Training and Development in Organizations: A Review of the Organizational Behavior Management Literature

There are several excellent literature reviews and other discussions on personnel training in organizations in the industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology literature (Campbell, 1971; Eden, 1987; Goldstein, 1980, 1991; Latham, 1988, 1989; Tannenbaum and Yukl, 1992; Wexley, 1984). These works have had an impact on the field of training and have contributed to the development and quality of training research. With few exceptions, however, these reviews have ignored organizational behavior management (OBM) training research. The present chapter attempts to fill that gap and extend earlier treatments of OBM training (Reid, Parsons, and Green, 1989; Ross, 1982). The chapter begins with a review of the OBM training literature followed by a critique and suggestions for future research.