FACULTY

Contact Information

sos@umbc.edu

Lab:
Sondheim Hall 411
p.410-455-8183

Status:

Not accepting new students for Fall 2013

Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education

Area of Study

Organizational Behavior Management

Research Interests

Performance management in organizations: Performance analysis, task design, and motivational interventions.
Occupational safety: Effective interventions for the lone worker, and behavioral safety processes.

Selected Publications

Sigurdsson, S.O., Ring, B., O'Reilly, K., & Silverman, K. (in press). Barriers to employment among unemployed drug users: Age predicts severity. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

Sigurdsson, S.O., Artnak, M., Needham, M., Wirth, O., Silverman, K. (accepted for publication). Motivating Ergonomic Computer Workstation Setup: Sometimes training is not enough. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics.

Sigurdsson, S.O., Ring, B.M., Needham, M., Boscoe, J.H. & Silverman, K. (2010). Generalization of posture training to computer workstations in an applied setting. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 44, 157-61.

Austin, J., Sigurdsson, S. O., & Shpak, Y. (2006). An Examination of the Effects of Delayed versus Immediate Prompts on Safety Belt Use. Environment and Behavior, 38, 140-149.

Austin, J., Sigurdsson, S. O., & Helton, B. (2005). Using Supervisory Feedback and Public Posting of feedback to Increase Safety in a Manufacturing Setting. Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis, 1, 187-196.

Sigurdsson, S. O., & Austin, J. (in press). Institutionalization and Response Maintenance in Organizational Behavior Management. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.