Social welfare reform in Israel
Social workers’ views on change, participation and professional values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12288704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lia Levin (0000-0002-4337-6265, Bob Shapell School of Social Work Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel, corresponding author), Carmit Baruch Ben‐Abou (Bob Shapell School of Social Work Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 803-810 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health & Social Care in the Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-0410 • E-ISSN: 1365-2524 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hsc.12910 |
| PMID | 31808216 |
| OpenAlex | W2993062534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
In recent years, many western welfare states have undergone reforms in their social services. These reforms are intended to influence the work of social workers in the public sector, and depend largely upon workers' ability and willingness to implement them. The research presented in this article addresses the reform in Israeli Departments of Social Services through the perspective of the social workers tasked with its implementation. Drawing on recent developments of the Knowledge-Power-Politics Triad model, the relationship between aspects of social workers' support for the reform and their perceived and actual involvement in reform policy making, general attitude towards change, and professional inclinations was examined. Our sample consisted of 180 social workers employed in departments currently implementing the reform. The study's results emphasise the vital role employee participation plays in forming support for reforms' goals, and at the same time expose the complex interplay between developing a 'sense' of participation and participation's actual realisation. They offer several insights into the way social workers' support for reform is constructed, and not less so, regarding aspects of examining such support
Economic growth · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Realisation · Social change · Social policy · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Triad (sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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Structural Equation Modeling
Resistance to change
Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling
The gradual threshold model of ambivalence
Social work students and social change
Involvement as inclusion? Shared decision-making in social work practice in Israel
Shared Decision Making in Israeli Social Services
The Person-in-Environment Approach
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Participative Decision-Making in Organizations
The Role of Participation in Decision-Making in the Organizational Politics-Job Satisfaction Relationship
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |