Administrative Skills and Degrees: The "Best Place" Debate Rages on

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-46

  Hoefer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human services management; Social work administration; Social work education; Social work job skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345491866     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v27n01_03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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