Why people choose to be residential child care workers

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-126

  Moses, Tally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care workers; Employment; Motivation; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642563420     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009401311866     Document Type: Article

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