ABSTRACT

Background

Organisational culture in group homes for people with intellectual disabilities has been identified as an influence on service delivery and staff behaviour. The aim was to examine patterns of culture across group homes in disability organisations.

Method

The Group Home Culture Scale (GHCS) was used to measure staff perceptions of culture. Data were available from 260 staff who worked across 58 group homes managed by eight organisations. Using scatterplots and measures of dispersion, the scores on the seven GHCS subscales were examined for patterns of integrated (i.e., similarities) and differentiated (i.e., variability) culture within the organisations.

Results

Patterns of differentiated culture were found in six organisations for one or more GHCS subscales. Patterns of integrated culture were found in three organisations for one subscale. In two organisations, patterns of both integrated and differentiated culture were found.

Conclusions

The findings contribute to the conceptualisation of and research into organisational culture in group homes, with implications for changing and maintaining culture.

中文翻译：

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支持智障人士的组织中的集体家庭文化模式：一项横断面研究

摘要

背景

智障人士团体之家的组织文化已被确定为对服务提供和员工行为的影响。目的是检查残疾人组织中集体之家的文化模式。

方法

团体家庭文化量表（GHCS）用于衡量员工对文化的看法。数据来自 8 个组织管理的 58 个集体之家的 260 名员工。使用散点图和分散测量，检查了七个 GHCS 子量表的分数，以了解组织内的综合（即相似性）和差异化（即可变性）文化的模式。

结果

在六个组织中发现了一个或多个 GHCS 分量表的差异化文化模式。在一个子量表的三个组织中发现了整合文化的模式。在两个组织中，发现了整合和差异化文化的模式。

结论

这些发现有助于对团体家庭中的组织文化进行概念化和研究，并对改变和维持文化产生影响。