Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65).
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Department of Psychology
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613344122273792 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Bowles, Steven |
| author2 | Louw, Johann |
| author_browse | Bowles, Steven Louw, Johann |
| author_facet | Louw, Johann Bowles, Steven |
| author_sort | Bowles, Steven |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65). |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10237 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:34:39.078Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publishDateRange | 2014 |
| publishDateSort | 2014 |
| publisher | Department of Psychology |
| publisherStr | Department of Psychology |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10237 Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa Bowles, Steven Louw, Johann Psychological Research Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65). This study examined the attitudes and perceptions of directors and treatment staff towards organizational functioning within substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa. In South Africa a history of socio-political factors have hindered substance abuse treatment. Large disparities existed between racially defined population groups and the quality and allocation of resources to substance abuse treatment services across South Africa have not been equitable. Understanding organizational functioning within substance abuse treatment facilities is essential to identifying and prioritizing treatment facility issues that both directors and staff believe need attention. The identification and examination of these issues facilitate the development of appropriate strategies to promote treatment facility improvements and the adoption of evidence-based treatment practices. Cross-sectional surveys of substance abuse treatment facilities were conducted in the Western Cape (2005) and in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and Kwa-Zulu Natal (2006). Forty-four treatment facilities participated in this study from a population of 89 facilities. The Texas Christian University survey of Organizational Functioning (TCU ORC) was used to assess directors' and staff's attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning within their treatment facilities. One-way analysis of variance tests were used to examine whether certain contextual and demographic variables influenced directors' and staff's attitudes and perceptions. Results indicated that directors and staff displayed favorable attitudes and perceptions towards the TCU ORC domains organizational climate and staff attributes, and indecisive attitudes and perceptions towards the motivation for change domain. Demographic variables including: ethnicity, levels of education, amount of work experience, and provincial location were found to influence directors' and staff's attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning. 2014-12-27T14:12:23Z 2014-12-27T14:12:23Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10237 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Psychological Research Bowles, Steven Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa |
| title_full | Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa |
| title_short | Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa |
| title_sort | attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across south africa |
| topic | Psychological Research |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10237 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT bowlessteven attitudesandperceptionstowardsorganizationalfunctioninginsubstanceabusetreatmentfacilitiesacrosssouthafrica |