Organizational Climate Factors of Successful and Not Successful Implementations of Workforce Innovations in Voluntary Child Welfare Agencies

Authors

Nancy Claiborne, SUNY Albany
Charles Auerbach, Yeshiva University
Wendy Zeitlin, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Catherine K. Lawrence, SUNY Albany

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Journal / Book Title

Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance

Abstract

This study advances research on implementing innovations in child welfare organizations, confirming the association between a positive organizational climate and successful change initiative implementation. Administrators and child welfare workers from six agencies were surveyed using independent samples t-and OLS regressions. The organizational climate dimensions found significant were organization, job and role, indicating the three agencies that fully implemented a change initiative enjoyed a more positive organizational climate. The organization dimension was also significant for administrators, indicating a more positive climate perception than workers. Supervisor dimension was not significant, indicating no association whether or not the change initiative was implemented.

DOI

10.1080/23303131.2014.984096

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Claiborne, Nancy; Auerbach, Charles; Zeitlin, Wendy; and Lawrence, Catherine K., "Organizational Climate Factors of Successful and Not Successful Implementations of Workforce Innovations in Voluntary Child Welfare Agencies" (2015). Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 85.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/social-work-and-child-advocacy-facpubs/85

Published Citation

Claiborne, N., Auerbach, C., Zeitlin, W., & Lawrence, C. K. (2015). Organizational climate factors of successful and not successful implementations of workforce innovations in voluntary child welfare agencies. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 39(1), 69-80.