O Journal of Organizational Behavior Management como um veículo para a publicação de pesquisa em análise aplicada do comportamento, na área de organizational behavior management

Abstract

Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) is considered to be an extension of the Experimental Analysis of the Behavior and has Applied Analysis of the Behavior as its technological root. Part of research conducted in the area of OBM has been published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM), a periodical aimed at publishing the researches in OBM and, therefore, in applied behavior analysis in the organizational context. On the other hand, authors like Ghezzi (2001), Hayes (1999), Mawhinney (2000, 2001) and Hyten (2002) have questioned whether published material in this area, and therefore in JOBM, can be considered as a research in applied analysis of the behavior. Due to this controversy the present work was planned to try and analyse it. To be evaluated as a publication in Applied Analysis of Behavior a research report should meet dimensions proposed by Baer, Wolf and Rilsey (1968 and 1987). Two basic reasons justified this choice: 1. they are recognized by behavior analysts as criteria which applied analyst behavior should satisfy 2) JOBM defines itself as being a periodical on applied research in analysis behavior based on those dimensions. Data gathering included: 1) JOBM´s editorials and two historical articles based on this topic were read; relevant information was also obtained from Dickinson s (2000) and Mawhinney s (2000). 2) In addition, data from Balcazar, Shupert, Daniels, Mawhinney, Hopkins (1989); Poling, Smith and Braatz (1993); Nolan, Jarema, Austin (1999) and Norman, Bucklin, Austin (1999) were also analyzed. Results showed that along the time considered JOBM satisfied consistently only one of the criteria (delineating an only subject). Hence, it was not possible to state that JOBM is a periodical aimed to publishing the applied research in behavior analysis in the organizational context. Along the history of the OBM and JOBM area it was possible to notice some changes in the behavior of the editors and in the type of the articles which were submitted to the Editorial Council throughout the twenty years which were analysed, as well