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ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS FROM APPLIED BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH: “DOES ANYBODY CARE?”
Author(s) -
Stolz Stephanie B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1981.14-491
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , behavioral analysis , psychology , government (linguistics) , behavioural sciences , behavioral economics , diffusion of innovations , knowledge management , management science , applied psychology , marketing , computer science , business , economics , microeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , psychotherapist
Applied behavioral researchers develop useful innovative technologies experimentally, and yet few of these technologies enjoy widespread adoption by our society. This paper analyzes several instances in which government agencies adopted behavioral technology, identifies 10 manipulable variables that could increase the rate of adoption of such technological innovations, and relates them to the field of knowledge diffusion. Unifying theory and experimental analysis are lacking in that field, yet an implicit technology may exist.