title: Italian survey of organizational functioning and readiness for change: a cross-cultural transfer of treatment assessment strategies.
abstract: To better understand why some drug abuse treatment programs are more effective than others, USA research about organizational functioning and its role in the provision of treatment services was extended through a study of a delivery system in another country. The Texas Christian University (TCU) organizational functioning and readiness for change instrument (ORC) was translated into Italian and administered to 405 treatment program directors and staff from both public and private sectors in the Veneto Region of Northern Italy. Results indicated that the psychometric properties of the ORC in the USA and Italy are consistent. Some general differences in staff attributes were found between USA and Italian programs, but organizational climates were remarkably similar.
authors.affiliation: Servizio Prevenzione delle Devianze, Direzione Servizi Sociali, Regione Veneto, Venezia, Italy. lorenzo.rampazzo@regione.veneto.it
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampazzo
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Angeli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serpelloni
authors.forename: D Dwayne
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008330:Management Audit / Q000379:methods*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States