguire, Jill M. Harper
{"title":"Organizational behavior management in human services settings: Conducting and disseminating research that improves client outcomes, employee performance, and systems development","authors":"J. Luiselli, R. Gardner, F. Bird, Helena Maguire, Jill M. Harper","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2027319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2027319","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Principles and applications of organizational behavior management (OBM) can be incorporated within human services settings to promote applied research that contributes to client outcomes, employee performance, systems development, and other value-added benefits. We describe organizational strategies for building a program of research and dissemination focused on (a) leadership direction and support, (b) assessment of barriers (competing contingencies) to research, (c) integration of research with routine service delivery, (d) formation of research teams, (e) oversight by a research review committee, (f) research training, supervision, and mentorship, (g) incentivizing research participation among employees, and (h) organizational research ethics. Steps and recommendations for implementing these strategies are presented.","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44068117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use of Task Clarification and Self-Monitoring to Increase Affirmative to Constructive Feedback Ratios in Supervisory Relationships","authors":"Anna Schulz, David A. Wilder","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2021.2019168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2021.2019168","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Previous research has demonstrated that a minimum ratio of 5 affirmative to 1 constructive interactions is correlated with successful long-term intimate relationships, and similar (i.e., 4:1) ratios have been suggested in the context of supervisory relationships in employment settings. However, research has yet to examine methods of increasing interactional ratios to achieve such levels. In the current study, we analyzed the effects of task clarification and, if necessary, self-monitoring on ratios of affirmative to constructive feedback statements made by three supervisors of direct care staff during in-situ supervision at an early intensive behavioral intervention clinic. Results show that two supervisors achieved the criterion for ratios of affirmative to constructive statements with task clarification, while the third participant required self-monitoring to achieve the criterion. A social validity measure indicated that both supervisors and direct care staff members approved of the procedures and the outcome of the study.","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42151235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Volume 42 Issue 1 of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","authors":"David A. Wilder","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2022.2044241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2044241","url":null,"abstract":"Issue 1 of Volume 42 includes four interesting manuscripts! First, in a manuscript that will also appear as a chapter in the upcoming book Handbook of Organizational Performance: Foundations and Advances, edited by Drs. Doug Johnson and Carl Johnson, Dale Brethower et al. provide a fascinating history of organizational behavior management (OBM). Unfortunately, this is Dr. Brethower’s last contribution to the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM), as he recently passed away. Dr. Brethower was an emeritus professor of Psychology at Western Michigan University. He was also a founder of the Organizational Behavior Management Network (OBMN) and received that organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. His contributions to the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management and the discipline of OBM will be missed. Rest in peace, Dale. Next, Cymbal et al. report on variables that predict turnover and staff satisfaction in agencies providing behavior analytic services. The authors examined large quantities of data to identify a few variables that correlated with staff turnover, including (you guessed it), pay. There were some surprises too though, including an interesting relationship between staff satisfaction and the satisfaction of the client’s caregivers. These data may help agencies providing behavior analytic services focus on turnover prevention strategies. Vladescu et al. report on a comparison of video modeling and computerbased instruction to teach staff members to implement a preference assessment procedure. Both of these procedures are advantageous to train staff in that they do not require in-person instruction. Both procedures have disadvantages too. The results of the study are quite interesting! Finally, Choi and Johnson describe some common antecedent strategies in OBM, with a focus on goal setting, task clarification, and job aids. Antecedent strategies have some distinct advantages over consequence-based OBM interventions. The authors of this manuscript do a nice job of describing these advantages, highlighting disadvantages, and suggesting when these interventions might be most appropriate to use. A special section or issue of JOBM on Supervision is planned for Volume 42. Manuscripts will cover a variety of aspects of supervision, including the effects of the frequency and quality of supervision, comparisons of supervision models, evaluations of effective supervision structure and components, and JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT 2022, VOL. 42, NO. 1, 1–2 https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2044241","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41710840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Cymbal, David A. Wilder, Nelmar Cruz, Grant Ingraham, Mary Llinas, Ronald J. Clark, Marissa E. Kamlowsky
{"title":"Procedural Integrity Reporting in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (2000–2020)","authors":"Daniel Cymbal, David A. Wilder, Nelmar Cruz, Grant Ingraham, Mary Llinas, Ronald J. Clark, Marissa E. Kamlowsky","doi":"10.1080/01608061.2021.2014380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2021.2014380","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In behavior analytic research, procedural integrity refers to the extent to which the independent variable is implemented as described. Collecting and reporting data on procedural integrity are important for assessing the internal validity of a study; it assists in verifying that the independent variable, and not an extraneous variable, is responsible for intervention effects. Previous research suggests that data on procedural integrity are infrequently reported in behavior analytic studies. In organizational behavior management in particular, no recent evaluation of the reporting of data on procedural integrity exists. In the current study, we examined all empirical articles published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM) from 2000 to 2020 to examine reporting of data on procedural integrity. We found that only 23.7% of studies reported these data. Furthermore, we found that 43.8% of studies appear to be at high risk, meaning they included multiple person-implemented intervention components and no measure of procedural integrity. We conclude by offering some possible reasons as to why the number of JOBM studies reporting these data is so low and by suggesting some ways to increase the collection and reporting of procedural integrity data.","PeriodicalId":51667,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organizational Behavior Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41567976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}