Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-8-2015
Journal / Book Title
Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
Abstract
Agency-based design teams effectively address workforce issues in public child welfare agencies. This article presents findings from an adaptation of a design team intervention for private child welfare agencies. A longitudinal mixed-methodology design measures effects of the intervention and conditions of implementation. Pre–post surveys of workers (n = 137) and a comparison group (n = 153) measure climate, job satisfaction, perceptions of child welfare, and intent to leave. Statistically significant increases of 0.37 points on dimensions of organizational justice and support (justice: p = 0.01; support: p = 0.03) parallel the team’s perceived effect of their work—that it will make the organization more fair and accountable.
DOI
10.1080/23303131.2015.1045108
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Lawrence, Catherine K.; Zeitlin, Wendy; Auerbach, Charles; and Claiborne, Nancy, "Climate Change in Private Child Welfare Organizations" (2015). Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 23.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/social-work-and-child-advocacy-facpubs/23
Published Citation
Lawrence, C. K., Zeitlin, W. S., Auerbach, C., & Claiborne, N. (2015). Climate change in private child welfare organizations. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 39(4), 290-305.