Assessing the Organizational Social Context (OSC) of Child Welfare Systems: Implications for Research and Practice

Autor/inn/en	Glisson, Charles; Green, Philip; Williams, Nathaniel J.
Titel	Assessing the Organizational Social Context (OSC) of Child Welfare Systems: Implications for Research and Practice
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 36 (2012) 9, S.621-632 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.06.002
Schlagwörter	Factor Analysis; Profiles; Child Welfare; Social Environment; Probability; Psychometrics; Job Satisfaction; Caseworkers; National Norms; Organizational Culture; Organizational Climate; National Surveys; Adolescents; Children; Work Attitudes; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Kindeswohl; Soziales Umfeld; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Unternehmenskultur; Organisationsklima; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Objective: The study: (1) provides the first assessment of the a "priori" measurement model and psychometric properties of the Organizational Social Context (OSC) measurement system in a US nationwide probability sample of child welfare systems; (2) illustrates the use of the OSC in constructing norm-based organizational culture and climate profiles for child welfare systems; and (3) estimates the association of child welfare system-level organizational culture and climate profiles with individual caseworker-level job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Methods: The study applies confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and hierarchical linear models (HLM) analysis to a US nationwide sample of 1,740 caseworkers from 81 child welfare systems participating in the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing (NSCAW II). The participating child welfare systems were selected using a national probability procedure reflecting the number of children served by child welfare systems nationwide. Results: The a priori OSC measurement model is confirmed in this nationwide sample of child welfare systems. In addition, caseworker responses to the OSC scales generate acceptable to high scale reliabilities, moderate to high within-system agreement, and significant between-system differences. Caseworkers in the child welfare systems with the best organizational culture and climate profiles report higher levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Organizational climates characterized by high engagement and functionality, and organizational cultures characterized by low rigidity are associated with the most positive work attitudes. Conclusions: The OSC is the first valid and reliable measure of organizational culture and climate with US national norms for child welfare systems. The OSC provides a useful measure of Organizational Social Context for child welfare service improvement and implementation research efforts which include a focus on child welfare system culture and climate. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10