Citation

Smith BD, Womack BG, Knierim M. J. Pol. Pract. 2017; 16(2): 166-186.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15588742.2016.1214942

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study focuses on the political advocacy of human service administrators following implementation of a highly restrictive state immigration law. It tests hypotheses to assess whether factors associated with the political advocacy of human service administrators generally are also associated with advocacy at a time of policy crisis.

FINDINGS suggest that few human service administrators engaged in immigration-related advocacy, and that those who did advocate were those most likely to perceive organizational benefit for doing so. The findings raise questions about the conditions under which human service administrators will advocate for social benefit in an organizational or individual role.

Language: en

Keywords

Advocacy; human service organizations; immigration; policy; social work