Best and Worst Ways to Motivate Staff in Community Agencies: A Brief Survey of Supervisors

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Parsons, Marsha B ^a   Reid, Dennis H ^a   Crow, Robert E ^b  

^a Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY CARE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037641057     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)041<0096:BAWWTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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