Beyond Positive Reinforcement: OBM as a Humanizing Approach to Management Practices

Beyond Positive Reinforcement OBM as a Humanizing Approach to Management Practices

This article comments on the need to recognize that OBM already is a "positive psychology" for many more reasons than just that it embraces positive reinforce as a cornerstone of workplace improvement. This paper suggests there are at least 10 ways in which OBM constitutes a distinctly &qu...

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Published in:Journal of organizational behavior management Vol. 24; no. 1-2; pp. 195 - 202
Main Author: Crowell, Charles R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Taylor & Francis Group 01-01-2004
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
humane
humanizing
Management theory
OBM
Organizational behavior
Positive Psychology
Positive reinforcement
Psychology
Resistance (Psychology)
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Summary:This article comments on the need to recognize that OBM already is a "positive psychology" for many more reasons than just that it embraces positive reinforce as a cornerstone of workplace improvement. This paper suggests there are at least 10 ways in which OBM constitutes a distinctly "positive" and humanizing approach to management practices. These ways are enumerated and briefly reviewed.
ISSN:0160-8061
1540-8604
DOI:10.1300/J075v24n01_13