Measuring a Community-Based Mental Health Organization's Culture and Climate Scores Stability.

Soc Work Ment Health

Native American Center for Wellness Research, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, USA.

Published: October 2011

This project builds on the work of Glisson et al. (2008) and the knowledge learned from community-based mental health organizations' internal structures (e.g., culture and climate), which possibly impede the implantation and adoption of new technologies. The Organizational Social Context (OSC) Model measurement system is guided by a model of social context that composes both organizational and individual level constructs, including individual and shared perceptions that are believed to mediate the impact of the organization on the individual. Although the OSC has been developed and validated over time, the literature does not provide guidance on test-retest reliability of the scale.

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