Using institutional theory, we developed predictions about organizational units that moved
from an environment making consistent demands to one making conflicting demands. Many …

This article describes and analyzes leadership styles and leadership change in human and
community service organizations. Based on the assumption that leadership styles must …

Growing concern about fragmentation and alienation in human services has refocused
attention on service integration and coordination. This trend is matched by a shift of focus …

Globally, COVID-19 had an immense impact on mental health systems, but research on how
community mental health (CMH) systems and services contributed to the pandemic mental …

PREFACE health care and mental health care, education, substance addiction, and criminal
justice across nonprofit, governmental, and for-profit sectors. This book does not present a …

The profession of social work has a unique role in preventing and treating alcohol and other
drug problems. In human services settings shared beliefs or ideologies of care are expected …

The study of organizational life cycle is especially important for the understanding of human
service organizations. They are very dependent on their external environment for the receipt …

Both professional service providers and public officials have come to view case
management as a powerful tool for providing help to such clients [ie, mentally ill, elderly …

This paper argues that current conceptions of organizational activity as ritual conformity (or
isomorphism) to institutional demands which exist in the environment must also incorporate …

The field of cultural competence is shifting its primary emphasis from enhancement of
counselors' skills to management, organizational policy, and processes of care. This study …