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Team-Based Implementation Strategies

McGuier, E. A., Kolko, D. J., Stadnick, N. A., Brookman-Frazee, L., Wolk, C. B., Yuan, C. T., Burke, C. S., & Aarons, G. A. (2023). Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework. Implementation Research and Practice, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895231190855 (Original work published 2023)

Sklar, M., Kenneally, R., Aarons, G.A. et al. Applying after-action reviews to child and family teams to improve mental health service linkage within child welfare services: a study protocol. Implement Sci Commun 4, 121 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00479-3

Stadnick, N.A., Aarons, G.A., Edwards, H.N. et al. Cluster randomized trial of a team communication training implementation strategy for depression screening in a pediatric healthcare system: a study protocol. Implement Sci Commun 5, 117 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00641-5

Team Implementation Strategies in Children's Services

Brookman-Frazee, L., Lau, A. S., Roesch, S. C., Jobin, A., Chlebowski, C., Mello, M., Caplan, B., Naar, S., Aarons, G. A., & Stahmer, A. C. (2025). Effectiveness of Multilevel Implementation Strategies for Autism Interventions: Outcomes of Two Linked Implementation Trials. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.01.003

Chuang, E., Bunger, A., Smith, R. et al. Collaboration strategies affecting implementation of a cross-systems intervention for child welfare and substance use treatment: a mixed methods analysis. Implement Sci Commun 5, 127 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00666-w

Collins, V. K., Corbin, C. M., Locke, J. J., Cook, C. R., Ehrhart, M. G., Hatch, K. D., & Lyon, A. R. (2024). Centering school leaders’ expertise: Usability evaluation of a leadership-focused implementation strategy to support tier 1 programs in schools. School Mental Health, 16, 667-680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-024-09635-z

Corbin, C. M., Lyon, A. R., Collins, V. K., Ehrhart, M. G., Goosey, R., & Locke, J. (2024). The incremental association of implementation leadership and school personnel burnout beyond transformational leadership. School psychology (Washington, D.C.), 39(3), 269–279. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000577

O’Reilly, L., Sun, D., Schwartz, K. et al. Impact of learning health systems on cross-system collaboration between youth legal and community mental health systems: a type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. Implement Sci Commun 5, 142 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00686-6

Locke, J., Corbin, C. M., Collins, V. K., Ehrhart, M. G., Goosey, R., Hatch, K., Espeland, C., Cook, C. R., & Lyon, A. R. (2024). Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM): The iterative redesign of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention for use in schools. Implementation Research and Practice, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895241242523 (Original work published 2024)

Locke, J., Corbin, C. M., Goosey, R., Collins, V. K., Ehrhart, M. G., Hatch, K., Espeland, C., & Lyon, A. R. (2025). Not getting better but not getting worse: A cluster randomized controlled pilot trial of a leadership implementation strategy. Implementation Research and Practice, 6. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895241312405 (Original work published 2025)

Locke, J., Williams, N.J., Sridhar, A. et al. Study protocol for testing the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in elementary schools: a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. Implementation Sci 20, 17 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-025-01429-4

Stadnick, N.A., Martinez, K., Navarro, F. et al. Mixed Methods Findings from a Stepped Wedge Hybrid Implementation Trial of ATTAIN NAV: A Mental Health Family Navigation Intervention for Autistic Youth. J Autism Dev Disord (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06851-7

Williams, N. J., Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Esp, S., Vega, N., Sklar, M., … Marcus, S. C. (2025). Effects of an Organizational Implementation Strategy on Sustainment of Measurement-Based Care in Community Mental Health. Psychiatric Services, 76(4), 358–365. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240302

Williams, N.J., Ehrhart, M.G., Aarons, G.A. et al. Improving measurement-based care implementation in youth mental health through organizational leadership and climate: a mechanistic analysis within a randomized trial. Implementation Sci 19, 29 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01356-w

Williams, N. J., Marcus, S. C., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., Esp, S. M., Carandang, K., Vega, N., Gomes, A. E., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Aarons, G. A. (2024). Randomized Trial of an Organizational Implementation Strategy to Improve Measurement-Based Care Fidelity and Youth Outcomes in Community Mental Health. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(10), 991–1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.11.010

Zhang, Y., Larson, M., Ehrhart, M.G. et al. Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study. Implementation Sci 19, 36 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01364-w

Team Inputs

Szabo, K., & Burke, C. S. (in press). The dark side of personality: Examining narcissism in virtual teams.  In J. Nemiro (Ed.). Preparing students in higher education for creative collaboration in virtual teams. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Scientific Publishing.  

Team Mechanisms

Driskell, T., Burke, C. S., & Driskell, J. E. (2025). Interpersonal dynamics in spaceflight: An archival study. Acta Astronautica, 229, 861-865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.065

Ehrhart, M. G., Schneider, B., & Macey, W. H. (2025). Organizational climate and culture: An introduction to theory, research, and practice (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Fiore, S. M., Käosaar, A., & Wiltshire, T. J. (2024). An Operational Assessment of Team Cognition for Long-Distance Space Missions. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1), 1316-1322. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813241284572 (Original work published 2024)

Käosaar, A., & Burke, C. S. (2025). The Effect of Challenge Characteristics on Teamwork and Affective States in ICE. Group & Organization Management, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011241304132

Shorey, A., Moran, L.H., Wiese, C.W. and Burke, C.S. (2024), "From Performance to Well-Being: Broadening the Team Resilience Discourse", Harms, P.D. and Chang, C.-H.(D). (Ed.) Stress and Well-Being in Teams (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 22), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 145-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-355520240000022007