Social workers’ perceptions of their power and service outcomes

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Guterman, Neil B ^a   Bargal, David ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCEPTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029687205     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v20n03_01     Document Type: Article

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