The Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Community Engagement and Outreach (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

Cambridge University Press, 1/3/2019
EAN 9781108405256, ISBN10: 1108405258

Paperback, 454 pages, 25.3 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

This is an ideal reference for those looking to understand, study, and practice community engagement and outreach. It discusses the different ways individuals - including faculty, administrators, and management in organizations - engage in their communities. It supplies case studies, best practices, and theoretical approaches to the study of community engagement. Scholars active in this field can use this book as an integration of the current knowledge concerning community engagement and as an inspiration for future research agendas. Whilst directing how to implement effective community engagement practices, the book also facilitates the application of organizational theory to community engagement. It will appeal to academics who are interested in the theoretical background of community engagement.

Part I. Introduction
Organizational Community Engagement Over Time
1. The Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Community Engagement and Outreach
introduction, statement of need, and overview of the volume Joseph A. Allen, Roni Reiter-Palmon and Kelly A. Prange
2. Sustaining community engagement in times of leadership transitions Diann Olszowy Jones and Lorilee R. Sandmann
Part II. University-Community Partnerships
3. Volunteer program assessment
a university-community partnership Sheridan B. Trent, Kelly A. Prange and Joseph A. Allen
4. Introducing engaged civic learning
an emerging approach to university-community partnerships Rasheda L. Weaver
5. Service-learning partnerships in secondary education Rachael Ann Arens
6. Integrating foreigners into local communities for mutual benefit
chances, challenges, and best practice Fabian Klauke, Annika L. Meinecke, Lena C. Müller-Frommeyer and Simone Kauffeld
7. A case study on community and identity in a study abroad program Lisa Slattery Walker and Scott T. Fitzgerald
Part III. Disciplinary Outreach
8. Faculty and students consulting in the community
the Center for Applied Psychological Services Joseph Mroz, Michael Yoerger, Joe Allen and Roni Reiter-Palmon
9. Discipline specific outreach
client projects through graduate classes and university-based consulting centers Michael B. Hein and Richard G. Moffett, III
10. Driving workforce readiness
the case for community-based HR initiatives Joseph Jones, Rachael Johnson-Murray, Valerie Streets, Alexander Alonso and Shonna Waters
11. University educators and disciplinary specialists working together to enhance community outreach and deepen K12 teacher content knowledge Angie Hodge, Cindy York and Janice Rech
Part IV. Interdisciplinary Outreach
12. The Organizational Science Summer Institute
community outreach to diversify the graduate education pipeline Sabrina L. Speights, Oscar J. Stewart, Enrica N. Ruggs, Steven Rogelberg, Doug Reynold and Shawn Long
13. Periclean scholars
an interdisciplinary model of civic engagement on college campuses Alexandra M. Dunn, Thomas Arcaro and April Post
14. University, school district, and service learning community partnerships that work Julie Dierberger, Orentheian Everett, ReNae Kehrberg and Jenna Greene
Part V. Community Leadership
15. Leading social innovation and community engagement
strategies for picking the right actions Michael D. Mumford, Robert Martin, Samantha Elliott and E. Michelle Todd
16. Community-based partnership for capacity building
stakeholder engagement through governance and leadership Chelsea R. Willness
17. 'Make the world a better place'
local leadership as a vehicle for personal and community development Dian van Huijstee and Richard Ronay
Part VI. Putting It All Together
18. Assessing and classifying the institutionalization of community engagement Mathew Johnson and John Saltmarsh
19. Fostering an integrated culture of community engagement Keristiena S. Dodge, Anthony Starke, Deborah Smith-Howell and Sara Woods
20. After institutionalization
enacting university-community engagement as a process of change Deborah Romero, Annie Epperson, Elizabeth Gilbert and Christine Marston
21. Building a university climate to support community-engaged research Valerie Holton, Jennifer Early, Meghan Gough and Tracey Gendron
22. Putting it all together
an interview with Barbara Holland and final thoughts Joseph A. Allen, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Kelly A. Prange and Barbara A. Holland.