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Open Access 01-12-2017 | Research article

A structural model of treatment program and individual counselor leadership in innovation transfer

Authors: George W. Joe, Jennifer E. Becan, Danica K. Knight, Patrick M. Flynn

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

A number of program-level and counselor-level factors are known to impact the adoption of treatment innovations. While program leadership is considered a primary factor, the importance of leadership among clinical staff to innovation transfer is less known. Objectives included explore (1) the influence of two leadership roles, program director and individual counselor, on recent training activity and (2) the relationship of counselor attributes on training endorsement.

Methods

The sample included 301 clinical staff in 49 treatment programs. A structural equation model was evaluated for key hypothesized relationships between exogenous and endogenous variables related to the two leadership roles.

Results

The importance of organizational leadership, climate, and counselor attributes (particularly counseling innovation interest and influence) to recent training activity was supported. In a subset of 68 counselors who attended a developer-led training on a new intervention, it was found that training endorsement was higher among those with high innovation interest and influence.

Conclusions

The findings suggest that each leadership level impacts the organization in different ways, yet both can promote or impede technology transfer.
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Metadata
Title
A structural model of treatment program and individual counselor leadership in innovation transfer
Authors
George W. Joe
Jennifer E. Becan
Danica K. Knight
Patrick M. Flynn
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2170-y

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