TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational behavior management and personality psychology
T2 - Reunited and it feels so good?
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Brent W. Roberts is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Address correspondence to: Brent W. Roberts, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820 (E-mail: broberts@ s.psych.uiuc.edu). Preparation of this paper was supported by a grant from the University of Illinois Research Board and by grants from the National Institute of Aging (AG19414 & AG21178).
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - I make four points in this commentary on Geller (2002). First, the models put forward by Geller are excellent examples of the direction Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) should take in the near future. Second, these models are too modest. Findings establishing the role of genetics and their phenotypic expression-traits-are overtaking the field of psychology in general and will soon overtake OBM. Third, behaviorism should not die as a field of inquiry in psychology or in particular domains such as organizational psychology. One example is given for how a successful merger could take place. Fourth and finally, OBM should merge with I/O Psychology and dissolve arbitrary barriers to the benefit of both OBM and I/O Psychology.
AB - I make four points in this commentary on Geller (2002). First, the models put forward by Geller are excellent examples of the direction Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) should take in the near future. Second, these models are too modest. Findings establishing the role of genetics and their phenotypic expression-traits-are overtaking the field of psychology in general and will soon overtake OBM. Third, behaviorism should not die as a field of inquiry in psychology or in particular domains such as organizational psychology. One example is given for how a successful merger could take place. Fourth and finally, OBM should merge with I/O Psychology and dissolve arbitrary barriers to the benefit of both OBM and I/O Psychology.
KW - Genetics
KW - Industrial/organizational psychology
KW - Organizational behavior management
KW - Personality traits
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U2 - 10.1300/J075v22n02_06
DO - 10.1300/J075v22n02_06
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0041526305
SN - 0160-8061
VL - 22
SP - 59-70+9
JO - Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
JF - Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
IS - 2
ER -