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Coincidence of role expectations between staff and volunteer members of drug free community coalitions

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  • Goldstein, Marc B.
  • Sapere, Heather
  • Daviau, John

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Community coalitions have proliferated as a means of addressing a range of complex community problems. Such coalitions often consist of a small paid staff and volunteer members. The present study examines one likely contributor to coalition effectiveness: the degree of agreement on role expectations between paid staff and volunteer members. Role confusion occurs when paid staff and volunteers differ in their expectations of who is responsible for accomplishing specific tasks. Staff and volunteer members from 69 randomly selected Drug Free Coalitions in the United States as well as 21 Drug Free Coalitions in Connecticut were asked to respond to an online survey asking about 37 specific coalition tasks critical for effective coalition functioning and the degree to which paid staff and/or voluntary members should be responsible for accomplishing each. Our final sample consisted of 476 individuals from 35 coalitions. Using coalitions as the unit of analysis, we found significant differences between paid staff and volunteer coalition members on nine tasks reflecting four domains: meeting leadership and participation, (2) planning and implementation leadership, (3) publicity/media relations, and (4) logistical functions. Implications of these differences and ways that evaluators could help coalitions deal with differing role expectations were discussed.

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  • Goldstein, Marc B. & Sapere, Heather & Daviau, John, 2017. "Coincidence of role expectations between staff and volunteer members of drug free community coalitions," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 123-130.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:63:y:2017:i:c:p:123-130
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.02.013
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