Leadership, Organizational Climate, and Working Alliance in a Children’s Mental Health Service System

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 771-777

  Green, Amy E ^a,b   Albanese, Brian J ^a,b   Cafri, Guy ^a,b   Aarons, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Mental health; Organizational climate; Working alliance; Youth

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84918785504     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9668-5     Document Type: Article

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