Climate Change in Private Child Welfare Organizations

Catherine K. Lawrence; Wendy S. Zeitlin; Charles Auerbach; Nancy Claiborne

doi:10.1080/23303131.2015.1045108

Climate Change in Private Child Welfare Organizations

Catherine K. Lawrence, Wendy S. Zeitlin, Charles Auerbach, Nancy Claiborne

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	290-305
Number of pages	16
Journal	Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2015.1045108
State	Published - 8 Aug 2015

Keywords

leadership and organizational change
management
organizational theory and analysis
workforce/workplace issue in human service organizations

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