Abstract
This chapter examines the influence of organizational characteristics on role and relationship development within mental health consumer-run organizations (CROs). The ideas of behavior setting theory and the role framework guide the investigation. Specifically, the chapter examines the influence of organizational size on person–environment interaction and the subsequent development of leadership roles. The chapter also examines how the availability of leadership roles within a CRO relates to recovery progress among members. These relations are tested using data from 250 participants at 20 CROs in multilevel regression analyses. Results provide insight into the strengths and weaknesses of behavior setting theory and the role framework. Together, the two theories inform one another to enhance understanding of CROs.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Anthony, W. A. (1993). Recovery from mental illness: the guiding vision of the mental health service system in the 1990s. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 16, 11–23.
Barker, R. G. (1968). Ecological psychology. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Blau, P. M. (1970). A formal theory of differentiation in organizations. American Sociological Review, 35, 210–218.
Brown, L. D. (2004). Goal achievement in mutual support organizations operated by persons with psychiatric disability. Masters Project. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University.
Brown, L. D., Shepherd, M. D., Wituk, S. A., & Meissen, G. (2007b). How settings change people: applying behavior setting theory to consumer-run organizations. Journal of Community Psychology, 35, 399–416.
Camisón-Zornoza, C., Lapiedra-Alcamí, R., Segarra-Ciprés, M., & Boronat-Navarro, M. (2004). A meta-analysis of innovation and organizational size. Organization Studies, 25(3), 331–361. doi:10.1177/0170840604040039.
Cohen, S., Gottlieb, B. H., & Underwood, L. G. (2000). Social relationships and health. In S. Cohen, L. G. Underwood, & B. H. Gottlieb (Eds.), Social support measurement and intervention: a guide for health and social scientists (pp. 3–28). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Cohen, S., & Wills, T. A. (1985). Stress, social support and the buffering hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 310–357.
COSP. (2000). Consumer Operated Service Program (COSP) multi-site baseline protocol 2.3 Retrieved August 1, 2006, from http://www.cstprogram.org/consumer%20op/Multi-Site%20Activities/Common%20Protocol/BaselineProtocol.pdf
Deegan, P. E. (1988). Recovery: the lived experience of rehabilitation. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 11(4), 11–19.
Dewar, R., & Hage, J. (1978). Size, technology, complexity, and structural differentiation: toward a theoretical synthesis. Administrative Science Quarterly, 23, 111–136.
Kaufmann, C. L., Ward-Colasante, C., & Farmer, J. (1993). Development and evaluation of drop-in centers operated by mental health consumers. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44, 675–678.
MHSIP. (2000). MHSIP Consumer Survey, Version 1.1 Retrieved August 1, 2006, from http://www.mhsip.org/MHSIP_Adult_Survey.pdf
Mowbray, C. T., & Tan, C. (1993). Consumer-operated drop-in centers: evaluation of operations and impact. Journal of Mental Health Administration, 20, 8–19.
Noordsy, D., Torrey, W., Mueser, K., Mead, S., O'Keefe, C., & Fox, L. (2002). Recovery from severe mental illness: an interpersonal and functional outcome definition. International Review of Psychiatry, 14, 318–326.
Perkins, D. V., Burns, T. F., Perry, J. C., & Nielsen, K. P. (1988). Behavior setting theory and community psychology: an analysis and critique. Journal of Community Psychology, 16, 355–372.
Schank, R. C., & Abelson, R. P. (1995). Knowledge and memory: the real story. In R. S. Wyer Jr. (Ed.), Knowledge and memory: The real story (pp. 1–85). Hillsdale, NJ England: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Schoggen, P. (1989). Behavior settings: a revision and extension of Roger G. Barker’s Ecological Psychology. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Segal, S. P., & Silverman, C. J. (2002). Determinants of client outcomes in self-help agencies. Psychiatric Services, 53, 304–309.
Smith, D. H. (2000). Grassroots associations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Teague, G. B., Ganju, V., Hornik, J. A., Johnson, J. R., & McKinney, J. (1997). The MHSIP mental health report card: a consumer-oriented approach to monitoring the quality of mental health plans. Evaluation Review, 21, 330–341.
Thoits, P. A. (2010). Stress and health: major findings and policy implications. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(1 Suppl), S41–S53. doi:10.1177/0022146510383499.
Whyte, W. (1980). The social life of small urban spaces. New York: Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
Wicker, A. W. (1991). Behavior settings reconsidered: temporal stages, resources, internal dynamics, context. In D. Stokols & I. Altman (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology (pp. 613–653). Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company.
Wicker, A. W., McGrath, J. E., & Armstrong, G. E. (1972). Organization size and behavior setting capacity as determinants of member participation. Behavioral Science, 17, 499–513.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Brown, L.D. (2012). How Organizations Influence Role Development. In: Consumer-Run Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0700-3_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0700-3_7
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-0699-0
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-0700-3
eBook Packages: Behavioral ScienceBehavioral Science and Psychology (R0)