Statewide Study of the Direct Support Staff Workforce

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Test, David W ^a   Flowers, Claudia ^a   Hewitt, Amy ^b   Solow, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL STAFF; SUPPORT GROUP; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0141768162     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)41<276:ssotds>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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