This study addresses the impact of the external environmental context of individual organizations on their internal structures and service configurations, as they attempted to adapt to a changing political economy, via an examination of a portion of the Georgia child welfare system’s response to the introduction of the principles of managed care. Based, in part, on Hasenfeld’s (1992) notion…
Interviews exploring the experiences of administrators in a state social service organization found informal mentoring relationships to be common and individually beneficial. Ninety-two percent (92%) of the managers reported having had a mentor and 77% reported that they had served as a mentor. All reported receiving career and personal benefits. About two-thirds of the reported relationsh…