The eight habits of highly effective community social workers: A South African perspective

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Weyers, Mike L ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547101703     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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