The phrase "shift in behavior" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a change or alteration in someone's actions or conduct. Example: "The company's new work from home policy caused a significant shift in behavior among employees, resulting in increased productivity and improved work-life balance."
Their tolerance represented a profound shift in the behavior of the colony as a whole.
"Even the wealthy have become more value-conscious," said John Baird, a spokesman for Blue Nile, noting a shift in the behavior of its more affluent customers.
There is also a real shift in the behavior of top high school students, with many more choosing to work toward impressive scores on both tests.
In a new book, a University of Michigan business professor, Mark S. Mizruchi, contends that the forsaking of responsibility for the wider community is a big shift in the behavior of U.S. business and a central reason for the country's political and economic malaise.
This is a massive shift in the behavior and strategy of business.
Though statistically significant, the differences we observed in the behavior of exposed and control animals were not drastic, although the shift in the behavior profile of exposed mice is concerning.
Not only did it prove to be extremely profitable and passed eBay in terms of speed of growth, but it created an anthropological shift in the behaviors of society, which resulted in the spread of on-demand services and the economy of sharing.
But the year-end activity is camouflaging big shifts in the behavior of both business and leisure travelers, forcing rental companies into a period of substantial change, both at the corporate level and on rental lots.
C1 Rental Car Market Evolving Since the Sept. 11 attacks, dramatic shifts in the behavior of business and leisure travelers have forced rental car companies into a period of substantial change.
A quiet but momentous change took place in the 1980s that was just as important as the civil rights movement in explaining Barack Obama's victory: the epochal shift in the voting behavior of women who, for the first time since enfranchisement, voted in greater numbers, and more progressively, than men.
But I do know this: Humanity has arrived at a historic juncture and it now seems that a drastic shift in the collective behavior is called for.
