The role of organizational variables in predicting service effectiveness: An analysis of a multilevel model

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-277

  Yoo, Jane ^a,b   Brooks, Devon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Results Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Family preservation; Hierarchical linear modeling; Human service administration; Multilevel modeling; Organizational characteristics; Service effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744438778     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505275868     Document Type: Article

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