ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS FROM APPLIED BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH: “DOES ANYBODY CARE?”
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 14 (4) , 491-505
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1981.14-491
Abstract
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.Keywords
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