2018 Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 1-14
The purpose of the study was to explore the process and structure of developing a collaborative working relationship between parents and the Child Guidance Center. The results of two previous studies that analyzed the parents’ as well as the social workers interviews using Graser’s Grounded Theory Approach were integrated to discuss the structure of the working relationship. The core concept that was derived from the parents’ study was “Accommodation” and that derived from the study of the social workers was ‘Linking’. Comparison suggested that what led to development of the collaborative working relationship was the transaction between the parents’ ‘Accommodation’ and social workers’ ‘Linking’. The parents’ ‘Accommodation’ was constructed of 6 factors, namely, “outlook”, “being supported”, “relationship with the worker (s)”, “setting for meetings”, “thoughts and wishes toward children”, and “expectations” and these were enacted accordingly by the social workers’ ‘Linking’ support. This substantive result was named the “Transactional Theory of Social Worker’s ‘Linking’ and the Parents’ ‘Accommodation’.”
