ALICIA ALVERO

Title	Associate Professor
Area	Applied Behavior Analysis and Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Ph.D.	Western Michigan University, 2003
Office	A-308 Science Building
E-mail	alicia.alvero@qc.cuny.edu
Office Phone	718-997-3212

Professional Activities:

Editorial Activities:
    Member of editorial board for the Journal of Safety Research
    Member of editorial board for the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

   Guest reviewer for:
    European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
    Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis                 
    Behavior Analysis in Practice
    Analysis of Verbal Behavior

    Ford Foundation Fellowship Recipient (2002)

Society Memberships:
    American Psychological Association
    Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
    Organizational Behavior Management Network
    Association for Behavior Analysis International

Research Interests:

Industrial-Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior Management
Behavior Safety
Training and Development
Performance Feedback

Information about Dr. Alvero's research laboratory can be found here.

Selected Publications:

    Medina, R. E., McSween, T. E., Rost, K., & Alvero, A. M. (in press). Behavioral safety in a petroleum refinery: Large-scale change and long-term results. Professional Safety.

    Myers, W. V., McSween, T. E., Medina, R. E., Rost, K., & Alvero, A. M. (in press). The long-term effects of behavioral safety in a petroleum refinery. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

    Alvero, A. M., Rost, K., & Austin, J. (2008). The safety observer effect: The effects of conducting safety observations. Journal of Safety Research, 39, 365-373.

    Tittelbach, D., Fields, L., & Alvero, A. M. (2008). Effects of performance feedback on typing speed and accuracy. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 27, 29-51.

    Alvero, A. M., Struss, K., & Rappaport, K. (2007). Measuring Safety Performance: A Comparison of Whole, Partial, and Momentary Time-Sampling Recording Methods. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 27, 1-28.

    Sasson, J. R., Austin, J. & Alvero, A. M. (2007). Behavioral Safety Phenomena: Insight into Observation. Journal of Professional Safety, 26, 26-32.

    Tittelbach, D., DeAngelis, M., Sturmey, P., & Alvero, A. M. (2007). The effects of task clarification, feedback, and goal- setting on student advisors’ office behaviors and customer service. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 27, 27-37.

    Alvero, A. M. & Austin, J. (2006). An Implementation of Protocol Analysis and the Silent Dog Method in the Area of Behavioral Safety. Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 22, 61-79.

    Sasson, J. R., Alvero, A. M. & Austin, J. (2006). Comparative and Contributive Effects of Process and Human Performance Improvement Strategies. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 26, 43-79.

    Alvero, A. M. & Austin, J. (2004). The effects of conducting behavioral observations on the behavior of the observer. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 457-468.