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Rampazzo, L., De Angeli, M., Serpelloni, G., Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (2006).  The Italian Survey of Organizational Functioning and Readiness for Change:  A cross-cultural transfer of treatment assessment strategies.  European Addiction Research, 12, 176-181.

Summary:  This article reports on the results of a U.S.-Italy collaborative study of organizational functioning and its relationship to innovation implementation and systems change.  It was part of a NIDA-funded grant to the Institute of Behavioral Research at Texas Christian University (TCU) for cross-cultural comparisons of the TCU Organizational Readiness for Change (ORC) instrument.  The assessment was translated into Italian and administered to 405 staff of local health programs representing both public and private sectors in the Veneto Region of northern Italy.  The findings indicate the psychometric properties of the ORC in the American and Italian programs examined are consistent, and organizational climate score profiles were remarkably similar.  Comparisons between public and private programs in northern Italy revealed that staffs in the public sector reported more resources, including computer access and electronic communications.  They also reported higher ratings for professional growth and adaptability, but lower levels on influence and cohesion than in private programs.  Because evidence shows that the Italian version of the ORC is psychometrically acceptable, it enables cross-cultural applications in the study of organizational attributes related to innovations and effectiveness of services.