Leadership and organizational change for implementation (LOCI): A randomized mixed method pilot study of a leadership and organization development intervention for evidence-based practice implementation

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Aarons, Gregory A ^a,b,e   Ehrhart, Mark G ^c,e   Farahnak, Lauren R ^a,b   Hurlburt, Michael S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Center for Organizational Research on Implementation and Leadership (CORIL)   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Leadership; Organization; Organizational climate; Organizational culture; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF; STUDENT; ADULT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84988714355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0192-y     Document Type: Article

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