Staff recruitment challenges and interventions in agencies supporting people with developmental disabilities

Mental Retardation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-46

  Larson, Sheryl A ^a   Hewitt, Amy ^a   Anderson, Lynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MINNESOTA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 0033074166     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1999)037<0036:SRCAII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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