OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mobilizing a Network of Competencies to Fulfill the Purpose and Achieve Impact: The Portuguese Case of Mezze for the Integration of Refugees	26
Innovative Approaches to Social Activation Using Collaborative Social Work Concepts: The Case of Social Enterprise in Working with the Vulnerable Long-Term Unemployed	19
Social Work Management in Integrated Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic	18
Organizational Culture and Resulting Leadership Behaviors: Empirical Evidence from Social Workers in Kuwait	15
Career Choice Motivations and Turnover Intention Among Chinese Social Workers: A Double-Mediator Model of Job Self-Efficacy and Job Satisfaction	12
The Great Resignation and Its Impact in Behavioral Health and Social Services	10
The Craft of Scholarship and Research in a Changing University and Civic Context	10
Black Women in Leadership Positions in Rural Nonprofit Organizations: Shifting Toward Intentional Intergenerational Leadership and Mentorship Model Centered on Black Women’s Collective Identity	8
Trauma and Powerlessness Among People Experiencing Homelessness: Implications for Administrative Practice	8
Governing Through Digital Feedback: Exploring Google Maps Reviews as a Tool for Social Service Governance in Türkiye	8
Community Service Organizations and Actions for Climate Justice: An Exploration of the Western Australian Context	8
Enhancing the Collective Psychological Ownership of Young Adult Social Workers in Chinese Organizational Contexts: A Recognition Perspective	8
Innovative Consultancy Promoting Older African American Perspectives	8
The Protective Effects of Hope Training on the Human Service Workforce Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress	7
Leadership and Organizational Challenges, Opportunities, Resilience, and Supports during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Interviewing Social Work Leaders: Points of View as a Course Assignment	6
Changes in Intention to Quit Among Child Welfare and Protection Workers in Norway - How Does Time and Mentoring Affect Intention?	6
An Empirical Study on the Illegitimate Tasks and Its Causal Mechanism at Chinese Social Work Agencies	6
A Three-Phase Methodology for Conducting Equity-Focused Needs Assessments	6
The Role of First-Line Managers in a Pandemic in Reducing the Spread of Infections and Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Rohingya Refugees	6
Can Case-Management Teams Solve the Dilemmas of the Street-Level Bureaucrat? Evidence from a Nonprofit Case Study	6
Human Service Organizations, Disruptive Extreme Events, and Organizational Resilience: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Human Service Organizations in Times of the COVID-19	6
Exploring Social Workers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Work-Life Balance Policies in Korean Human Service Organizations	5
AI in the Nonprofit Human Services: Distinguishing Between Hype, Harm, and Hope	5
Sibling Support as a Global Human Services Field: Findings from a Global Study of Business-Operation in Organizations Providing Support to Siblings of People with Disability	5

What Do Inspections of Child and Family Social Work Services Focus On? A Conceptual Framework for Inspection Based on a Rapid Evidence Review	5
Converging on Institutional Logics: The Expansion of Syringe Service Programs in a Midwest State	5
Characteristics of the Child Protection Workforce in Romania: Key Findings and Future Implications for Social Workers	5
Diffuse Power with Mixed Feelings. Insights from a German Study on the Plural Governance of Contemporary Human Service Settings	4
Strategies of Resistance: How Black Women Founders Challenge Racialized Norms in the Nonprofit Sector	4
Predicting Retention for a Diverse and Inclusive Child Welfare Workforce	4
A Critical Appraisal of Ways Organizations Can Support Social Workers in Light of COVID-19: A Scoping Review	4
Programming Change Among Nonprofit Human Service Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Organizational and Environmental Determinants of Board Performance in Community-Based Human Service Nonprofit Organizations	4
How Digital Platforms Promote Roles of Nonprofit Human Service Organizations During the COVID-19 in China	4
A Test for the Welfare-Partnership: Austria’s Nonprofit Human Service Organizations in Times of Covid-19	4
The Unintended Influence and Impact: Funder-Mandated Performance Metrics, Service Delivery, and Social Justice	4
Volunteer Motivation, Satisfaction, and Future Volunteering Intentions in a Faith-Based Organization	3
Evaluating the Early Implementation of a Resilience Intervention Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare Workers	3
An Exploratory Study of Social Workers in Human Service Organizations and Their Task Performance in Client Advocacy Engagement: A Cluster Analysis	3
Strategies for Selecting and Changing Research Topics	3
Changing the Way Nonprofits Prepare: Lessons Learned from Early Resettlement of Rohingya Unaccompanied Refugee Minors	3
A (Dis)orderly Progression: The Lasting Impact of Pandemic on Community-Based Organizations	3
“We’re Being Redlined”: The Experiences of Minority Behavioral Healthcare Business Owners and Providers	3
The Influence of Belongingness on Job Satisfaction and Retention Among Child Welfare Workers	3
Collaboration Between Businesses and Social Service Nonprofits as Organized Anarchy: The Insider Perspective	3
