Choy-Brown Mimi, Stanhope Victoria, Wackstein Nancy, Cole Holly Delany
Social Work, University of Minnesota, St.Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Hum Serv Organ Manag Leadersh Gov. 2020;44(4):332-342. doi: 10.1080/23303131.2020.1767744. Epub 2020 Jun 7.
What training leaders need to successfully shepherd high quality human service delivery remains less understood. This study aims to evaluate associations between social work training, leadership style, and organizational factors. Participants included leaders (=49) and employees (=224) working in 10 behavioral health organizations who completed a survey. Hierarchical linear models were used to analyze multilevel associations. Analyses indicated that leaders with social work training were rated higher in transformational leadership and organizational factors (e.g., lesser stress) on average within both samples. Findings begin an empirical argument for the value of social work leaders for the success of human service organizations.
培训领导者要成功引领高质量的人类服务交付,目前仍鲜为人知。本研究旨在评估社会工作培训、领导风格和组织因素之间的关联。参与者包括在10个行为健康组织工作的领导者(49人)和员工(224人),他们完成了一项调查。采用分层线性模型来分析多层次关联。分析表明,接受过社会工作培训的领导者在两个样本中平均在变革型领导和组织因素(如压力较小)方面得分更高。研究结果开始为社会工作领导者对人类服务组织成功的价值提供实证依据。