Organizational size and perceptions in a residential treatment program |
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Authors: | Irving D. Hellman Les R. Greene Thomas L. Morrison Stephen I. Abramowitz |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis;(2) Sacramento Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Boulevard, 95817 Sacramento, California;(3) Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA |
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Abstract: | Centralization of a residential mental health treatment program from three small houses to one large facility provided a naturally occurring opportunity to study the effect of organizational size on the perceptions held by clients and staff. Quantitative data were repeatedly collected on their perceptions of themselves, the organization as a whole, and subgroups within the organization during their involvement in both the small and large social contexts. Results of repeated measures analyses of variance provided considerable support for the theoretically derived hypotheses of heightened anxiety, self-impoverishment, more negative views of the psychosocial environment, and greater psychological distance in the large organizational context. |
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