How the “What Works” Movement is Failing Human Service Organizations, and What Social Work Can Do to Fix It

Jennifer E. Mosley; Nicole P. Marwell; Marci Ybarra

doi:10.1080/23303131.2019.1672598

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How the “What Works” Movement is Failing Human Service Organizations, and What Social Work Can Do to Fix It

Jennifer E. Mosley, Nicole P. Marwell, & Marci Ybarra

Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 43(1), 326–335

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Abstract

Argues that the “what works” movement, as implemented, imposes heavy evaluation burdens on human-service nonprofits without generating knowledge that improves practice, and proposes a social-work-centered alternative prioritizing organizational learning and equity.

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Mosley, J. E., Marwell, N. P., & Ybarra, M. (2019). How the “What Works” Movement is Failing Human Service Organizations, and What Social Work Can Do to Fix It. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 43(1), 326–335. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2019.1672598

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@article{mosley2019what,
  author = {Mosley, Jennifer E. and Marwell, Nicole P. and Ybarra, Marci},
  title = {How the “What Works” Movement is Failing Human Service Organizations, and What Social Work Can Do to Fix It},
  journal = {Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1080/23303131.2019.1672598}
}