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Halladay Goldman, Jane A.

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A comparative case study of human service organizations: How feminist organizations have developed, incorporated and maintained value-aligned practices.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A comparative case study of human service organizations: How feminist organizations have developed, incorporated and maintained value-aligned practices./
Author:	Halladay Goldman, Jane A.
Description:	299 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-01, Section: A, page: 0350.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-01A.
Subject:	Social Work. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3342962
ISBN:	9780549978664

A comparative case study of human service organizations: How feminist organizations have developed, incorporated and maintained value-aligned practices.
Halladay Goldman, Jane A.

A comparative case study of human service organizations: How feminist organizations have developed, incorporated and maintained value-aligned practices. - 299 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-01, Section: A, page: 0350.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2008.

Human Service Organizations (HSOs) are society's principle means of providing social services, yet many do not have practices that reflect social work values. Some women's organizations have successfully incorporated their values into their practices. This is a comparative case study of three feminist organizations that have successfully incorporated values such as empowerment, mutuality, the dignity and respect of the individual and social justice into their practices. These practices include trust, staff development, community integration, rule-breaking, ethical communication, a feminist hierarchical structure, programs based on victims' experiences, everything for the victim, and a view of rape as a social problem. Descriptions of the organizations and these practices are included, as well the process of the development, adoption and maintenance of these value-aligned practices. Despite many differences in terms of structure, size, etc., all three organizations utilized a process of lens formation and narrative transmission in order to make decisions that implemented and maintained value-alignment. Lens formation is a process whereby various influences, such as the background of the executive director, organizational constrictions, existing organizational characteristics and social movements are used to create a lens through which decision makers filter information in order to make decisions. Each of these organizations also has a series of stories that they tell about their work. Analysis of the stories provided useful information about the organizational culture and practices. More importantly, the stories were used to transmit these values and value-aligned practices to others, including new staff, funding providers, clients, and the general public. This process of narrative transmission was the primary mechanism used by all three organizations to maintain their value-aligned practices. These findings are discussed and placed into a context of organizational and feminist theories. Institutional theory, with its understanding of organizational culture and values and practices best encompasses this model of value-alignment in HSOs. The role and perceptions of gender is HSOs is also explored. Interviewees connected woman-centeredness in their organizations with increased flexibility and a diminished boundary between the public and private spheres.

ISBN: 9780549978664Subjects--Topical Terms:

617587
Social Work.

A comparative case study of human service organizations: How feminist organizations have developed, incorporated and maintained value-aligned practices.
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