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| Department of Psychology Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 Phone: 828.262.2712 Email: ludwigtd@appstate.edu |
| Education |
| Ph.D., 1993, Virginia Tech |
| M.A, 1988, Wake Forest University |
| B.A., 1986, Lenoir Rhyne College |
| Research Interests |
| Timothy Ludwig is a professor at Appalachian State University where he is a faculty of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology-Human Resources Management Masters program and is also the President of the Organizational Behavior Management National Network. His recent book, Intervening to Improve the Safety of Occupational Driving (Haworth Press), reviews 10 years of systematic behavioral safety data-based research on goal setting and feedback as well as empirical descriptions of response generalization. Currently, Dr. Ludwig's research is investigating the integration of human performance technology with behavior analytic principles to improve employee quality, productivity, and safety in industry. Dr. Ludwig is an associate editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management and his research has been cited in numerous textbooks including Cooper& Locke (2000), Goodwin (1998), Kazdin (1994), Lieberman (1999), and Spector (2003). Additionally, Dr. Ludwig has been recognized as a University Deans Distinguished Graduate Faculty and he is a member of ASU's Academy of Outstanding Teachers. Professionally, Dr. Ludwig serves as a strategic planning and human resources development consultant to both private and governmental organizations. |
| Representative Publications |
| Ludwig, T.D. & Goomas, D.T. (in press). Standardized Goals and Immediate Feedback Aggregated Beyond the Work-Unit: Optimizing the use of Engineered Labor Standards and Electronic Performance Monitoring. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. |
| Ludwig, T.D. & Goomas, D.T. (in press). Real-time Performance Monitoring, Goal-Setting, and Feedback for Forklift Drivers in a Distribution Centre. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. |
| Berger, S.M., & Ludwig, T.D. (2007). Voice assisted technology providing immediate feedback to reduce employee errors. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management 27 (1), 1-31. |
| Doll, J., Livesey, J., McHaffie, E., & Ludwig, T.D. (2007). Keeping an uphill edge: managing cleaning behaviors at a ski shop. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 27 (3), 41-60. |
| Ludwig, T.D., & Goomas, D.T. (2007). Performance, Accuracy, Data Delivery, and Feedback methods in Order Selection: A comparison of Voice, Handheld, and Paper Technologies. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 27 (1), 69-107. |
| Goomas, D.T., & Ludwig, T.D. (2007). Enhancing Incentive Programs with Proximal Goals And Immediate Feedback: Engineered Labor Standards And Technology Enhancements In Stocker Replenishment. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management 27 (1), 33-68. |
| Stephens, S.D., & Ludwig, T.D. (2005). Improving anesthesia nurse compliance with Universal Precautions using group goals and public feedback. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 25 (2), 37-71. |
| Ludwig, T. D., Buchholz, C., & Clarke, S. W. (2005). Using social marketing to increase the use of helmets among bicyclists. Journal of American College Health, 54(1), 51-58. |
| Bateman, M. J. & Ludwig, T. D. (2003). Managing distribution quality through an adapted incentive program with tiered goals and feedback. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 22 |
| Ludwig, T. D. (2001). On the necessity of structure in an arbitrary world: Using concurrent schedules of reinforcement to describe response generalization. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 21, 13-38. |
| Ludwig, T. D., Biggs, J., Wagner, S., & Geller, E. S. (2001). Using public feedback and competitive rewards to increase the safe driving behaviors of pizza deliverers. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 21, 75-104. |
| Ludwig, T. D., & Geller, E. S. (2001). Intervening to improve the safety of occupational driving: A behavior change model and review of empirical evidence. Binghamton, NY: Haworth. |
| Ludwig, T. D., & Geller, E. S. (2000). Intervening to improve the safety of delivery drivers: A systematic behavioral approach [Monograph]. Journal of Organzational Behavior Management, 19, 1-124. |
| Ludwig, T. D., & Geller, E. S. (1999). Behavioral impact of a corporate driving policy: Undesirable side-effects reflect countercontrol. Journal of Organzational Behavior Management, 19, 3-24. |
| Ludwig, T. D., & Geller, E. S. (1999). Behavior change among agents of a community safety program: Pizza deliverers advocate community safety belt use. Journal of Organzational Behavior Management, 19, 3-24. |
| Ludwig, T. D., & Geller, E. S. (1997). Assigned versus participatory goal setting and response generalization: Managing injury control among professional pizza deliverers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 253-261. |
Selected Presentations:
Ludwig, T.D. (2008). Interventions to Improve the Safety of Occupational Driving. Invited address for the International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention, A Coruna, Spain.
Ludwig, T.D. (2008). How ABA has Taken over the World (but doesn’t know it). Invited address for the California Association for Behavior Analysis meetings, Los Angeles, CA.
Ludwig, T.D. (2007). Behavioral Ecology and Response Generalization: Creating Beneficial Side Effects within Safety Interventions. Invited Colloquium presented to the Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Ludwig, T.D. (2007). Step-Function Improvement for Behavior Safety Programs. Invited Keynote address for Behavioral Safety Now, Kansas City, MO.
2003-present. Associate Editor. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.
2006-present. OBM Section Senior Program Coordinator. Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Convention.
2006-present President, Organizational Behavior Management Network
2006-present. Board member, Cambridge Center for Behavior Studies’ Commission on Behavioral Applications- Behavioral Safety.
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