Understanding the Social Worker Experience with Organizational Changes in HSOs During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Promoting Exercise Behavior to Combat Stress: A Discussion Paper on Enhancing well-being and Job Performance of Social Workers in the nonprofit Sector	2
Secondary Traumatic Stress and Public Child Welfare Workers’ Intention to Remain Employed in Child Welfare: The Interaction Effect of Job Functions	2
Complex Relationships Between Justice and Injustice in Organizations: Reducing Work-Related Burnout Among Child Welfare Workers	2
Social Workers’ Perception of Social Assistance: A Perspective on Empathy, Personal and Professional Power	2
Neoliberal Restructuring of Social Work Employment in Türkiye: Corporatization, Professional Erosion and Paradoxes	2
Leveraging Multisolving to Impact Workforce Wellbeing Through Community Collaboration	2
Digitalization in Social Services: Assessment of Professionals’ Digital Competencies and Integration of ICTs	2
Flattening the Curve: How Workplace Social Capital Moderate the Curvilinear Relationship of Transformational Leadership and Emotional Exhaustion in Chinese Social Workers	2
Calling All Leaders	2
Beyond Wound Care: Implementing a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program to Meet the Complex Needs of Youth Experiencing Community Violence	2
Relationships Between Social Entrepreneurial Orientation and Social Work Management Competencies in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations	2
Implementing Equity and Equality at the Frontline in Two Contrasting Welfare-To-Work (WTW) Organizations in California	2
Organizational and Systems Factors Impacting the Adaptation of a Child Welfare Practice Model from the UK to Finland	2
Challenges for Social Service Coordination. An Interview Study with Frontline Social Workers in Spain	2
Stress in Social Work: A Comparative Analysis of Occupational Stress Among Social Service Professionals in Disaster Contexts	2
Building the Talent Pipeline for the Nonprofit Sector: An Integrated Leadership Development Model in Hong Kong	2
Social Enterprise Provides Options to Generate Revenue for Small Not-For-Profit Human Service Organizations	2
Problem Mapping: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice	2
Human Service Organizations as an Arena for Social Intrapreneurship: A Cross‐Country Analysis	2
Implementing User-Focused Monitoring: A Multi-Case Process Study of User Involvement in Service Development	2
Navigating Boundaries: Brokerage and Boundary Work Strategies in Volunteer-Paid Staff Collaborations	1
“A Helping Hand over a Heavy Hand”: Child Support Enforcement in the Era of COVID-19	1
Street-Level Bureaucracy within Crisis Hotline Centers: Ground-Level Implementation of the Federal 988-Suicide and Crisis Lifeline	1
Exploring Social Worker Pay: The Role of Employer Practice Setting, Licensure, and Degree Type	1
Supporting Children and Families Through Trauma: A Qualitative Exploration of the Change Promotion Aspects of the Co-Creating Well-Being Initiative	1
Innovating from the Inside Out? A Scoping Study Informing Organizational Innovation for Social Innovation	1
A Pilot Study on External Group Supervision for Child Welfare Supervisors: A Mixed-Methods Design	1
Working Overtime in Social Work Settings: Associations with Burnout, Person-organization Value Congruence and Turnover Intentions among Chinese Social Workers	1

Same Strain? Comparing Job Demands, Control, Well-Being, and Mental Distress in Child Welfare with the General Workforce	1
Learning to Be a Leader Worth Following	1
Figuring it Out day-By-Day: The Lived Experiences of Everyday Social Work Entrepreneurs	1
Organizational Outcomes of Supervision within Human Services: A Scoping Review	1
Teaching Inclusive Social Work Leadership and Supervision Online and In-Person: A Learning Case	1
The Three P’s in Nonprofit Human Service Mergers: Strategic Response to Coping with a Crisis	1
A Lifetime of Scholarship: Reflections on the Craft of Writing and Selected Publications	1
Development and Initial Validation of Scores on the Inner Wealth Inventory: Implications for Human Service Management and Practice	1
The Development of Trauma-Informed Community Partnerships: A Mixed Method Social Network Study	1
What Makes Social Work Meaningful? Evidence for a Curvilinear Relationship of Meaningful Work on Work Engagement with Psychological Capital as the Moderator	1
Role Stress, Job Embeddedness, and Self-Efficacy of Child Directors in China	1
Evaluation of Leadership Training and Resilience Development Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
The Role of Social Work Knowledge in the Creation of Sustainable Social Innovation	1
Points of View from Human Service Leaders: Carolyn Peters	1
Promoting Psychological Empowerment for Female Employees’ Career Progression with Women-Friendly HRM Practices and Inclusive Leadership: A Moderated Mediation Model	1
Measuring Oppression Experienced by Service Users While They are Receiving Services from Human Service Organizations	1
A Transaction Cost Approach to Policy-Mandated Collaborations: Evidence from North Carolina	1
The Unrealized Dream of Abolition	1
Enabling Public Service Collaborations Through Network Leadership	1
Resilience Under Pressure: Organizational Responses to Consecutive Crises in Czech Volunteer Centers	1
Exploring Leadership, Culture, and the Dynamics of Collective Empathy: A Nonprofit Case Study	1
The Role of the Organization in a Coaching Process: A Scoping Study of the Professional and Scientific Literature	1