Session: Understanding Social Relationships in Human Service Organizations: Cultural Competence and Staff Cohesiveness (Sixteenth Annual Conference Research That Makes A Difference: Advancing Practice and Shaping Public Policy)

Saturday, January 14, 2012: 10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Independence C (Grand Hyatt Washington)

Cluster: Organizations and Management

Moderator:

Erick Guerrero, PhD, University of Southern California

* noted as presenting author

Organizational Cultural Competence In Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment: Measurement and Relationship to Wait Time and Retention
Erick Guerrero, PhD, University of Southern California; Christina Andrews, MSW, University of Chicago

Does Worker-Client Racial/Ethnic Similarity Matter for Child Welfare Service Provision? A Test of Representative Bureaucracy Theory
Alicia C. Bunger, MSW, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Emmeline Chuang, PhD, University of South Florida; Bowen McBeath, Portland State University

Technical and Social Influences On Frontline Practice: Do Cohesive Organizational Environments Hinder Change?
Brenda D. Smith, PhD, University of Alabama; Junqing Liu, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore

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