Abstract: American Journal of Community PsychologyVolume 5, Issue 4 p. 399-412 Article History, action, and change N. Dickon Reppucci, Corresponding Author N. Dickon Reppucci Department of Psychology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, 22901 Charlottesville, VirginiaSearch for more papers by this authorJ. Terry Saunders, J. Terry Saunders University of British Columbia, British ColumbiaSearch for more papers by this author N. Dickon Reppucci, Corresponding Author N. Dickon Reppucci Department of Psychology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, 22901 Charlottesville, VirginiaSearch for more papers by this authorJ. Terry Saunders, J. Terry Saunders University of British Columbia, British ColumbiaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 December 1977 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877943Citations: 9 The authors express their appreciation for financial support from NIMH small grant number 1 R03 MH-25 779-01, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University, and Mrs. Elizabeth Lorentz. They also are grateful to Cai Emmons, Murray Levine, and most especially Seymour B. Sarason, for helping to focus on the issues discussed in this paper. It should be noted that while some attention has been paid to the problems of institutional change in industrial organizations (Shepard, 1965) and while many studies implicitly discuss this phenomenon, few studies explicitly analyzeit (Hage & Aiken, 1970). Moreover, organizational change consultants (e.g., Argyris, 1970; Shepard, 1965) provide principles and useful information on how to change “process” characteristics such as communication patterns between staff members, but they provide little guidance for changing content, e.g., the goals of an institution. Whereas this may be of diminished importance for industrial settings since the goal is to make them function more effectively at what they are already doing, it is inadequate in human-service institutions because the goals and methods, as well as process, of these institutions frequently need major overhaul. Furthermore, the literature that is available in the realm of human-service institutions is replete with descriptions of specialized alternative settings or of short-lived demonstration projects within larger institutions, rather than with examples of total institutional change projects (Reppucci, 1973; Sarason, 1972, 1974). AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume5, Issue4December 1977Pages 399-412 RelatedInformation
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