Empowerment of human service workers: Beyond intra-organizational strategies

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 79-94

  Turner, Linda M ^a   Shera, Wes ^b  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Organizations; Social worker; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444450830     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v29n03_06     Document Type: Review

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